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For the first time in my 33 years, I’m visiting the gym on a regular basis. I’m not totally sure why I’m doing it — probably because I have a child now and I’d like to be able to not have to lie down after five minutes...
Every woman in your life has likely had a urinary tract infection, or UTI, whether she’s told you or not. That’s because once women are sexually active, urinary tract infections are so common that some 40 to 60 percent of women have had at least one dance...
January 29, 2019
Willing your way to good health might sound like wishful thinking, but a new study conducted by Stanford University researchers suggests otherwise. The scientists specifically found that simply convincing someone they have a genetic predisposition to certain health characteristics, both positive and negative — such as a...
When you’re a dad, parenting questions often come up that you struggle to find an answer to. Since other parents are the worst and Google will send you down a rabbit hole of paralyzing, paranoid terror, we’re here to help by putting those questions to the experts....
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
January 28, 2019
I recently stumbled upon a Reddit thread that chronicles the disturbing — and downright deadly — actions taken by an unnamed California company to prevent their employees from browsing the internet while using the bathroom [sic]: “My dad passed away last week at work — he had...
Do men fight each other just so they can feel less guilty about hugging it out after? It’s a question that came up recently when I was watching the episode of Sex and the City where Big and Aiden quickly go from wrestling in the mud to sitting across...
Quick thought experiment: Close your eyes and, in the hairiest part of your mind, try to picture the most iconic beards from history. Done? Odds are, you’ll have been imagining an assortment of upstanding, wise gentlemen — the likes of Charles Darwin, Santa Claus, Abraham Lincoln, Dumbledore....
January 25, 2019
So your buddy just got divorced, and you have no clue what to say when you go for drinks tonight. Does your friend need you to be a shoulder to cry on? A distraction from all the horrible stuff going on with the divorce? A reminder of the fun...
To state the obvious, no one likes getting sick. You’re either freezing, boiling hot, vomiting profusely or rushing to the toilet like your drink got spiked with a weapons-grade laxative. If you’re really unlucky, you’ve got all four symptoms, slowly but surely reminding you why death is the...
January 24, 2019
Page Kent is already drenched in sweat. Getting through airport security is a headache for every flier, but for Kent, it’s the seventh circle of hell. He’s barely got his shoes off, but he can feel the TSA side-eying him. They probably think he’s hiding something, he...
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Everyone should eat more vegetables. But if navigating the produce section gives you anxiety, don’t worry: I asked nutritionist David Friedman, author of Food Sanity: How to Eat in a World of Fads and Fiction, to help me...