robharvilla
Rob Harvilla
robharvilla
Culture Editor

Since most bars don’t carry diet tonic water, I actually switched to gin and soda water. It was SUPER gross for like two weeks, but now tonic tastes too sweet to me.
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If you’re a liquor drinker, vodka tonics with diet tonic (0 calories per serving) is the way to go if you’re calorie counting.

I can totally relate to this though, as my wife and I are currently trying to cut back on the boozing. Most nights we were splitting a six pack of a high calorie IPA, sometimes more. We’ve Read more

Oh, thank god. I only read the headline. I’m done here. Read more

Before you ever start drinking, make sure you know exactly how many you’re going to have Read more

It’s worse than you thought. She gave him shoes and Nunn Bush. Read more

While I understand why they exist, open container laws for passengers in vehicles are ridiculous. Why can’t I have a beer or two while my wife is driving on a long trip?
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I love a good beer as much as the next guy but if you can’t wait to get home or even leave the parking lot then you probably have a problem. Read more

It doesn’t matter how much/little you make, it is tempting when you get a raise to “treat yourself”. Its usually the worst possible choice, of course.

You also said you bumped up your bill pay to get out of debt, I would argue, you should use every single spare dollar you have to get out of debt, and treat yourself, Read more

This is exactly my situation and it’s taught me a whole lot, too. I was paycheck-to-paycheck for 15 years of my working life and then hit the lottery and found a job that paid me three times what I was on. The freedom is extraordinary but also terrifying, as you say. I nailed my student loans and got those out of the Read more

Whenever I get a pay increase, I automatically move the additional amounts to go to savings/retirement. Of course you need to be at a place where you can live off of what you earn, but I found this strategy helpful for retirement (and for that emergency Read more

I’m so with you. In October I hit a career jackpot that nearly doubled my paycheck to paycheck salary I was making. I get so anxious having a balance in my account after the bills are all paid. I immediately went and bumped every monthly bill payment up a notch or two so I can get out of debt ASAP. My pep talk to Read more

one of the weirdest things about living in NYC is that every time you get a new job or a raise it just puts you in a position of trying to live somewhat decently.
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To use a phrase from the #youths, the struggle is real. Coming from less-than-middle-class-but-not-under-poverty-line to middle class, it amazes me how comfortable it can be here. Yet, old habits die hard. I still get the sideways glance when I ask the waiter/waitress for a to-go box for my friends’ foods when they Read more

If I didn’t quit running when it was 5 degrees out, I’m not going to quit now. Read more

I did this for a while. This is really just a reflection of a generation that is so afraid of introspection and so fixed on the externals. Read more

Don’t runaway to Florida with all the other runaways that have now made Florida the craziest God damn state in the union Read more

I’m having a hard time figuring out if this is an article about someone’s struggle to keep themself alive or was an ad for a Plant app....Either way, it was slow descent into madness and I’d like to purchase the movie rights. Read more