If you could only eat one thing a day and it had to be the same thing every day, you really only have two options: 1) You could eat a potato; or 2) you could eat rice and beans. For variety’s sake, don’t pick the potato. Admittedly,...
The shortest answer to this question is: Nothing good, unless you wish to be featured in the Guinness World Records and/or the nightmares of small children. Just ask Lee Redmond, who grew her fingernails out to a record-shattering combined length of 28 feet, four inches. Admirable though...
I want to beat the heck out of whoever invented the phrase “starve a cold, feed a fever” — same goes for the inverse, “feed a cold, starve a fever.” Like hey, I know your head feels like a leaky water balloon, but you know what will...
If you’ve spent any amount of time listening to AM radio, no doubt you’ve heard ads where some nondescript man bemoans his lack of a sex drive or manliness, and then is followed by a voiceover recommending some variation on a course of testosterone — the idea...
I hate cardio, so I don’t run. That’s the truth. But if anyone asks, I fall back on one of the more commonly accepted arguments against running — particularly, that it’s hell for your knees. With gyms closed and nowhere else to go, though, lots of people have taken up running...
I got a haircut in early March, and on my way out, I went ahead and booked another one. That appointment was originally scheduled for Friday — yeah, this Friday — and as you might imagine, it was cancelled due to the unforeseen appearance of a global...
“I hate cooking,” exclaims Michael, 27. When California, his state of residence, enacted a stay-at-home order in response to the spreading coronavirus, he frantically stockpiled frozen dinners. “I usually get food at work on weekdays,” he explains. “We have a fully stocked kitchen, catering or a $15 work expense for lunches....
One of the few outdoor activities you can do during quarantine is walk your dog. And if you read our blog regularly, you should know by now that applying sun protection before stepping outside is always a smart move. But what you might not know is that...
The nasty thing you said to a close relative who passed soon after. The career-altering mistake you made. The one that got away — or rather, left because you messed up. Why are these the thoughts that bounce off the inside of your skull when you wake...
Ah, fat — 30 years ago, when it came to healthy eating, it was Public Enemy No. 1. Back then, conventional wisdom suggested that getting too much “fat” in your food would make you gain weight, and cutting back on fatty meals would help you lose it....
Thank God for next-day shipping. I get paid on Thursdays and my wife’s birthday was this past Friday — I’d planned to head out to the mall on Thursday and get some new sneakers that she was excited about. I’d had this figured out for weeks, but I...
A brief note: The May print issue was written before the coronavirus pandemic took hold and turned all of our lives upside down. We hope all of these stories will be relevant again before too long, but meanwhile, stay safe, stay sane, and above all, stay away from...
