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Posted January 12, 2012
You know, I really did try to find someone outside the entertainment industry for this week’s Self-Made Man column. It’s harder than you think, because I have to find people who both fit the topic and have some level of celebrity. This proves difficult because an awful lot of rich people were born into wealth,
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Posted January 12, 2012
You’ve probably seen that Lexus commercial where the guy gets his woman a luxury SUV for Christmas.? He ties a big bow on it and everything.? The guy is obviously wealthier than most people.? That’s a $40,000-plus vehicle.? He could have dropped a few thousand on some diamond jewelry and it still would have been
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Posted January 12, 2012
Yes, this may be common sense, but sometimes it needs to be put in front of you so that you fully understand it. I?ll put it separately for you, though my editor may not like the style choice. Deserts are so much better to visit in the winter. I know, right? Common sense tells you
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Posted January 11, 2012
Hey new guy. You don?t know me, but I know you. You?re the dude decked out in Livestrong gear having trouble turning on your elliptical. Don?t worry, man; it gets better from here (and someday you?ll find that big button labeled START.) Congratulations on following through (so far) with your New Year?s resolution to get
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Posted January 11, 2012
Spiders. Heights. Crowds. Public speaking. Your mother-in-law. We all are secretly afraid of something. However, if your fears are radically interfering with your life, then you may have a phobia. A phobia is an unrelenting fear of an object or situation that the sufferer takes great lengths to avoid. In the event that the phobia
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Posted January 10, 2012
First of all, when I pitched an essay on Julia Ormond and her movies, I had a feeling that there would be more to choose from. Where is ?Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves?? Where is ?Braveheart?? Darn it, I realized, I?m confusing Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Sophie Marceau with the lovely Julia again. Trust me,
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Posted January 10, 2012
Happy new year, everyone! I hope all of your holidays were pleasant, and that none of the Mayan calendar bullcrap we’ve been hearing about for months now will amount to anything in 2012. Dear god has that gotten old.
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Posted January 6, 2012
What do you do when your a writer submitting your first article to a website and the readers don?t have any idea who the hell you are? Easy. It?s the same thing you do when you go to a party and you don?t have the slight idea who anyone is: Embrace the moment and try
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Posted January 5, 2012
Fitness-related New Year?s resolutions can be tough. A six-pack and improved health sound nice, but so do Taco Bell and all-nighters with ?The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.? If you?re someone who?s not used to working out, hour after hour of sweating and heavy breathing without immediate gratification sounds like a poor alternative to snacks
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Posted January 5, 2012
Comedy, it seems, is a conveyor belt of self-made men. While just about every other avenue of the entertainment industry is impossible to break into without rich parents (or parents who also work in the industry), comedy is still the stuff of insecure workaholics who are willing to spend their adult lives on the road,
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