The Routine That Keeps Me Young I have the dream and the drive, for now. I recently reached the 10-year anniversary milestone at my job. On my special day, the highest compliment I received was not about the quality of my work, but rather what the department head said: “Keva, you look exactly the same as when you started.” Let me tell you, stopping time between age 40 and 50 is no small feat. Still, freezing my prime has its drawbacks. For example, I recently matched on a dating app with a...
19 days ago • 2 min read
Why Modern Women Smell Terrible in Bed I had been scrolling my phone thinking about the challenges in the dating market when I came across a tweet that said it all. The author was a well-known internet personality and writer, who also holds PhD in Philosophy from Yale. He wrote that all year, he’d been having bad sexual experiences with women — because they smell terrible. This tweet hit home because it aligns with my own experience. I’m not going to comment on who or where, but I think the...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
The Weight We Carry There are three movie lines from the last 25 years that continue to vex me daily. It’s been 9,131 straight days of limbo. Here’s my attempt to work through it. A Beautiful Mind (2002) A Beautiful Mind recounts the true story of math prodigy John Nash. The film opens in 1947 with Nash beginning his graduate studies at Princeton. Nash is locked in a fierce intellectual competition with fellow student Martin Hansen. Over the course of the film, Nash succumbs to severe mental...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
Silencing The Sun Story The topic of my worst performing videos is not a coincidence. While Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter seems to have reduced censorship on that platform, I can tell you from personal experience it’s alive and well on YouTube. I’ve been posting short health and fitness videos on YouTube since 2022. Over the last year, I’ve been getting good traction, especially considering I’m an unknown that doesn’t have cleavage bouncing around. Even my throwaway videos get over 1,000...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
You Can’t Handle The Truth Dating apps deliver keen insight into the way people really think. This week, a long article about the inevitability of AI took social media by storm. The prediction (and engagement farming) is that in short order AI will bring about the End Times. Nevertheless, in my experience, AI sometimes works, sometimes not. In the fields of law and medicine, AI botches answers all the time. In fact, AI platforms make significant disclaimers around these topics. Ironically,...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Fitness Hacks to Avoid Getting Fit One fascinating aspect of gym behavior is the effort people make to avoid doing the work. The cold plunge particularly seems to draw out the best (worst) in people. For example, at one recent plunge session, the weirdo in the tub next to mine demonstrated an impressive feat of strength and balance. She hooked her arms and legs around the outside of the tub so that only her groin area would get wet. Biohacker Dave Asprey is the most famous face for another...
3 months ago • 1 min read
My vasectomy, but my doctor got screwed On my to-do list as a newly single man was to get a long overdue vasectomy. On the big day, I decided to test my composure by declining the laughing gas and instead making conversation with the doctor.In actuality, the most painful part of the procedure took place after it was over. For some reason, the doctor’s assistant emphatically ripped off the medical tape that was holding my johnson in place. Honestly lady, what is your problem.During the...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Why I’m Bad at Dating Apps (and So Are You) Evolution + algorithms virtually guarantee a bad experience. I made it to the end of another dating app today, meaning I swiped through every profile in my city and selected age range, and arrived at the loading screen where there’s nothing left. I always congratulate myself for being so discriminating and efficient, but I might just be struggling with the “paradox of choice.” For humans, more options make us less happy. It’s harder to pick...
4 months ago • 2 min read
The Dog at the Gym After growing up in the suburbs, I am having a novel experience here in urban Miami. Dog owners take their dogs wherever they go — into the drug store, the supermarket, even restaurants. Nobody seems to notice or care. Either we live in a new culture where dogs are equivalent to children, or there is something unique about animals in a pedestrian environment. The good thing for pets and owners is that running errands outside delivers a meaningful amount of natural light....
5 months ago • 1 min read