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15 Pickup Lines For V-Day
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By: Rachel Korowitz

You want your Valentine's Day pick-up lines? We got 'em. Bust out these gems to make the girlies swoon and the dudes be all, "How have ...

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category: Life
tags: holidays | valentine's day | flirting | pickup lines

How to Chat Politely With the Slimeball Ex Who Broke Your Heart
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By: Rachel Korowitz

It doesn't matter if she called your mom a toilet-licker or he told your little sister that candy is actually made of ground-up unicorns. If ...

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category: Life
tags: guides | relationships | breakups | awkward situations | how to

The Worst Eating Habits To Never Do
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By: Rachel Korowitz

We're changing how we eat, because as we have recently learned, walking around with mayo smears on your face and lettuce in your hair comes ...

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category: Life
tags: food | eating | gross things | bad habits

The Top 5 Apps for Geeks
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By: Rachel Korowitz

You have an app to organize your apps, and an app to make the organizing app run even smoother, and then an app to streamline ...

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category: Life
tags: apps | cool stuff | geek | geek week

The Worst (Imaginary) Novel Openings
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By: Rachel Korowitz

I spent my teens slogging through Gravity's Rainbow and Ulysses and translating Caesar's infinity-length ramblings, so if an author doesn't grab me inside of the first ...

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category: Books
tags: grammar | writing | novels | fiction | bad writing | sentences

Rachel's Geekiest Moment
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By: Rachel Korowitz

In college, I was a dual minor in Latin and Medieval Studies. (Geek-Strike One.) My junior year, I augmented this by talking my way into ...

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category: Life | College Advisor
tags: geeks | college life | geek week | old english

How to Save the World While Losing Weight (A Fundraising Story)
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By: Rachel Korowitz

You've got that "helping others" thing in your blood, but there's no one to drive you to the park for clean-up day.
And the Save the ...

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category: Help Out!
tags: cancer | fitness | running | working out | grandmas | new years resolutions | team in training | charity | raising money | marathons

Healthier Eating: 8 Tips
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By: Rachel Korowitz

NOTE: The advice below is intended for peeps who are already in decent physical health. I'm no doctor, so if you've got special physical/dietary/medical needs, ...

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category: Life
tags: health | fitness | losing weight | new years resolutions | healthy eating

How to Start Running: A Guide for N00bs
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By: Rachel Korowitz

Maybe you saw the New York City Marathon, and you were like, "I will OWN you next year, The Bronx." Maybe you want to get ...

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category: Life
tags: guides | sports | exercise | fitness | running | how to | races

How to Run in Cold Weather
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By: Rachel Korowitz

It's 30 degrees outside, and the last thing in the world you actually want to do is go running because warm snuggly couch, much? Plus, ...

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category: Life
tags: exercise | health | winter | running

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Those tiny candy hearts that taste like chalk and despair
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