Tagged: lifestyle

Why I Wear Sunscreen

I can’t remember much about the phone call. If it came on a Tuesday or a Saturday, if it was sunny or grey outside. What…

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A Mother's Day Roast, Not of the Food Variety

Here’s the lowdown. Sunday is Mother’s Day. While it would be easy to send flowers or a massage, Mommy Dearest channeled her innermost masochist and…

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Funny Money: Strange Professions and Careers

Most little kids grow up wanting to be doctors, firemen, policemen (or women) and such. As time goes on, we figure out what we like…

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Peak Internet: I Hate Everything

They’re playing baseball in McCarren park and I am immediately hit with the dusty smell of my childhood: dirty gloves, pebbles in bat bags, the…

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TinyLetter: Big Communication for Smaller Communities

Have you heard of the email marketing service MailChimp? If you haven’t, and you subscribe to any company mailing lists, I can pretty much guarantee…

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Flipping Out: The Lies HGTV Told Me

Shortly after I moved into my first “big girl” apartment in Boston, I caught the HGTV bug. Seven years later, I’m looking for my first…

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It’s a Man’s Word: Gender and Language

At the risk of stating the obvious, writing can be a very difficult thing to do, whether you write for personal fulfillment or for an…

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No Bubble Gum? Strange Laws Around the World

Every country is different, and while we pride ourselves on being a nation that offers us so much freedom and possibility, sometimes we have a…

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Stalk Me, Please

We’ve all had that friend. You know, the one who always complains about being “stalked”* by some guy that she went on a few dates…

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What to Listen to on Your Next Road Trip

Picture this — you’re in the middle of a seven-and-a-half-hour drive, your iPhone is dead, and the only available entertainment is the central Pennsylvania radio…

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The Death of the Soap Opera

Soap operas are a dying breed. They haven’t gone completely extinct yet, but as time passes, they are dying a slow, oftentimes drawn-out death. As…

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ASMR: Sounds for Relaxation

Humans find pleasure in many different things, and sound is one of them. While certain sounds like dogs barking, car horns blaring and babies crying…

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