It’s no coincidence that the holiday season’s mascot is a morbidly obese guy who gorges himself on cookies. Forget about presents and obnoxious sweaters, binge-eating is the true star of December’s holiday festivities. But it’s not your fault that you keep reaching for seconds and thirds and...
For most people, curling is a sport that only takes place during the Winter Olympics—or in Canada. But not for DSC member Matt Galas, the co-founder of the Windy City Curling Club. Since April, Matt’s been hard at work in the Chicago-area getting people hooked on the...
Serial, the spin-off This American Life podcast that is sweeping the brains of all your friends, has been broadcasting weekly episodes for more than two months. If somehow you haven’t heard, it’s a true-crime radio-style series about the 1999 murder of 18-year-old Baltimore high school kid Hae...
Here on the other side of the pond, rugby is still somewhat perplexing. But in a good way. Like pop rocks. So we got in touch with Peter Mullins, a DSC member and player for the Chicago Riot Rugby Football Club—to take us inside the scrum. ...
Your earbuds, of course, spend most of their time in your ears, getting warm, waxy and sweaty. But you also probably put them in your pocket, drop them on the subway and maybe even share them with other people. In each of these instances, your earbuds are...
Twenty years ago, on November 15, 1994, writer Mark Simpson invented the term metrosexual. Writing for Britain’s Independent newspaper, he was the first to classify this new urban class of well-to-do men: Metrosexual man, the single young man with a high disposable income, living or working in...
Body stank of all kinds is due to the presence of bacteria and hormonal factors, often teaming up to offend your nose—or the nose of someone you love. Diet and health issues can exacerbate these conditions, which is why an untreated diabetic after a night at the...
This week, we’re profiling Ryan Sayles. Ryan is a co-author of Trouble In The Heartland, a collection of crime stories inspired by the songs of Bruce Springsteen that includes a contribution from Mystic River author Dennis Lehane. When did your interest in The Boss grow from casual “Born...
Traveling to another planet is the ultimate long-distance flight. And just like any long-distance flight, you need some entertainment. What better way to kill time while hurtling through space in Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic shuttle than by marathon back-to-back screenings of Christopher Nolan’s space-travel epic, Interstellar? The...
This week, we’re profiling Lucas Hamlin. The owner of Portland-based Fat Wallet Customs, Lucas has been restoring and custom-painting cars since he was 19 years old. Fifteen years later, no request stumps him. He can candy coat your ‘64 Lincoln, make sure your flames don’t look like crab...
You’ve probably clicked on this post to discover the answer to December’s #DSCRompecabeza. Welp, we made a boo-boo. As you may or may not have suspected, the clues to our puzzle are wrong. In fact, the clues should have been AUTUMN = 1-22-22-24-17-19 and SUMMER = 19-22-15-16-9-23....
An unscrubbed back is not a fatal condition. So you don’t HAVE to soap it up every time you step into the shower. But don’t take that as an open invitation to never wash it. Like every other body part, your back can benefit from some lather...
