Luke Schmaltz aka "The Word Man"

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Smart clothing on Mars: Spacesuits and Biosensitive Style

Smart clothing on Mars: Spacesuits and Biosensitive Style
February 5, 2018
Presently, extraplanetary attire is relegated to a sophisticated class of spacesuits designed to withstand the conditions beyond Earth’s atmosphere. All serve the ultimate purpose of protecting and preserving human life in otherwise uninhabitable surroundings. Some are meant to be worn within a spacecraft as it ascends and engages into gravitational orbit. Others are built to enable spacewalks and surface treks across ...

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The Condom Conundrum: Facts About Finding the Right Fit

With STDs on the Rise, You Play a Vital Role in Prevention
All too often, condoms don’t fit right or don’t enable a positive experience. This causes some people to skip the precaution altogether and instead, engage in unprotected sex. A condom that does not accurately match your size can produce loss of feeling which can then cause you to lose your erection. Furthermore, some condoms are not exactly the most fragrant compliment to a romantic situation. These factors cause the importance of co...

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The Power of Anxiety: How to Convert Stress into Fuel for Competitive Success

The Power of Anxiety: How to Convert Stress into Fuel for Competitive Success
March 5, 2018
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” — William James
There are advantages of stress and disadvantages of stress, and you can evaluate both by determining how much control you have over the instigating circumstances. Stress is like fire; in measured, manageable amounts it can be quite beneficial — in immense, uncontrollable amounts it can be incredibly ...

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Heart Rate To Burn Fat Calories

If exercise is part of your strategy for losing weight, keeping accurate tabs on your heart rate is essential to achieving success. The fitness world is abundant with philosophies and theories on the many benefits of exercise. Some of the most popular of these demonstrate that periods of elevated heart rate activity can help rid your body of unwanted fat.
Most of these schools of thought state, more or less, that “if you want to lose weight, simply burn more calories than you consume.” While ...

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Guest Post: You Have To Work If You Want To Play

Today I’m excited to bring you a guest post from long-time King Rat front man Luke Schmaltz. For those unaware, King Rat has been a stalwart in Denver’s music scene for over twenty years – a long fucking time for any band, let alone group of punkers known to enjoy a schwill or two.
If you’re looking for advice on how to gain respect in the scene, how to grow, and how to get signed, listen closely to what Luke has to say. There aren’t many with more knitty gritty experience.
You Have To Work I...

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How Sleep Positions Affect Your Rest

“Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.” – Anthony Burgess
It is a fact that you will spend one-third of your life in one (or more) of three sleep positions. Whether you spend your resting hours on your back, your side or your stomach can have a profound impact on your long-term health. Factors such as quality of breathing, heart rate, posture, circulation and mental clarity are affected by how you sleep. Thanks to advancements in wearable tech, the once-complicated t...

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Secrets of the Broken Man Bender

Broke your leg? Don’t sit there feeling sorry for yourself—hobble your way to free drinks!
You hurt yourself. Bad. So bad you can’t work, can’t drive and can’t run out of the bar you’re being chased from. You’re stuck with a case of self pity, lots of free time, nowhere to be in the morning, and a thirst like the Ancient Mariner.
Individually those are nothing special, but put those ingredients in a mixer and give them a good shake and you’ve got an excellent cocktail I like to call as the Br...

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Hooching Through the Holidays | Modern Drunkard Magazine

Hooching Through the Holidays | Modern Drunkard Mag...

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The Sleep Cycles: Why Your Brain Needs Rest in Order to Reset

As a human being, you are an intricate ensemble of entwined systems that rely on sleep cycles in order to function properly. Like components within complex machinery, your body and brain require significant downtime for “maintenance” that enables their optimal performance. Sleep is a crucial biological intermission wherein this upkeep takes place, and it must occur in order for the show to go on.

There are five sleep stages which occur in succession several times throughout the night, repeati...

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Boozing Through a Break Up | Modern Drunkard Magazine

Boozing Through a Break Up | Modern Drunkard Magazi...

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Planning a Romantic Getaway: Sexy Ideas for an Incredible Weekend

Embarking on romantic weekend getaway is the perfect means for you and your partner to escape routine and experience one another in a variety of exceptional ways. Imagine an immersive experience of aromas,
textures, tastes, sights and sounds designed to excite every sense — empowering you and your lover with an imaginative, rejuvenating reprieve from the norm. Selecting a few adult toys and accessories designed to enhance your experience is the perfect strategy for orchestrating a weekend you...

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Stand Up Comedy and Falling Down Drunk with Doug Stanhope

Writer, producer and star of Fox’s Invasion of the Hidden Cameras and a regular guest on the Howard Stern Show and Spy-TV, Doug Stanhope still finds time to log 40 weeks a year on the road doing stand up comedy. And get drunk. A lot. Doug explains how he juggles fame, fortune and getting royally fucked up.
Modern Drunkard: If you, early in life, decided not to ever drink, where would you be now?
Doug Stanhope: I don’t remember being early in life. But if I had to guess, I’d be doing far bette...

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Breathing Exercises: How to Benefit from Deliberate Respiration

Breathing Exercises: How to Benefit from Deliberate Respiration
November 29, 2017 | Deep Breathing
“The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.” – Edith Wharton
Just as your body responds in specific ways to the foods you consume, so too is it affected by certain breathing exercises. You’ve probably heard the slogan “you are what you eat.” The same notion can be applied to respiration — thus the introduction of a new slogan: “you are how you breathe.”
The fact that deep breathing techni...