Sometimes it’s a challenge to give a book a chance: How many pages should you read before deciding it’s not worth your time? There’s a new formula to help with that decision — and it’s all based on your age. • Have you ever...
According to Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail (Bookshop|Amazon) by Barney Scout Mann, the term Hike Naked Day is rumored to have arisen among hikers along the Mexico-to-Canada route. It’s June 21, a day when many through-hikers...
What’s the best way for someone busy to learn lots of new words quickly for a test like the GRE? Looking up their origins can help. Or, record yourself reading the words and definitions and play them back while you’re doing other chores...
If someone’s naked as a needle, just how naked are they? Why “needle”? This is part of a complete episode.
short-kiting n.— «Naked short sellers do not have to borrow the stock. Thanks to smart lobbying by certain hedge funds, the rules have been subtly bent to say that “a broker dealer must have reasonable grounds to believe that the...
tumpsy n.— «Most men have seen Paris Hilton’s bare tumpsy more often than they’ve seen their own reflection.» —“Paris Hilton Sues The Millionth Website To Show Her Naked” by Stuart Heritage Hecklerspray Jan. 30...