Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: Ilex, Lieu, Lilt, Lime, Limp, Lump, Lute, Melt, Mile, Mill, Milt, Mule, Mull, Pelt, Pile, Pill, Plie, Plum, Pull, Tell, Tile, Till, Exult, Ileum, Impel, Pixel, Plume, Tulip, Tulle, Limpet, Millet, Mullet, Pullet,...
Anyone who’s unintentionally carried a normal-sized tube of toothpaste through TSA, only to be treated like an international drug smuggler, knows that airplanes have strange and ambiguous rules when it comes to what you can — and categorically cannot — bring on them. Your average traveler abides...
Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: 1. Across 2. Mohair 3. Origin 4. Knight 5. Poetic 6. Doubts Mystery keyword: SMOKED ROMPECABEZA DOS: SOLUTION: A=2, B=7, C=9, D=3, E=1, F=6, G=8, H=4, J=5 Note: The answers to Rompecabeza Dos...
Inside a vehicle is both one of the best and worst places to release a plume of your own nauseating personal fumes. On one hand, being alone means you can liberally break wind without worrying about being shamed. On the other, being trapped in such a small space means...
If the modern automobile had a status on Facebook, it would undoubtedly be “It’s complicated.” With their computer-controlled fuel injection systems, continuously variable transmissions and three-phase four-pole AC induction motors, the days when every Tom, Dick or Harry could wrench on their ride seem long gone. So...
Battery scientists do the extremely important work of figuring out sustainable ways to store energy to make things last longer, help protect people during natural disasters and basically ensure the planet can keep functioning. I do the extremely important work of disrupting that essential research by emailing...
Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: 1. Four 2. Tuba 3. Axle 4. Acid ROMPECABEZA DOS:
My boobs are strapped to my chest like a muzzle on a dog. I don’t think about that much while I’m sitting at my desk all day, but once I walk through the door of my apartment, I become acutely aware of every inch of my bra,...
Somebody (surely, not you, as that would be impossible) passed some gas, and now everyone in the room is violently waving their hands in front of their noses in a desperate attempt to escape the noxious fumes. But does performing that metacarpal dance actually reduce your exposure...
Got stuck? No problem. Here are the answers to this month’s puzzles: ROMPECABEZA UNO: 1. Blueberry 2. Grapefruit 3. Watermelon 4. Pomegranate 5. Nectarine Mystery Keyword: Banana ROMPECABEZA DOS:
It’s the most scantily clad time of the year. We’ve got highs of 100 degrees all weekend in the sweltering L.A. suburb I call home. And as the heat increases, people traditionally beat it by opting to wear as little clothing as possible. In my case, that...
One would expect that bashing the crosswalk button like a whack-a-mole produces actual results, especially since the city went to the trouble of installing them. But much like how colleges promised millennials a life of financial stability and instead gave them one of constant debts and worthless degrees, most...