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Suffering a heart attack or other severe cardiac event is a life-threatening and life-changing event... Read More

Bumpkins Get Short End of the Sticks Feb. 14, 2024

The Word Guy

"Stix Nix Hick Pix," proclaimed a 1935 headline in the entertainment newspaper Variety. Translation:... Read More

Riding the Wave Feb. 13, 2024

We hadn't had the new microwave that long when, all of a sudden, it decided it just didn't want to m... Read More

Informant Leaks Minutes of Swift-Kelce Committee Meeting Feb. 10, 2024

What follows are the leaked minutes from the CIA FBI NSA Joint Deep State Totally Serious Completely... Read More

We Need to Talk About Death and Applebee's Feb. 10, 2024

I thought about death in Applebee's. Where the Maroon 5 flows as freely as the margarita mix. Where ... Read More

Muscular Mitochondria Feb. 07, 2024

Exercising (or doing more of it) is a popular New Year's resolution, though usually for naught. Vari... Read More

A Grand Doggie Affair Feb. 06, 2024

"Bowie has a girlfriend," I announced to my husband. "She's a golden retriever and her name is Susie... Read More

Thinkers, Sinkers and Buying a Whitewater Canoe Feb. 03, 2024

Thinkers are sinkers, that's what I always say. All right, well, I don't always say it, but I just ... Read More

If Taylor Swift is a Biden Psyop, Can We Just Have Healthcare? Feb. 03, 2024

An unhinged theory flying around this country, a silly widdle country, is that the United States gov... Read More

Looking for Motivation at Work? Join the Crowd. Feb. 01, 2024

Work Daze

2024 is only one month old and already the reality of your job situation has set in. It isn't prett... Read More

Personality Versus Dementia Jan. 31, 2024

A new study, published in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia, investigated whether any of the so-cal... Read More

Ain't That a Shame Jan. 30, 2024

"Are you ready to order?" asked the server. It was our first time at a new restaurant and everything... Read More

I Hate the Dog Days of Winter, Doggone It Jan. 27, 2024

These are the dog days of winter. Oh, I know, technically it's the "dog days of summer," and we hav... Read More

Tip Sheet for Ron DeSantis Upon Returning to Florida Jan. 27, 2024

ALL-STAFF MEMO FROM THE OFFICE OF FLORIDA GOV. RON DESANTIS Subject: One-pager of tips and talking p... Read More

Start the Year Wrong! Jan. 25, 2024

Work Daze

You have no one to blame but yourself. January is almost over and you're still driving yourself craz... Read More

Why the Letter 'B' Is Deeply in 'Debt' Jan. 24, 2024

The Word Guy

Have you ever wondered why we don't pronounce the "b" in debt, the "c" in indict, the "p" in receipt... Read More

Kneed to Know Jan. 24, 2024

New research suggests that stronger quad muscles (at the front of the thigh) relative to hamstrings ... Read More

A Chip Off the Old Tooth Jan. 23, 2024

After making it through the challenges of Thanksgiving, the trials of Black Friday, and the marathon... Read More

Fame Is a Four-Letter Word Jan. 20, 2024

I've had a minuscule taste of fame lately, in the sense that some people know some things about me t... Read More

I Swear This Is Not a Column About My Dead Cat Jan. 20, 2024