Joe Sapien is a regular columnist. He is currently floundering through grad school and running up debt. He never got to be a bully as a child, but he would have been pretty good at it.
The human body is amazing. That's a fatuous thing to say, and I imagine it's been wheezed out by every sweaty high school teacher ever to lead a group of giggling, weiner-pointing students through...
You may have heard about Hollywood’s latest rabbit punch to our collective forehead, namely the remake of The Karate Kid. I certainly have, and I’ve seen any number of by lines exclaiming that...
I was going to the gym the other day, and found that my local mall had been positively overrun by hundreds of questionable individuals. They were formed into a rough line that started at the move...
I meant to respond to Steven ING a long time ago; unfortunately, I'm a slovenly mess with zero personal accountability. My unvarying response to life’s smallest challenges is to gasp, start...
I'm grateful that gyms exist; without them, I’m sure I would have turned to messier alternatives for stress relief, such as pooping in mailboxes and shouting at small dogs. But the more time I...
One of the many titles I can claim is that of a man with a wide and varied history of head trauma. It ranges from simple falls to something I refer to as the Zimbabwe Fiasco , and it affords me a...
I’ve heard a lot about "Up In The Air," partially because it was just Oscar season, and partially because reviewers across the country have written about it as excessively as sports writers wrote...
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but we now officially exist in the Post-Tiger-Woods-Apology Era. It all started with a few forgettable murmurs, and before long, every other headline involved some...
I understand that action movies don't usually promote social change or make us examine our daily lives. The one thing they reliably accomplish is stress-testing romantic relationships within the...
I believe that when we all wistfully relate that “I wish I had a twin brother/sister,” what we really mean is “I bet I would get along just great with myself.” Or, at least, that’s what I...
