" It’s a phrase I first heard used during the Texas Hold ‘Em craze, somewhere around the halfway point of this particular decade. During a televised tournament, I watched Phil Hellmuth, one of the poker...
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" Manhood is a slippery idea. It seems to rest most comfortably in the chests of simple, brutish men. Men with biceps. Men that unbutton their shirts that one extra button. I have long since desired to be a simple...
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" Hiccups, or synchronous diaphragmatic flutter, happen when the diaphragm gets spastic, causing the epiglottis to close involuntarily. Everyone seems to have a different remedy for these, ranging from holding one’s breath to drinking water from the wrong side of the cup to...
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I always wondered whether or not shaking my Etch-A-Sketch hard had anything to do with the quickness of its ability to erase whatever geometric nightmare I’d twisted onto its grayscale screen. I always went into...