Most people, when faced with emotional turmoil or the existential hollowness that can accompany a breakup, life change, or midlife cheese crisis, turn to traditional emotional support animals (ESA). The kind you can walk on a leash, teach to fetch, or post about on social media without having to explain yourself to the FBI. Dogs. Cats. Occasionally, a snake. But…
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Your Senior Trip The Ups and Downs of Staying on Your Feet After 65
It happened somewhere over the Rockies, midflight to Denver, when our 747 decided to impersonate a bucking bronco. Luggage compartments popped open like jack-in-the-boxes, a snack cart took a nosedive into first class, and my seatmate—a silver-foxed gentleman with a face like a wise walnut—was flailing for his armrest like it owed him money. “This is nothing,” he bellowed, barely…
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Impulse Control Has Left the Building bvFTD: The Elvis of neurological disorders
Finding accurate, easy-to-read information on the internet these days is like trying to brush your teeth while eating Oreos. Sure, there are plenty of posts, tweets, threads, and AI-generated “expert” breakdowns—but how much of it is actually helpful? These days, everybody with a Wi-Fi connection and a ring light seems to think they’re a neurologist. And trying to understand something…
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From ScrotoGlow to GooGobbler A Consumer’s Guide to the Most Questionable Personal Products Ever Reviewed - Part One of Four
Welcome to the dark underbelly of product reviews. The ones you won’t see sandwiched between car commercials and anti-aging cream ads. These are the real MVPs of the human experience, the hush-hush necessities that exist in the shadows of polite society, waiting to make your life marginally better—or spectacularly worse. From devices that promise to realign body parts, to contraptions…
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From ScrotoGlow to GooGobbler A Consumer’s Guide to the Most Questionable Personal Products Ever Reviewed - Part Three of Four
VulvaDew Hydrating Estrogen Cream “Essential for many women, but you’d be hard-pressed to find a commercial casually slipping this in between an ad for laundry detergent and a home security system.” If you’ve ever thought to yourself, You know what would make my day? A thick, greasy, pharmaceutical-grade goo that somehow manages to be both ineffective and wildly uncomfortable all…
