We typically feature parenting content on Mondays — exhibit A, exhibit B — but something made me laugh so much this weekend, I wanted to share… In an Instagram reel, comedian Rachael Burke tries to spell the last name “Smith” clearly: “Oh, yes, my last name is S as in stool sample, M as in mmmmm…
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We’re manifesting. By the wonderful Grace Farris. P.S. You’re doing a great job, and which jean jacket are you? 0 COMMENTS
Read moreWhat It Feels Like to Be a Sociopath
In movies, sociopaths are often depicted as cold-blooded killers, but the disorder is actually widely misunderstood. Patric Gagne is a therapist, wife and mother of two living in the Los Angeles area, and she just wrote a gripping memoir about how it actually feels to be a sociopath. I interviewed Patric on the phone about…
Read more11 Readers Share Their Go-To Recipes
A reader named Sonia wrote in to share her go-to work lunch: a chopped salad. “The key is to eat this salad with a spoon so you taste all the ingredients and textures in each bite,” she says. “I buy a rotisserie chicken at Costco, cook some quinoa, and chop cabbage, snap peas, and cucumber…
Read moreWhat’s a Good Dating Uniform, and Other Reader Questions
We’ve loved answering reader questions in the past (and hearing everyone weigh in). Here are four more, including fun party games and London recommendations… Q. “I am about to start dating again after a bad breakup. Since I’ll probably go on a string of first dates, do you have a recommendation for a warm weather…
Read moreOrdinary Encounters
I went in for an eye exam the other day, which I’ve been putting off for months. To make matters worse, it was a rainy Monday morning and it was one of those days where I woke up already feeling behind on the hundred things I needed to get done. So you can imagine how…
Read moreApril Fools’ Prank
This little trickster pranked us all today… “We’re making cake pops!” Anton’s sitter texted me, while I was at the bank. She sent this adorable photo, above, and I wrote back that I couldn’t wait to try one. When I got home, Anton presented a dish of cake pops, and I gamely picked one up…
Read more5 Simple Strategies I Use To Be Super Productive After Work
Improve your life, not just your performance on the job. You are not your work. You know that, but like lots of men, you don’t treat yourself that way. You spend your best waking hours at the job, come home exhausted, and have no energy and time left to work on yourself. I don’t judge…
Read more10 Great Quotes for New Parents
There’s a line from a picture book, Charley’s First Night, that always makes me think of our first night at home with our newborn daughter. In the book, a little boy shows his new puppy around before tucking him into bed, saying, “This is home, Charley.” My daughter is now five, but I still blink…
Read moreWhat Cute Things Have You Enjoyed Lately?
This week, I was walking down the street with my friend Andy, when I told him, “The babies in the neighborhood have gotten even cuter lately.” And it’s true — with the start of spring, the general adorableness factor seems to have leveled up. What have you swooned over recently? Here are four things… My…
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