The long soak. Read more

I just want to say thank you for this running series. My mom wasn’t home much in my younger days, but fortunately I’ve been able to turn to you as I learn what it means to be an adult in this crazy world of ours. Read more

Seconded on the “long soak.” Warm water, OxiClean, and an overnight in a bucket have saved quite a few of my clothing items, as well as gotten dreaded pit stains out of oft-worn tees. Read more

Just don’t swiffer with him! Read more

And shark repellant. Don’t forget the shark repellant. Read more

Plus an entire belt’s worth of vacuum attachments.
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Alright, I totally want to see “Superman is a tired trope and Batman would wipe the floor with him” now! Read more

Let me guess: Batman would get rid of Superman with Kryptonite vinegar? Read more

Mop the floor with him, Kerr! Read more

I’m heartbroken, too. Read more

I, too, have this job because of Tommy. More broadly, I have my faith in writing, in editing, in journalism as a whole as something still worth doing in 2015 because of Tommy. He’s the best, and smartest, and sharpest, and angriest writer I know. I’m heartbroken that I’ll no longer get to work alongside him, but… Read more

Tommy is so smart. He’s much smarter than I am. Every time I’ve known I was going to have to talk to him about something significant I had to stop and think it over in my head a few times. I think he knew that and he probably could have used it against me in some way if ever wanted to. He never did. He never felt like… Read more

One morning, shortly after I had been hired full time, one of our editorial fellows, Dan, sent an email to Tommy and me, explaining that he would be a little bate late getting into work because he’d been mugged the night before, and was still sort of getting himself together. Tommy emailed him back, telling him to… Read more

God damn it. Read more

Undershirts never worked for me at all. Sweated right thru them and would still get pit stains on the exterior shirt. Once I started using CertainDri and drinking less caffeine my arm pit sweat completely stopped Read more

You may have covered these in another article - but these undershirts changed my life. Kind of pricey, but save your real clothes and if you sweat (like I do), they hide that. Read more

I wear a v-neck tee under all of my “nicer” shirts that I wear to work. Problem solved! Read more

Tip: If you ever find yourself in need of a pure white sweater for Halloween (think Fred from Scooby Doo), don’t bleach a wool sweater thinking it will turn white. I was left with a bucket full of fibers. Read more