Even before they began dragging passengers off planes like roadkill, domestic air travel had become an experience to be endured rather than enjoyed. The seats are getting smaller, the delays are getting longer and the bathrooms are disappearing. Then there are the passengers — the brawlers, the sprawlers, the...
Few things are as satisfying as sliding into a bed on which the sheets have been made to look like a display model at Ikea. Despite this feeling, however, 59 percent of people don’t make their beds, according to a 2012 survey. In fact, if the study...
Americans don’t drink enough water. That’s a fact: A study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 43 percent of American adults drink less than four cups of water a day, and this figure includes 7 percent who drink no water at...
No matter what they try, some people can’t seem to stop themselves from being late. They’ve tried setting their clocks 10 minutes fast; their friends have tried giving them fake, earlier-than-you’re-actually-meeting meet-up times. Yet these people can still never get their life together. Why? “There’s no one reason...
No matter what you do, someone always thinks they know how to do it better. Whether it’s a DIY project, chopping vegetables or raising your child, you will be monitored by others who are primed to step in and let you know you’re doing it wrong. “Next...
It’s just a fact of life for many of us that it’s more difficult to pee when you’re flanked by two tall men at the urinal. Paruresis, or shy bladder syndrome, is a very common type of social phobia, ranking second only to the fear of public...
The average person breathes through their nose around 20,000 times a day, but most of us know very little about what’s actually going on in there. Here are all the things that call your nostrils home. Nose Hairs According to this very questionable source, the average person...
Don’t have three hours a day to spend at the gym? Not interested in bulging like a bodybuilder? Unmoved by promises of “fat-blasting, ab-chiseling monster workouts”? This is the column for you, fellow regular human with very little free time. … The Man Josh, Los Angeles, CA...
Not ecstatic about your current sex life? Don’t have hours every day attempting to decipher all of the sanskrit in the Kama Sutra? Unable to afford a suitcase full of sex toys? Here’s a sex help guide for you, fellow regular human who wants to be better...
The human body is constantly producing, er…stuff. Think about it: We go to the bathroom every day, we trim our nails every other week and most of us cut our hair about once a month. But have you ever taken a second to think about what all...
First, the anecdotal evidence: Many dentists are noticing an increase in teeth grinding and clenching as a result of the general stress that most of us are currently feeling. “There’s always a high number of patients in my practice with bruxism [the technical name for teeth grinding]...
“Are you okay?” asks the acupuncturist, hovering in front of my taint — spread before her like the world’s least appetizing open-face sandwich — needle in hand. “You look tense.” “Well, yes.” I can’t help suspecting that this isn’t an uncommon sentiment among patients undergoing the procedure, but it seems rude...
