Back in the day, I mostly associated swimming pools with playing Marco Polo, doing handstands, and, most importantly, pretending to be a mermaid. Nowadays, I mostly associate them with lap swim, which ...

Attention all wannabe sea creatures: you can buy a mermaid tail on the internet now, and it's nothing like the little kid costumes you're picturing in your head. No, no, these babies are authentic.

Anyone who's anyone knows mermaids are everything. They get to swim all day long with their pretty shiny tails instead of boring, old legs. While we have pavements and slow walkers to deal with, they ...