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Pinnacles and Unforgettable Shebangs May. 16, 2025

Slightly Off-Kilter Columns

You'd think I'd know the date of my wedding, but apparently you'd be wrong. As I write these words, ... Read More

The Realest ID Is the One Left at the Bar May. 10, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

I say this as the biggest procrastinator in the world, a habitual April 14 taxpayer, someone who thi... Read More

Mild to Moderate Medical Conditions for the End Times May. 03, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

In my free time, I've been exclusively watching medical shows and making doctor's appointments. No, ... Read More

A Long, Strange Trip: Stairway to Heaven Version May. 02, 2025

Slightly Off-Kilter Columns

The 60s were an off-kilter adventure (much of which actually happened in the 70s). Imagine yourself ... Read More

Get Ready for a Hot Norovirus Summer Apr. 26, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

Hey, you look a little listless, wan from the drudgeries of dry land. With temperatures heating up a... Read More

I Am Your New Dishwasher and I Will Destroy You Apr. 12, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

Hi, and welcome to your new dishwasher! We hope you enjoy the experience of not quite getting your d... Read More

Best and Worst Recession Indicators Apr. 05, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

How did you spend Liberation Day? I celebrated President Donald Trump announcing confounding recipro... Read More

Kids, Pull Yourselves Up by the Bootstraps! Mar. 29, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

Eyes up, children. It's 2025, and you can say goodbye to Takis and Mountain Dew Code Red by the pool... Read More

Feeling World-Weary? Sink Into Nature for a Reset Mar. 15, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

Last weekend, I ventured on a wee break to the Rainbow River in Dunnellon, Florida, with friends. Yo... Read More

How To Consume News Responsibly in End Times Mar. 08, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

I spoke to a women's group last week about writing columns, working in news, hitting deadlines and a... Read More

Attn: Elon Musk, Here's What I Did This Week Mar. 01, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

Things I did this week: Made list titled "Things I did this week." Crossed off "make list." Very str... Read More

In Trump's America, Humor Has One Foot in the Grave Feb. 15, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

"Maybe you just aren't fun anymore," a reader wrote to me recently. With all due respect to this rea... Read More

We're Living in an Episode of 'Jerry Springer' Feb. 01, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

I recently watched two documentary series that unpacked slices of zeitgeist from the 1990s and 2000s... Read More

A Few Questions About the Gulf of Mexico Jan. 25, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

Hi! What is the Gulf of Mexico? I will answer the question with more questions, an old sales trick... Read More

Ladies, It's Time To Hand the Country Back to Men Jan. 18, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

You may have heard that a new president will be inaugurated on Monday. By Donald Trump's side, repor... Read More

Listening Better, Fighting Less and Asking More in 2025 Jan. 11, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

The final dinner of winter vacation is funereal, death incarnate, the dissolution of rum ball-soaked... Read More

How To Know You're Aging Rapidly Jan. 04, 2025

Stephanie Hayes

One way to know you're in your 40s is that you still open BuzzFeed listicles. I'm sorry, it was beyo... Read More

Let's All Agree To Not 'Improve' in 2025 Dec. 28, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

January is rearing its perky, crunchy, healthy little head. That means we are contractually obligate... Read More

Holiday Inflatables Are Horrific, but Follow Your Bliss Dec. 21, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

This may come off like another Festivus gripe, just an unpopular opinion about a pointless seasonal ... Read More

Will Trader Joe's Save Us? Dec. 14, 2024

Stephanie Hayes

Almost two years ago, I begged Joe — Trader Joe, that is — to send another of his clever... Read More