Quick: What’s the best way to trim your body hair without having to clear up a wild scattering of stray pubic tufts? Are you Team Over-the-Toilet? Team Sitting-on-the-Toilet? Team On-the-Bath-Mat? Team In-the-Shower? Team Write-Lengthy-Facebook-Posts-About-“Why-Real-Men-Don’t-Manscape?” For such a silly topic, people sure have a lot of strong opinions...
Having a cold during winter doesn’t always feel like as much of an ordeal as a summer cold. You expect to get sick in winter, so you’re more mentally prepared to spend a day wrapped in a cocoon of blankets, guzzling cough syrup until you feel better...
There are a million reasons to ride your bike: Enhanced cardiovascular fitness; improved muscle strength and flexibility; increased joint mobility; reduced stress levels; upgraded posture and coordination; reinforced bones; decreased body fat levels; prevention (or management) of disease as well as reduced anxiety and depression. It’s also...
You’re in the shower, and everything’s splendid: The water’s warm, the scent’s uplifting and you’re belting out your favorite showertime tune. But then, a stray drop of shampoo lands in your eye, feeling like the red-hot soapy trident of Satan himself. What makes this stuff hurt so...
One of the unfortunate byproducts of my newfound sobriety has been an inability to sleep in past 7 a.m. It used to be that a noxious combo of booze and other stuff could reliably knock me out until noon. Now, however, my well-rested, ascetic brain is awoken by...
What’s the craziest sand sculpture you’ve done? Four years ago, myself and my wife Remy made a 500-ton sculpture of Sinbad the Sailor and the Elephants’ Graveyard in Kuwait, which took more than a month to complete. What skills do you need to be a good sand...
Camp Out Indoors To get yourself mentally and physically prepared, try having a dry run at home. “One of the best things to do is to start living your life as if you were on a camping trip right now,” says Alff. “Sleep in your sleeping bag;...
The hallmark of every summer three-day weekend is lashings of encased meat, joyous piles of fatty red meat, stacks of white meat (aka chicken) and the other white meat (aka pork). Or a giant table full of everything listed. But that’s the British barbecuing tradition, and one...
You go to the beach happy. You soak up some sun. You jump in the water. You have a couple of drinks. It’s maybe the least effort you can put into anything ever. But by the time you get home, you feel as though you’ve spent the...
Every time I stay at a hotel, I’m forced to navigate a mystery set of soaps and cleaning tools—usually, a bar of soap and a washcloth. Thing is, I am a longtime member of Team Loofah, and I can tell you that merely wiping bar soap on...
“If man was meant to fly, he’d have been given wings,” says the old mantra we ignore every time we step through the metal detector and head for the bar in the departure lounge. But there’s some truth to it: Nothing about humans flying is natural, and...
Full disclosure: Writing about how lavender essential oil can make you grow man boobs has turned me into a hypochondriac. I’m afraid that everything I ingest will inevitably result in shapely melons sprouting from my chest. In an attempt to put my fear to rest, I’ve spent some...