In college, I had a friend who was a little overweight — let’s call him Mike. Senior year, Mike returned to school after summer break in surprisingly good shape. Of course, I had to ask him about his transformation, having gained a good 15 to 20 pounds...
For many of us, “snow” isn’t just this weird thing that happens in the winter, or a predictable thing that goes on in the men’s room at a Miami nightclub — it’s more of an evergreen phenomenon, and it’s happening on our heads. I’m talking about the...
There often seems to be a direct correlation between the divey-ness of a bar and the strength of its pours. Odds are, the place shilling carefully measured $15 cocktails needlessly served in a coupe glass with a sprig of thyme prooooobably gives you less booze than the place with $4 vodka...
50 years ago, a hairy chest was considered to be a badge of machismo, modeled proudly by any man fortunate enough to have hyperactive follicles. Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac, for example, championed the male scoop neck tee, which broadcasted his twisty tangle of chest hair. Virtually...
My most toxic habit is reusing my one-day contact lenses. They seem good as new after a day of wear, so I just plop them into a case with some fresh solution. I usually only reuse a pair once but I’ve been known to do it twice....
Shaving is all fun and games until you snag that imposing mound protruding from your throat and proceed to bleed all over the bathroom, using up an entire roll of toilet paper on the wound. However, as Alex Brenard, head barber at the Blind Barber, emphasises, “Shaving...
When it comes to working out, we’re not all strongmen like Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (aka the Mountain from Game of Thrones). In fact, many of us could go our entire lives and still have no clue how a lat pull-down differs from an incline bench. Which is to say, there’s...
As common sense would suggest, if your face already produces enough oil to glimmer in the moonlight, slathering on moisturizer could be considered excessive. But before chucking your bottle of facial lubrication into a nearby incinerator, come along as we examine the causes of oily skin, how...
Sex is great. You know that. We know that. Even your mom knows that (think about it — you’re here, aren’t you?) But do you know what’s even greater than sex? All the ways having sex improves your overall well-being, which we’ve listed below. Sex Helps You...
You’ve got a bowl of beans staring back at you, an oozy, luscious brown brittle of ground beef swimming in a pool of pinto bean bubbles. “Eat me,” you hear it say. “Eat me… and fart your brains out.” But what if you’re in polite company? What...
If you ever took the time to actually read through the drug information pamphlet your pharmacist gave you with your medication, you might notice that it specifically mentions not to eat grapefruit. You might be inclined to toss that advice out the window along with the “do not...
We’ve written before about how that large dookie you left in the toilet is a window into your overall health, and as it turns out, your pee is very much the same. The color of your urine — which can range from completely clear to a shockingly...
