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So, you may think that you’ve seen OTT neighborhood Christmas light displays before, and perhaps you have…but let me tell ya, you haven’t experienced THE MOTHER OF ALL CHRISTMAS DISPLAYS until someone lets you into their house, which is covered from floor to ceiling (literally) with Christmas decorations. The Rombeiro Christmas house in Novato is kinda famous around these parts, and it might be even more famous soon because they’re going to be on ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight show when it airs in 2019. They’re a local family in town who’ve been putting on elaborate Christmas light and...

Chances are, as you read this, I’m running up or down the stadium stairs in San Francisco at Oracle Park. Or, I’m passed out on the ground from doing one too many burpees. 😳 The Spartan race I signed up for a while back is happening today, so I’ll be getting my sweat on with my HIIT buddies from the gym. But before I go do that, let’s do this. It’s Saturday Surfing time. 😊 The dos and don’ts of mixing skincare ingredients If you live near San Diego, the Oceanside Museum of Art currently has an exhibit called “Tiny...

It’s the best and worst thing ever. On the one hand…my magnifying mirror is the best thing in the world. Even better than See’s Candies — because there’s nothing better when it comes to seeking and obliterating every last errant bit of fuzz on my lids and upper lip. Oh, and those tiny chin hairs? The extra stiff ones you can feel just under the surface but can’t see without help? Without my magnifying mirror, I’d never find them! Plus, how would I ever be able to find those gaps in my lashes and brows, or find that perfect angle...

Iraklii Toidze, In the Name of Peace, 1959 Konstantin Ivanov, The road is open for humans, 1960 The Fairy Tale Became Truth, 1961 (detail) Boris Berezovsky, Glory to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union! 1962 Boris Berezovsky, Glory of the Space Heroes - Glory of the Soviet People! 1963 Nikolai Charukin, Happy New Year Kids! 1964 Miron Lukianov and Vasily Ostrovsky, Through the Worlds and Centuries, July 1965 Posters of the golden age of Soviet cosmonautsVia BBCFive decades ago the Space Race was being vigorously fought between the Soviet Union and the US. For a time the USSR seemed...

The original letter in which Galileo argued against the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church has been rediscovered in London.Credit: The Royal SocietyVia Nature: Discovery of Galileo’s long-lost letter shows he edited his heretical ideas to fool the Inquisition—There seems there is nothing new or unknown on this find. I recommend taking a look at his essay (in the form of a letter to the Grand Duchess Christina) written in 1615 (around the time the above letter was also written): Galileo Galilei: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany, 1615