Even though most adults need seven to nine hours of sleep, that number is elusive for most of us. Try as you might to master a sleep routine that actually works, one of the biggest challenges is actually turning your brain off once your head hits th…
Lees meerIt is August, which means I should have had a decent tomato sandwich by now, but the weather in Portland is a mess, my garden is a disaster, and none of my tomatoes have ripened to the point of being sandwich-worthy.Read more...
Lees meerApple silicon—including the M1 and new M2 chips—has a reputation for staying cool even under intense workloads. Intel Macs, on the other hand, run notoriously hot. They’re still capable computers, but they heat up fast, which, in turn, slows things …
Lees meerIt’s hard to convey sarcasm in writing, but the consequences of using or interpreting a sarcastic phrase wrong can be serious. Sarcasm is, after all, “a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain” or “a mode of satiri…
Lees meerI’ve learned a lot in my many years in the gym, and beginner-me would be shocked and appalled by the things present-me does during workouts. With the benefit of experience, I now do exercises I used to think one should “never” do, and I’ve broken pr…
Lees meerEggplant doesn’t have a strong foothold in American cuisine, and that needs to change. I’m surprised by how many adults I’ve met who’ve never eaten it, and others who won’t touch the stuff unless it’s covered in marinara and mozzarella. I love eggpl…
Lees meerGrowing up, I was always a big beef eater, with pork being my second meat of choice. Unless it was battered and fried, I didn’t have much time for chicken. I thought it was boring, tasteless, pedestrian. But a proficient cook can make chicken taste …
Lees meerOne of the most frustrating hobbies I ever took up was archery, but not because it’s hard to hit a target on the wall (it is, but I got pretty good at that). My problem was that one of the popular ways to go out and have fun with archery was to do “…
Lees meerConventional wisdom says there isn’t really anything you can do for a broken toe. Well, conventional wisdom is dumb as hell. As it turns out, there are interventions that can—and should—be used when you break your toe.Read more...
Lees meerLast weekend, a Connecticut man went inside his house after doing some yard work only to see a wild black bear had taken up residency in his kitchen. The homeowner, Bill Priest, knew exactly what to do. This is because the same bear had previously b…
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Lees meerIn my experience, anyone who engages in competitive athletics of any kind will gladly eat, drink, or wear anything that will ethically enhance their performance. Runners eat disgusting gels to boost their energy and spray themselves down with lubric…
Lees meerAlthough air travel with little kids is no walk in the park—especially when you yourself are terrified of flying—you at least get to keep your little ones in your line of sight for the entire journey. What about travel scenarios when you need to sen…
Lees meerApple Arcade is Apple’s solution to mobile gaming’s biggest stumbling block: Nobody wants to pay for individual games, but constant micro-transactions are equally painful. Five dollars per month for a large library of ad-free games that aren’t pay-t…
Lees meerIf you’re fighting with your partner every day and it’s affecting your ability to connect or have a stable life outside of your relationship, you may be fighting too much. But before you freak out that your relationship is doomed because of the four…
Lees meerAfter seemingly endless false starts, Neil Gaiman’s graphic novel opus The Sandman is finally coming to Netflix this week. Gaiman’s work has never translated easily to the screen, but when the process works, it has gifted us with singular films like…
Lees meerEggs are really pretty bland on their own, so they heavily benefit from added seasonings like a spritz of hot sauce, ketchup, or onion powder. I enjoy many sauces and dips with my eggs, but a recent discovery has me hoarding seemingly empty olive ja…
Lees meerI’m not one of those joyless people who thinks there’s something wrong with giving children creative and unusual names—I’d rather meet a little kid named Killarney than Kevin any day. But parents are tying their offspring to the associations people …
Lees meerAs parents, we all want to make our children happy—we want them to have that coveted toy or the next fun experience. But there are always going to be times when your children want something that doesn’t fit into the family budget; a pricy new video …
Lees meerOne of the most devastating lessons of early childhood is that you sometimes have to apologize even when you’re not sorry. These days, you might not be snatching a toy from another kid just because you decided they had it long enough, but that doesn…
Lees meerMonkeypox is now definitively more widespread than just a few cases, with New York, California, and Illinois declaring emergencies and the World Health Organization calling it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.Read more...
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