Everybody loves a good underdog story, so I thought I’d share mine here. My whole childhood I had teachers tell me how awful of a…
There’s a new frontier in the throes of marital and postmarital powerplay and it lies in the deeply personal and earnest letter written by a…
Look, I’ll say it plain and simple: it doesn’t matter why I already went through your supposed “lifetime supply” of Hormel Chili that I won,…
Hey metal fans, the ghost of Cliff Burton here. I’ve traversed the astral plane to call out The Hard Times. I couldn’t help but notice…
So there’s this guy Jake. He just turned 30, and now he’s going on about “eliminating bad habits” and “building a healthier daily routine.” What…
As Halloween draws nearer, there’s nothing I like more than going to one of the many elaborately designed haunted houses, horror mazes, and ghost tours…
Names used to mean something. They carried weight, tradition, and integrity. But not, apparently, for Wildflower Trading Post and Gifts—an establishment as far removed from…
In a heartbreaking but all too common scene, a hardworking father adds a completely respectful amount of whiskey to his morning coffee in a mug…
Meet Lisa Bergeron, when her primary care physician told her the weekly recommended number of drinks for a woman her size was between five and…
You knew this was going to happen. You saw the signs, you were aware of the risks. You found the “sea salt” scented body washes,…
Lately it seems the world is increasingly full of self-righteous dickheads dropping subtle hints as to how I should live my life. Whether it be…
Here at the Hard Times, it’s not like we get to interview a film visionary very often. We’re just a small-time punk news website, so…
Look guys, we’re sorry. We really didn’t mean to do this interview, we were just kinda buzzed and made a snarky off-the-cuff remark. It snowballed…
Back in 1992, renowned neurodiversity advocate Dr. Temple Grandin laid the groundwork for the research on deep-touch pressure that would eventually lead to the creation…
Edging, the practice of sexually stimulating oneself up to the point of arousal without achieving climax for some reason, may have a new trend. Local…