Let me just get this out of the way: people poop when they run. Have you ever seen the number of Honey Buckets that line race courses? It rivals Lolapalooza. Back in the early days of modern marathoning, runners would just squat wherever the...

7-Up. Condoms. Levis. Condoms. XBOX 360. More Condoms. Beer. And... Viagra.

No, this isn't Bill Clinton's shopping list. These are just some of the products whose commercials have been recently banned. And I have no idea why. Help me sort through these and figure out what got them axed:

"I like big butts and I cannot lie. No otha brotha can deny. That when a girl walks in with an itty-bitty waist and round thing in your face you get..." to the radio and change the channel as fast as you can. That is if you're me. I hate...

From the country who gave us both Harajuku and Ninja Warrior, we now get a new trend.

Are You Metabo?
The New York Times recently introduced us to Japan's aggressive yet motherly new public health mission of reducing the...

I always knew my undies were powerful. In college someone went to the trouble of breaking into my apartment to steal them. (Side story: the perp was caught later that night -- wearing my polka dot Victoria Secrets with my roommate's plaid Ralph Lauren...

Parroting a rule that frat boys have known for years (second only to Drunk Girls Are Easy), Walter Kirn takes on the notion that ugly is the new pretty in the June edition of Elle. And I can't decide if I love him or hate him for it.

Big brother just got bigger. Conspiracy theorists start dusting off your tin foil hats now.

You've long known that on the Internet the watcher has become the one being watched. But did you know that the game has jumped to real life? In addition to places with known cameras,...

Catwalk gang fight? Misguided attempting at losing weight? Model agency hazing ritual? Homage to the crazy that is Heather Mills? Hilfiger's attempt to conquer the world one leg at a time?

What - this isn't an international show of solidarity for land mine victims?...

The workout queen made famous by her Biggest Loser bi-polar swings and Wonder Woman abs, when asked what her least favorite exercise was, answered, "All of it. I hate all of it. You show me someone who likes to work out and I'll...

There I was, just reading along in Money magazine (Hey! I read stuff besides Fitness and Outside. Okay, fine -- it was free.) when an ad card dropped into my lap.

A man of indeterminate age -- he of the smooth forehead...

In one of the funniest stories to come out of Hollywood recently, Heidi Klum reportedly sent Victoria "Skeleton" Beckham a dozen of the decadent Sprinkles cupcakes for her birthday. It gets better: The attached note added that a dozen would be coming...

Because obesity and taxes are two of the best subjects to get people all riled up, in an effort to raise their Google ranking, New Jersey decided to propose a new tax on fast food. Governor John S. Corzine (the Not Gay One -- remember him? Don't feel bad,...

Yes, I hate the date-rape drug but I am actually talking about the cereal this time. How can a lowly box of spurious nutrition engender such hatred? Easy. This:

On a recent trip to New York, I awoke to a beautiful...

Prom night can be anxiety ridden for many reasons - underage drinking, drugs, car accidents and, of course, all of the s-e-x. It's positively migraine inducing if you consider all of those things happening at once. (What? I'm sure it's been done.)

As a high school teacher, the part...