Living

Everyone has a day or week or month--even a year--when they can honestly claim they’re not feeling much like themselves.

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If you think that your relationship status updates, friend-ing and de-friending activities are going unnoticed by Facebook’s behind-the-scenes crew then think again. The T-shirt-clad data scientists, hackers, and brainboxes behind the internal workings of the social networking site are observing the ups and downs of the site's users with great interest.

Perhaps at no other time in our cultural history have we been as preoccupied with the way we look physically. It’s an interest (bordering on obsession) that not surprisingly coincides with an increasing epidemic of obesity among adults, children—even pets.

When I feel like I need a little boost to tackle the day ahead, I reach for my lucky underwear. There’s nothing special about this particular pair of underpants—they look like your average granny panties, which is to say they roughly cover the area between my bellybutton and knee caps and came from the bargain bin at the Gap.