People have warned against airplane coffee and tea for decades. Yet, the airlines continue to serve it, and passengers continue to drink it. So the question seems not to be whether the water that runs from the taps of airplane sinks is actually gross, but if consuming gross water is really...
Being near the pantry is one of the best and worst things about working from home. On the one hand, endless chips are great. On the other hand, endless chips have consequences. But with advice from hypnotist Lori Hammond, who specializes in weight loss, we can all...
My girlfriend and I started celebrating Takeout Fridays during quarantine, an attempt at supporting small businesses and keeping morale high. But despite looking forward to takeout all week, every week, when Friday finally comes around, our minds go blank. There are too many good options, and landing on just one, no matter...
Basically, no matter where you are in the continental United States at this very moment, it is likely very, very hot. They don’t call them the dog days of summer for nothing. Despite that very real, very sticky fact, we can all be thankful that a whopping...
Contrary to popular belief, your personal skincare routine can be whatever you want it to be. There are some options that might eventually give you a rash (like wiping your face with disinfectant) or maybe encourage the signs of aging to reveal themselves faster, but it’s still your decision....
For many of us, acne is a phase: Aggravating, sure, but once puberty comes to an end and our hormones settle down, our faces mostly clear right up. Not everyone is so fortunate, though, and while their teenage years may be long behind them, the same old...
Just now, I stood up from my desk, walked to my bathroom, closed the door and… *scratch, scratch* Before I even had a chance to unzip my pants, my dog, Tucker, was scratching at the bathroom door. He wanted in. And he wanted in badly. I have absolutely no...
When it comes to our current lives in isolation, many of us have settled into a nice (relatively speaking) routine: Stick around the house all day 24/7, and then venture out once a week maybe to go to the supermarket. Ahh yes, the supermarket. The one place...
Mistook your monthly magazine for a pack of One Wipe Charlies and flushed it down the toilet? No worries, here’s the online version! In this edition: An Acting Coach’s Guide to ‘Fake It Till You Make It’ How Do I, Um, Like, Become a Better, Uh, Public...
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If hot fried chicken were a mere seedling, cold fried chicken would be a mighty redwood. To deny that something special happens when a piece of frizzled poultry spends the night in a refrigerator is a brazen denial of the universe and its laws. Compared to hot fried chicken, cold fried chicken...
If the last time you changed your water filter was in a past life, welcome to the club. But despite being exceedingly common, neglected water filters do pose some real problems. Basically, water filters run water through various substances, such as carbon or charcoal, which snatch up...
