You know what would make this Hump Day a little better? How about some sun? I don’t know what it’s like everywhere else in this country (because I’m not Al Roker), but here in Chicago it’s cold, wet and gray. And none of those things make me happy unless it’s a cold beer, a soaking wet Jake Gyllenhaal climbing out of a pool to come snuggle with me on my towel, or a little gray dress.

What happened to spring, yo? Why am I sitting here in full sweats instead of on a porch with a melty cup of ice cream? Bah. I guess if I can’t be running around town in a sundress and flip flops, I might as well pass my time another way. Like with some Would You Rather fun…

Would You Rather date a beautiful boy who had a condition that made his teeth fall out and never grow back OR a gorgeous guy who could never grow a single strand of hair anywhere on his body? Read More »

We’ve all done our fair share of multitasking while driving: putting on mascara en route to work, mowing down that Big Mac on the way home from the gym (no? just me?), catching up with friends via the cellular….

But there are some things that are just not meant for the car.
Like drinking or – I don’t know – trimming?

Yeah, I know what you’re thinking: “Duh, what kind of moron would try that?”

Well, that moron’s name is Megan Barnes, who attempted to snip the hedge while en route to her boyfriend’s house. Yes, she actually tried to trim her tree… while driving… on the highway! And then slammed into another car. Read More »

We’re really excited that guys are finally catching on and taking care of things downtown, but “trimming the bush to make the tree look taller”? WTF?

On a recent trip to my neighborhood drug store to make my bi-monthly hair dye purchase, I noticed among the usual options of Garnier and L’Oreal and Clairol a brand I had never seen before: Betty Beauty. I paused in my perusing to take a closer look and realized that Betty Beauty hair dye is intended not for the hair on your head but, in fact, the hair on your cho-cha.

Huh. Pube dye. Who knew?

As I was in a rush, I didn’t have time to read the packaging of this amazing product, but I made a mental note of the company’s site address so as to better educate myself on the cosmetic industry’s newest attempt to cash in on our general feeling of inadequacy in our natural state. And what bettybeauty.com tells me is that creator Nancy Jarecki got the idea while visiting a salon in Rome where the colorist-in-residence would provide her customers with a little package of the dye she used on their hair to color their short and curlies with in the comfort of their own homes. So impressed was Ms. Jarecki with this idea that when she got back to the States she teamed up with salon owner, a gynecologist, a toxicologist, and a hair dye manufacturer to create the Betty pubic hair dye collection.

Betty pube dye is available in black, auburn, blonde, brown, hot pink, and, for the modern bride, pale blue. (You know, something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue…yikes.) The company also produces Betty Charmcils, which are stencils that you can use in conjunction with razors or wax to form your pale blue pubic hair in to sexy shapes like bowties and peace symbols.

Huh. Pube stencils. Who knew? Read More »