I’m about to share with you one of those life hacks that ceases to be a hack the moment it becomes public knowledge. It’s like announcing how you can bypass the 90-minute wait for a table at The Cheesecake Factory by using first-available seating at the bar. Anyway, here’s another one: Whole Foods sells oysters…
Jacked Check – An occasional series fact checking the world of bro science Claim: “If you can peel it you can eat it.” In other words, conventional produce is fine to buy and eat if you remove the skin, and therefore, pesticides. Rating: Partly true. Conclusion: Produce that has a protective shell, such as kiwi,…
I just finished a book called The Curse of High IQ. The premise is that, because of the way standard deviations work, having an IQ of just 130 means that the daily activities and decisions of almost everyone around you are incomprehensible. Let me give you an example. The gym in my condo building is…
One of the iconic Seinfeld dialogues is when Jerry, George, and Elaine discuss the right way to respond when someone sneezes. Jerry asserts that if you want to make a person feel better after sneezing, you shouldn’t say “God bless you,” but rather “You’re so good looking.” Exiting the gym today, I got to thinking…
Even though the schedule on my gym’s door says it opens at 5 am, I appreciate that the staff member with the key always arrives early and lets us in. An extra five or ten minutes on a busy workday makes a difference, and I get some additional gym time before the 6 am crowd…