I have been there, so yes. When my wife was pregnant she did not walk around with her hand under constantly her bump, nor did any other of the many pregnant women I have known. Most of them spent a lot more time with a hand on their aching backs. And yet, the moment a professional photographer gets out their camera,…

Why the middle of the night? Peter Martin, the lead author of the study, explains that it may have to do with human evolution.

Is it actually a rule of the universe that pregnant women must be photographed with one hand under their bump? Or just a rule of journalism?

Here’s a strategy my wife and I concocted for social situations. If it seems like somebody knows me but I don’t remember their name (or even whether I know them), I will introduce my wife to them. They will introduce themselves to her in turn and - hopefully - that will prompt some kind of recall.

Devastating response: “Nice to see you again, Debbie” (do not use their own name. 

If you want to make more money, the best choice for that is Switzerland. People who moved there for work saw an average annual income boost of $61,000, making the average expat paycheck $203,000.

Free advice: never, ever check Urban Dictionary. There had never been an occasion where I checked Urban Dictionary and did not immediately regret it.

NFL games in London are entertaining as long as it’s a rare “special event” for the locals. But I can’t see a full time team working in London, the locals are just not bound in to any loyalty to either the team or to the colleges the players came from. Most British people I know that follow an NFL team picked them…

I’m a very private person too, but again it’s easier to tolerate when you see it as a generational thing. When (and where) I grew up, people of a certain age asking “do you have a girlfriend?” was either (a) a polite way of asking whether they could set you up with their niece/nephew as appropriate; or (b) a…

What I love most about that clip is the two other Bengals players in the vicinity who pause for a beat, realize it’s Burfict who got laid out and is now getting all kinds of verbals from the Steeler standing over him... and the shrug and move on. They probably hate his shit just as much because it makes their players…

Can we stop using expressions like “worth” $300M or “earned” $82M when talking about the finances of America’s plutocrats and kleptocrats? I don’t doubt Kushner has $300M and was paid $82M, but he and his ilk are worth their weight in fertilizer, and earned none of it.

Exactly how scary are we talking about here? More or less scary than, say, being bundled into a bedroom at a party and being sexually assaulted by a couple of drunk frat boys?

What if I do my drinking alone, at home?

Cooking is art. Baking is science.

nothing lasts forever except for red wine on a white couch

Shkreli, like Elizabeth Holmes, committed the one unforgivable financial sin: he lost rich people’s money

Another strike against Mega: the free plan is 50GB only for the first 30 days. After that it reverts to 15GB, same as Amazon but with transfer limits.

Re. “Cash is king”: I’ve had good results saying (and showing) that I can pay cash, but I might take a loan if the numbers are attractive. Am I fooling myself, or can I really do a little better on the price if I let the dealer “persuade” me to take their financing?

Not really. A couple of plot points may have been “inspired by” similar-sounding real events, but overall it’s made up. The Coen brothers have said they wanted to make a movie “in the style of True Story movies”, but without the true story. 

This is a parody account, right? He has carefully constructed an appallingly self-involved Bro, without tipping over into obvious, broad caricature. It’s really quite impressive.