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My family car is an SUB and I love it: On my new "sport utility bicycle" I can cart groceries, take my kids shopping, haul a barbecue grill and make a margarita.; By Mark Benjamin Jul 24, 2008
I'm an absent-minded engineer; my mind wanders and so does my wallet: I fear I lack common sense in life, and this affects my performance.; By Cary Tennis Jul 24, 2008
George W. Bush: "Awesome!": The president has used "awesome" to describe everything from dead soldiers to the pope. How did a slang word trickle up to the highest office in the land?; By Andrea Higbie Jul 23, 2008
My friend has gone bad: I hate to lose my best college buddy, but her behavior is beyond the pale.; By Cary Tennis Jul 23, 2008
I was masturbating in my office to kinky Internet porn when another mom walked in: I live in a small, conservative town. I'm petrified about what she may have seen!; By Cary Tennis Jul 22, 2008
Why I hate summer: Sweaty thighs sticking to plastic chairs? Miserable barbecues and forced merriment? Thanks, but I'll pass.; By Rachel Shukert Jul 21, 2008
I bailed on taking the bar exam at the last minute -- twice: I finally got through law school but I'm having a problem with procrastination.; By Cary Tennis Jul 21, 2008
I'm afraid I'm doing the wrong art: Should I paint, or sculpt, or write? I can't decide.; By Cary Tennis Jul 17, 2008
The rise and fall of an American beer: Before it was bought by Belgium's InBev, Budweiser trampled local breweries across this land. Who's crying in their (piss) beer now?; By Edward McClelland Jul 17, 2008
When the bottom line overrides the Hippocratic oath: As a naive pediatric resident, I couldn't believe it when the surgeon called back and said we don't treat those kinds of patients.; By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Jul 16, 2008
I'm sleeping with my best friend's fiancé: I didn't like him at first because he was treating her bad, but now I've got him under my skin.; By Cary Tennis Jul 16, 2008
Charles Atlas will make a man of you!: Forget Wii Fit and Perfect Pushup suction cups. To get in shape, I went back to the original fitness guru -- "the world's most perfectly developed man."; By Todd Levin Jul 15, 2008
My wife left me because the dolphins at Sea World gave me an erection: I thought I could reunify the family with a trip to the aquarium -- but after my mishap, she kicked me out.; By Cary Tennis Jul 15, 2008
Ask Pablo: Follow these simple tips and you can drive your sky-high gasoline bill back down to earth.; By Pablo Päster Jul 14, 2008
Why wouldn't a 16-year-old boy want to live on a houseboat?: See, there's this maverick single dad with three adopted kids, and he buys this old houseboat and starts restoring it ...; By Cary Tennis Jul 14, 2008
A wonderful, magical animal: Tom Colicchio, David Chang and others on the virtues of the hog, the importance of ethical farming and why true pork lovers are not ignorant pigs about their meat.; By Sarah Hepola Jul 11, 2008
My company wants me to move to California: I don't like California; I like it where I am!; By Cary Tennis Jul 11, 2008
Bacon is dead! Long live bacon!: It's trendy now, but will hype and gimmickry (bacon cocktails, anyone?) spoil the great salty meat?; By Peter Meehan Jul 10, 2008
I've been passing out drunk and it's getting worse: I can stay sober for a few weeks, but then have another attack. I'm starting to be truly afraid.; By Cary Tennis Jul 10, 2008
My hip-to-waist ratio is nobody's business but mine: Please, women, don't speculate on my hips' suitability for childbearing!; By Cary Tennis Jul 9, 2008
How can I convince my girlfriend that this is as good as it gets?: She's younger, and she's restless, and she wants that spark of the new.; By Cary Tennis Jul 8, 2008
Where have you gone, Marcus Welby?: Family doctors are a dying breed that is not being revived by medical students. This is the healthcare crisis the candidates should be talking about.; By Robert Burton Jul 8, 2008
Belly of the beast: So why do I cure my own bacon? Because it's fun, it's easy, and loving food is different than loving the food that you make.; By Rebecca Traister Jul 8, 2008
Bacon mania: Why are Americans so batty for bacon? It's delicious, it's decadent -- and it's also a fashion statement.; By Sarah Hepola Jul 7, 2008
At 56 I want an art history degree: I hit the wall in my dead-end job, I'm sleeping on a friend's floor, but I have a dream!; By Cary Tennis Jul 7, 2008