Imagine that an old high school friend of yours recently started sporting crazy neon wigs, push-up bras, and 8-inch heels to work—and within a year, she’d become a millionaire. More »
There are two types of reality food shows on TV. The first features mouthwatering meals we wish we could eat right off our flat-screens. The second subjects us to gag-inducing footage of people wolfing down bull testicles, duck embryos, and puréed... More »
Like most kids growing up in single-parent households, I had a lot of unstructured time in which to get into trouble. And my kind of trouble was junk food. I didn't pull fire alarm bells, I pulled Taco Bells. I didn't run with the juvies, I ran... More »
America has a drinking problem. No, not booze. I'm talking about soft drinks. More »
This is an election year, which means that if you hate being lied to, the next 11 months are not going to be pleasant. More »
What's your New Year's resolution? More »
Imagine you sign a lease to rent an apartment, and as you’re moving in, you discover your rent money only covers the living room and the closet. To actually use the kitchen, the bedroom, and the bath, you’ll have to pay two or three times what you... More »
Many years from now, historians will look back at 2011 and label it The Stupidest Year Ever. From Tweeting Weiners, to the Congress that Couldn’t, to anything involving tigers (Tiger Moms, Tiger Blood, Tiger Woods), the whole year was an exercise ... More »
It’s the first snow of the season, and it’s so heavy and wet that it clogs your snowblower. You have two choices. Option 1: Shove your arm between the augers and remove the blockage. The downside: You’ll lose your arm in the process, and having it... More »
Want to know the quickest way to lose 20, 50, even 100 pounds? No, not dieting. No, not surgery. You can do it by thinking. Don’t believe me? Then meet Tim Wadsworth. He stripped 92 pounds of flab off his body in just 12 months by walking a lit... More »