Sorry to Kill Your 4th of July Buzz
Partying on the 4th is an inalienable right passed down from our Founding Fathers. That used to mean parades, fireworks, strawberry shortcake, and beer. The celebrations have gotten more potent, though, featuring vast numbers of 30-racks and large tubs of punch made with Everclear. They’re also starting earlier in the day, with the drinking underway [...]
My Failed Pheromones Experiment
“I’m afraid Dr. Baker is running a little late.”
Damn it, does this guy ever run on time? It’s only 9 am! I settle into an uncomfortable Colonial wooden chair and glance at the magazines arrayed on the scuffed coffee table. Ancient. I desultorily grab a two year-old Harper’s Bazaar with half its cover missing. Thumbing [...]
He’s Twice as Likely to be Ugly When You’re Seeing Double
Oh man, here’s a scary New Year’s thought: even moderate drinking increases your chances of winding up with an ugly dude. Apparently facial symmetry is an indicator of good genes in a potential partner, and you get really bad at spotting deformities when you’ve had a couple of beers. I guess that means you should [...]
Sex: Men Desire It, and Women Control the Supply
“Our brains are identical to the ones that emerged from Africa 100,000 years ago. You take a caveman, shave him, give him a three-piece suit, and put him on Wall Street, and he looks like all the others barbarians on Wall Street. Our brains haven’t changed at all in the last 100,000 years.”
Michio [...]
Sex is Strategic. So Should You Be.
“Here’s what he wants: to have sex with you.
Here’s what you want: to be courted, adored, wooed, admired, listened to, understood, wooed some more, forgiven for your foibles, your little peccadilloes, chased, called, pleaded with, cared for, kissed, loved and to have great sex.
You see the problem here? We want more stuff [...]
