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Month: November 2018

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How to go out on Thanksgiving Eve without becoming a regressive shell of your high school self

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November 20, 2018 at 03:00AM ‘Twas the night before Thanksgiving, and all through the bar, dozens of people were blacking out, having traveled home from afar. If you’ve ever gone back to your hometown for Thanksgiving, you’re likely familiar with the ethos of the grossly named unofficial holiday known as “drinksgiving” or “blackout Wednesday.” This hallowed Thanksgiving Eve night is marked by the gathering of folks home for the holidays who mingle with people they generally see just on this annual occasion, drinking and waxing nostalgic about memories that are seminal for some, triggering for others. Folks who have enjoyed a serious glow-up since their nerdy days in high school revel in the attention from the popular kids who never left town, and many even backslide (like way back) and hook up with that high school ex who still curiously sparks butterflies. But no matter what you do or don’t do, the alcohol is free-flowing and the behavior is seriously regressive. As you can probably imagine, or have experienced yourself, this rarely, if ever, ends well: At best, you’re hungover and disappointed in yourself on Thanksgiving, anxious about how you acted the previous night while inevitably sandwiched at the dinner table between nosy relatives who want answers to your least favorite questions. And at worst, you drunkenly sang Sweet Caroline at the bar with high school friends and (mostly) acquaintances—and the evidence is all over Instagram Stories. Whenever I’ve gone out with people from high school, I always find myself feeling like I

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I was consistently airborne for 3 days and this product saved my dry skin

5 min read

November 20, 2018 at 02:00AM I’m standing on a crag in Newfoundland, Canada, with the summer sun gleaming, decidedly out of my element, and somehow in tune with the elements themselves all at once. Let me describe the vital forces of life at play: the crisp, chilled air; the water, which the salmon leap from; the fire we sit around at night; and yes, this rocky crag beneath me, and they all feel fierce and powerful in a whole new way. I realize that this kind of harmony and balance is the goal—not something you really get to witness in a bubble of an urban city—and in a moment of clarity, the clouds nearly part for me to realize the true meaning of life…until, all at once, I’m rudely interrupted. Like a harmonic chorus in its own right, my skin erupts with an itch and maddeningly ruins everything. Moment of clarity gone. Enlightenment over forever. All at the hands of dried-out skin. With a personal vendetta out for a parched complexion, I hit the books to figure out what’s up. Studies show that those who spend more time outdoors have compromised skin barriers, so it’s no wonder my complexion was having a rough time. “Dry weather or climate change can definitely make skin drier,” says Shirley Chi, MD, a California-based dermatologist. “It takes time for skin to return to a balanced state, so every time the weather changes it can disrupt that balance and get dry and flaky.” Bingo. “It takes time for

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