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We met in tennis class during our first day of high school. The four of us hung out every lunch on the far side of the quad. We weren’t the cool kids, we weren’t nerds. The other kids referred to us as the weirds and it stuck. Every weekend we went to coffee houses to see bands a...

“If you had to pick just one exercise for back pain relief, what would it be?” This is a question I got asked a few days ago by a client. While I don’t often like to answer questions that try to oversimplify exercise or physical therapy, this one got me thinking. What wo...

It was almost flattering how often it happened if I didn’t think about it too hard. They would keep the relationship with me casual until they found someone else. Then, they’d occasionally pop back into my DMs when the relationship wasn’t going well or when they had a fleeting thou...

Think of me every now and then, old friend.” Have you ever felt you needed to tell someone what they meant to you? And for some reason, we put it off? I have been guilty of this. “The biggest mistake is you think you have time.” — Buddha What if you miss th...

For a long time, art has often seemed like a recreation for the privileged few. Sure, public galleries are universally free, but only since 2001. Tate is a fantastic organisation, but it was conceived thanks to donations by a wealthy industrialist. Add to that, 2022 was a record-breaking year for th...

The American League runs through Houston. For the final four of the year’s longest road trip, the Red Sox found themselves up against an Astros team that is rounding into their annual October form. And worth noting, amidst a hot streak by Seattle, Houston’s wildcard spot is the one Bo...

Inclines and declines, post-hoc fallacies, Levity, brevity, “It’s Britney, bitch!” The bass is too hard and the bar too sticky. Whatever you do, please don’t call it a gentlemen’s anything. I’ve seen enough bare bodies ignite me, and have seen faces foiled, ...

On a 1926 cover of the Viennese magazine Die Stunde, there are several parts that brilliantly sum up the contradictory situation in Vienna at the time, shifting between harsh economic reality, political tribulations, social decadence and hedonism. On top, a line about raising coal prices, in th...