• As if popping and squatting isn’t awkward enough, now we have — the Shenis! Impressive, no? (Jezebel)

• For 3 hours this Saturday there are going to be a lot of angry fat kids. We should probably be a little nervous. (MSNBC)

• Who needs a masculine jock-y boyfriend when you can just drink man-flavored sweat soda? Mmmm. (Business Week)

• Penn State is bullying little kids out of using their logo. Cause you know, using a dangerous looking animal as a mascot is an original PSU idea. (Fredericksburg.com)

• Going to attempt to cram 50 dressed-up classmates into your dorm this Halloween? Of course you are! Here, we did a little shopping for you! (NerdApproved.com)

When the weather heats up, little shorts get pulled out of storage, and you double your daily dose of sit-ups so you can look that much hotter lounging on the sand, there’s a good chance your skin might start breaking out. While it totally sucks, there are a few easy fixes that can clear you up before you can say, “Of course I’ll be having another Mojito.”

I can most definitely vouch for these methods too. When I noticed a few clogged pores around my T-zone a couple of days ago, instead of going into crisis mode and lamenting how life could be so cruel, I made a few simple changes and things are already looking up.

You need to be careful of two things: sun and sweat.

Sun: Don’t think baking under the sun is good for your skin. Even if you don’t care about dying from skin cancer, the sun doesn’t clear up acne. It only burns the top-most layer of skin and doesn’t get to the heart of the cause of acne—the clogged pore. Read More »

After making it through a winter that seemed endless in upstate New York, I must say that having warm weather here is almost as exciting as Christmas morning.

One thing that comes with warm weather that I completely forgot about is gross sweating from my armpits. Ew. My body is not accustomed to being in 85 degree weather, and I think my sweat glands had a bit of a heyday this morning when I stepped outside to head across campus.

Think deodorant is the only way to deal with this? Think again. Now, botox, is being used to cure excessive sweating. Although some, shall we say “questionable,” uses of botox came to light recently, this one might actually be effective.

A couple shots in the pit, and your sweating is cured. Sweet deal. Apparently it works because botox blocks a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine, which also sends the signal to stimulate sweat glands. It only takes about 15 minutes and the procedure is claimed to be virtually painless. Read More »