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Years ago, a humorous television commercial showed a man glumly groaning, “I can’t believe I ate that whole thing!” The commercial was for an antacid, ...

With the weather we’ve been having this past summer, many people have experienced hot flashes, regardless of gender: feeling so hot under the collar we ...

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose,by any other name would smell as sweet.” ~ William Shakespeare   The Bay Area has ...

For many people worldwide, December is a time of celebration. If you work in the pharmaceutical industry, however, the month carries a more serious meaning: ...

“Hot town, summer in the city/Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty,” sang the Lovin’ Spoonful. And that was before climate change heated things ...

If you live in southern California, you know what happened on the 4th of July. Mother Nature set off a fireworks display that had people scrambling ...

Everybody’s on board the eco train these days, trumpeting their recycled plastic packaging and reusable canvas bags that save trees. This is all good, and ...

Some people kit out their cars. And we suppose, if you love cats, being “kitted out” could refer to having a litter of kittens (as ...

In these socially connected times, whatever we do is instantly available to the world via the Internet, as many people discover to their eternal chagrin.  ...

It may surprise you to learn that July is National Boredom Month, which seems a bit strange considering school’s out, many adults are taking vacations, ...

In some instances, being called a “chip off the old block” is complimentary. Such as when a daughter gets into the same Ivy League college ...

Falls can happen anywhere, and technology has never been more prepared to help. For example, seniors who fall risk breaking a hip, so a visionary ...

It’s June, and you know what that means: several months of bliss for kids and turning a blind eye for parents, if they don’t want ...

It’s graduation season, and some of the pomp can lead to unfortunate circumstance. Like the after-party spill clean up nightmare. That’s why many parents have ...

June is many things: a favorite month to get married, the start of summer (in the Northern Hemisphere), the season of inconvenience for parents who ...

We know it’s been a while since you were in grammar school, learning about such English language twisters as homophones: words that sound alike but ...

In recent times, whenever a catastrophic event, whether natural or human-created, makes headlines, social media rapidly makes memes that say something along the lines of, ...

The Internet is known for those who jump on board to criticize. So it was refreshing to see how many peopled jumped on board to ...

When Pink Floyd released their hit album “The Wall” 40 years ago, they weren’t singing about spill clean up, though for many school maintenance crews, ...

You may have heard the maxim, “A good pun is its own reword.” That’s not a typo; it’s wordplay. Back in the day, one of ...

It’s spring, and while the horrific floods of a few months ago have fortunately receded, there’s a lot of excess water around. And it’s still ...

The expression “a wet winter” doesn’t begin to describe what 2019 has been like for many businesses and homeowners across the country, which have experienced ...

Some phrases sound as if frustrated parents invented them (and since many of us here at Impact Absorbents are parents ourselves, we get it!). For ...

Remember the 1950s? Even if you weren’t there personally, the decade’s been immortalized in TV sitcoms and song. Rock ‘n’ roll was just being born, ...

We recently watched a heartwarming six-part series on The Ellen Show calledThe Build Up, in which two design and construction experts help transform a Baltimore ...

Weather folklore from the Farmers’ Almanac says, “If March comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb.” This colorful analogy seems ...

Have you ever traveled with small children? In between pestering their siblings or needing a rest stop, they constantly ask, “Are we there yet?” A ...

These days, reality shows (and stars) blanket the Internet, magazines, and our daily lives, whether we want to hear about them or not. And they’re ...

We’re going to spill it: how to be the best small business you can be in 2019. This is one spill you won’t want to ...

The Chinese New Year, which begins in February, is always symbolized by a specific animal that defines the qualities for the coming year. It’s a ...