It may be the year 2020, but living in a home with a dishwasher is still a luxury to many. Hand washing dishes after each and every meal is a necessary evil across much of the world, and with much of that same world in some level...
In the past few years there’s been growing evidence — or at least, an increasing number of headline-baiting surveys — suggesting that men in the 2010s are increasingly fixated on their own appearance. The average modern male checks himself out in the mirror 23 times a day,...
For all the complaining about how much time we’re all spending indoors, you have to admit, it comes with some advantages. For one, it’s not like you’re going to get caught in the rain any time soon. For another, considering wrinkles and other skin afflictions are, in...
Holy [beeeeep]! I just saw a large hunk of balled-up shag carpet saunter across my living room! Oh phew, that was just my dog, Tucker, who, like me, has gone without professional grooming since the start of quarantine and now looks like a stray tumbleweed. Clearly, I...
The people working on the front lines of this pandemic face a wide and horrifying array of frustrations and struggles on a daily basis. And while we’re not going to suggest that breakouts or other skin issues are anywhere near the top of that list, they can...
When the quarantines were announced back in March and early April, the conventional wisdom suggested that limiting our interaction with the outside world would at the very least provide a first line of defense against the coronavirus for ourselves, our families and — in a macro sense...
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 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...
Have you been to the store recently? Hope you like couscous instead of rice, cartons of egg whites instead of the real thing and, frankly, a poop knife instead of toilet paper, because in the time of corona, the “essentials” are becoming harder and harder to come...
When I was in middle school, I carpooled with a friend whose dad would vigorously mow his stubble with electric clippers while driving us through the busy, chaotic streets of Los Angeles. I understood back then — and I understand even more so now, as a highly...
If you’ve dared to venture out of quarantine long enough to go to the supermarket or — eek! — made your way through a half-empty airport in these dark and trying times, no doubt you’ve seen someone wearing a mask. No, not those types of masks —...
Few things are more frustrating than looking forward to a warm, relaxing shower after a long day, and instead having to endure an oscillating stream of scalding and glacial water because something to do with the temperature is all messed up. But before you go tearing your...
