Cheating at nursing home bingo without getting caught takes a steady dabber hand, a selectively broken hearing aid, and the moral flexibility of a used-car salesman at a funeral. The prize is a Snickers bar. The stakes are somehow higher than a Senate confirmation hearing, and the crowd is meaner. Roughly 1.2 million residents live…
The best plasma selling tips to fund your Black Friday shopping spree come down to timing, water, and not eating a bacon cheeseburger like it owes you money. Start five weeks early. Drink like a fish at an open bar, but only water. Selling plasma means a licensed center pulls the yellow part of your…
Bacteria on the back of your stepdad’s tongue are digesting protein and belching out volatile sulfur compounds, mainly hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan. Those gases account for about 90% of the smell in halitosis. Translated into English, his mouth is a compost bin with strong opinions about the thermostat. The hot dog note comes from…
Spray tan warning signs before you look like a traffic cone show up early, usually while you are still fully clothed and still capable of leaving. They arrive as a mystery jug and a bored technician. They arrive as a shade chart with three settings that all sound like energy drinks. Miss them and your…
Nothing inspires medical confidence like a Dodge Caravan with a red cross painted on the side in what is unmistakably nail polish. Real bloodmobiles park in these same lots, hand out these same cookies, and hire nurses who can find a vein through a winter coat. This one has a beach chair, a bath towel,…
Your pancreas is probably a flat earther. It spends its entire life lying down in the dark, and it has never once seen a horizon. Officially, it’s a gland that runs digestion and blood sugar. Spiritually, it’s a divorced guy named Dale with a ring light, a podcast mic, and a lot of thoughts about…