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The pamphlet's designers seemed to be going for a see-how-easy-this-is-you-can-do-it-with-our-products aesthetic—simplicity was implied from the slim sans-serif font to the man’s crisp white shirt and unassuming, toothy smile.

I am all about grooving to Rihanna's evocations of a poorly mannered young man's erectile difficulties. But hip-thrusting to "Rude Boy" with 25 middle-aged women at the Alexandria First Presbyterian Church in my small, rural hometown of "No, I Do Not Know Snooki," N.J., seems a little ... incongruous.

Since the center's inception over ten years ago, Zeitels has used laser microsurgery to repair the vocal abilities of over a thousand patients with laryngeal tumors. In November, Dr. Zeitels operated on the Grammy Award-winning singer, Adele, who was suffering from recurrent bleeding of a benign polyp.

I thought I remembered always going to Marine Park to get our Christmas tree—sawdust on the ground, a pile of old cut-up trees in the corner of the parking lot, which would stay there until spring, when the Parks Department trucked them away: same weekend they dragged the baseball fields—but I guess we hadn't been there in a year or two, and three's a pattern for my mother, a math teacher.

I didn't even make first cuts for my high school's freshman tennis team. It was the only sport I had ever really played (in first grade, I was on the soccer team for two practices) and I still lost all six sets in tryouts. I'm just not an athlete.

Are you sick of watching people open your gifts and immediately search for the receipt?

Dear Shaq, We at FM want to congratulate you on your retirement from the NBA by challenging you to a competition with a different kind of hustle (and flow). You never drop the ball on the court, but will you drop the beat on the street? You know what we’re getting at—the illustrious rap battle. Used to settle the score for generations, this is the one and only platform of choice.

“Self Magazine,” the self-proclaimed titan of “health and beauty, fitness and nutrition, happiness and personal style, celebrity and sex” recently named Cambridge the country’s Healthiest City for Women. Here are 10 reasons why.

When the weather outside gets frightful, what’s more delightful than curling up and sipping on some holiday-themed drinks? Here are some beverages approved by F.M. to get you in the holiday spirit(s).