Every time you want to borrow money, it comes with an interest rate. This is, of course, the “price” of borrowing that money. But why is the interest rate for a mortgage different for that of an auto loan? Or a credit card? What makes them change,...
Farting at the urinal ranks among the top public restroom power moves — right up there with firmly placing your hands on your hips while peeing, or audibly groaning in the stall. But just as the unspoken rules of saddling up to the stall right next to someone else...
I earned this year’s round of Super Bowl gluttony. Through a combination of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, weights, running and the keto diet, I lost 40 pounds between June and the end of January. Or just in time for two football teams to destroy each other while I stuffed...
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....
When you have a son in America, one should consider the question: To snip or not to snip? Because while the rest of the Western world may be largely post-circumcision, in the U.S. it’s still more common to be circumcised than not. In fact, according to the...
“Laser tattoo removal feels like burning oil straight from the frying pan,” says Marcus Lundqvist, a heavily-tattooed friend of mine (with an epic collection by world-famous tattooers). “I hate it.” Lundqvist knows what he’s talking about, since he’s currently suffering through the process of removing several regrettable...
I’ve heard more than a few times that “your wife has the patience of a saint.” While it’s true that my wife is pretty patient, people have only said this to me because I happen to own a ridiculously huge collection of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles memorabilia,...
Modern adult life all but requires us to borrow money for something or other, and your credit score is getting ever more important. It may one day literally determine your social standing and which friends you hang out with, as with what’s happening in China right now....
If we’re to believe the results that come up with a Google search, the phenomenon of becoming a cantankerous old fart as you age is exclusively a male problem (you’ll notice there is no female equivalent of the 1993 Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon classic, Grumpy Old...
It happens all the time: You throw a big party; buy all the booze you could possibly need; the evening is a wild success; everyone goes home happy (well, okay, somebody drunk-dials their ex and someone else throws up in a cab, but almost everyone goes home happy);...
Until very recently, I was a firm believer in the “let’s just wing it” mentality. No matter the size of the presentation or the time I had to prepare for it, I held firm in the belief that my charm and quick wit would save me from...
Sure, you care about the environment, but, hey, you’re just one guy, so, what can you do? You can’t afford a clean air vehicle, so you’re sticking with burning up those dinosaur bones to get around. You’d like to volunteer your time to scrub oil off of...