“Mailbox baseball,” the act of hitting an unsuspecting mailbox with a baseball bat out of a moving vehicle, is a niche yet important part of the mythos of American life—a relic of Americana that lives on in classic coming-of-age stories and family folklore. If you've ever poked and prodded an older member of your family who grew up as a bored child back in the days when kids and teens roamed wildly unaccounted for, you've probably heard some of these stories. Beyond that, if you're living in a…

Vice presidents are hard pills to swallow. They assume that the sun rises and sets at their demand. However, sometimes you find a rose in a thornbush... such as this legend of a manager who wouldn't let his team be bossed around by the VP's silly demands. I feel obligated to share this inspirational story of an IT manager who bravely resisted the awful vice president's effort to pilfer the Fourth of July. The VP is determined that her time is more important than the IT team's combined total. Bu…

America is a truly unique place to live - from California to Delaware to Texas , every state is a little different. But some things bring Americans together, and the internet loves to dunk on the US of A for our sometimes silly levels of patriotism . Keep scrolling to check out this list of memes about the red white and blue . After that, click here to check out this story of a homemade fire pit gone terribly wrong.