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Pocket Protector

Alyssa Shaw — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:12:43 +0000

It’s 1827, and you’re a social Englishman. Among fellow English gentlemen, you sit discussing the disappointment that was Mary Shelley’s 1826 novel, The Last Man. Bored with the subject matter, you excuse yourself for the evening. But as you rise from a fine mahogany chair, a hot sensation erupts in your pants pocket. Your trousers […]

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Buggin’

Alyssa Shaw — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:12:43 +0000

I once spent a year living in a quaint, drafty first-floor apartment. Moving in and out was a breeze, and 2 AM dog walks were slightly more bearable without having to schlep up and down flights of stairs half-asleep in my slippers. One of the prices you pay for a first floor abode, however, is […]

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To Twist the Tongue

Alyssa Shaw — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 16:12:43 +0000

Everyone has that one book they fondly remember from their childhood that takes them back to the cozy winter nights snuggled up to mom or dad. Perhaps, like me, you’d beg them to read it through one last time before you drifted off to sleep, never satisfied hearing the words only once though you’d memorized […]

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Served Cold

Alyssa Shaw — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:12:43 +0000

Imagine yourself as a child, frolicking through your parents’ back yard and digging up worms. Your mother calls you in from the kitchen for dinner and you bound in through the back door, smelling the roast she’s been tending to for the past few hours. At the table your father sits reading the newspaper, your […]

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Space Junk

Alyssa Shaw — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:12:43 +0000

Everyone wears underwear. Your grandma wears them, your dad wears them, your mailman wears them. Heck, even some dogs wear underwear. We are a society fixated on comfort, but also on functionality. Your personal trainer dons moisture-wicking underlayer, while your mom might be sporting spanx to hold in the result of years of childbearing. Suited […]

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