I ate dog food. Let me tell you why.

These days, dog owners who pamper their pets can easily wind up in the poorhouse. Within the past two years, Americans have spent nearly $41 billion on their furry friends. Today, we have designer dog furniture, cringe-worthy doggy couture (accessories not…

In an age of ballooning obesity, it’s hard to swallow the fact that gluttony is now an official sport. The professional “gladiators of the esophagus” are represented by The IFOCE (International Federation of Competitive Eating) and they train, compete and receive sponsorships (nearly $350,000 in…

Bethany Kivisalu Hickey, “The Taxidermy Chick,” is a former sex educator who now works as a licensed taxidermist. She specializes in domestic birds, one of the hardest of species to work with. Harder than teaching sex ed? Maybe not, but it’s certainly an unusual career shift.

Bethany is…