My wife and I have no plans to conceive another child for two reasons: our advanced baby making ages and the fact that I don’t want my new son or daughter to have a friend named “Squid Game.” The oddly…
World, I’m warning you: I am now gluten free. So if you see me, walk the other direction. You will thank me later. Then again, I probably won’t see you. Chances are, I’ll be squinting at a food ingredients label…
Hi, Instagram! It’s Andrew. I have some, how should I say, personal news. But before I get into that, please “like” my page” and also follow me on YouTube, Twitter, Snapchat and TikTok. Oh, and I’ll have more details about…
As fall beckons, I am beginning my yearly quest to shed those summer pounds using any method save the most obvious: Eat less food. I’ve heard the process of shoving fewer calories into my mouth produces wonderful results. Newly svelte…
I strolled into the small, empty health improvement store one humid Tuesday morning seeking a CBD-infused topical lotion for my aching back. “Strolled” is probably an overstatement; “gingerly crept” is more accurate. Back pain has that affect. Music from…
It never fails. All the good Father’s Day gift ideas appear after the holiday. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful. I loved the barbecue tools and swimmer’s headphones that my wife and daughters gifted me last month. But had I…
This online doctor column can also be found via Medium or Tribune Content Agency I swore I would never self-diagnose myself on the internet. But the pandemic made us all do weird stuff. A random sneeze, a cough or a…
In case you need further proof that 2021 is every bit as nutty as its predecessor, need I remind you that in June alone we discovered our president likes to whisper when he makes a point. We saw a once…
My buddy Tom called from New York and began reeling off his post-pandemic leisure schedule for the week: barbecue on Saturday, an old friend coming to town Sunday, his pool league on Monday. He paused momentarily. “This whole ‘getting back…
When it comes to luck, my sense of timing could not be worse. If one lane on a congested interstate suddenly starts moving at normal speed, I just moved to the other lane, and am now sandwiched between two semis,…