31 Oct, 2025
Wellness has come to imply a full lifestyle overhaul, one that is drawn out for months and feels either too drastic or too vague, causing more stress than any good.…
19 years ago this week (on Halloween, actually!), I wrote my very first blog post on Everyday Reading. I’d had a LiveJournal back in high school and into college, successfully…
A nurse practitioner, William Lombardi, DNP, provides neurocritical care for patients in the hospital. He treats patients recovering from strokes and traumatic brain injuries. Meet a Neurocritical Care Nurse Practitioner…
For years, I was firmly in the “hair extensions aren’t for me” camp. They always looked too obvious—stiff, heavy, or like they belonged in a bad Y2K era paparazzi shot…
October flew by in in a blink (being gone for a week in Boston definitely made it feel like it raced by) and I can’t believe it is Halloween this…

AIRIS KIRA Models & Specifications

Specifications General specifications of the AIRIS KIRA Series: 7-inch TFT monitor with 800 x 480 pixel resolution. VIA C7-Mobile Ultra Low Voltage processor at 1 GHz. 512 MB RAM, DDR2. Communications: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, Modem/Fax56 Kbps. WLAN: 802.11 b/g. Optional storage on: Flash memory or traditional hard drive. Card reader compatible with SD, MMC, Memory […]

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The 7 Day Micro-Wellness Reset That Actually Works

Wellness has come to imply a full lifestyle overhaul, one that is drawn out for months and feels either too drastic or too vague, causing more stress than any good. When wellness is defined by doing all the things (yes, we see you, maxxing)—working out harder, loading up on protein, optimizing every moment—slowing down can […]

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The Most Popular Blog Posts of 2025

19 years ago this week (on Halloween, actually!), I wrote my very first blog post on Everyday Reading. I’d had a LiveJournal back in high school and into college, successfully convincing all my roommates, my boyfriend, and a bunch of the guys we ate dinner with in the cafeteria to start ones too. But in […]

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7 Quick Questions With Neurocritical Care Nurse Practitioner William Lombardi

A nurse practitioner, William Lombardi, DNP, provides neurocritical care for patients in the hospital. He treats patients recovering from strokes and traumatic brain injuries. Meet a Neurocritical Care Nurse Practitioner We asked Lombardi our 7 quick questions to get to know him better. 1. What has most inspired and shaped your approach to patient care? […]

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I Was Anti-Hair Extensions—Until This Celebrity Hairstylist Rec Graced My FYP

For years, I was firmly in the “hair extensions aren’t for me” camp. They always looked too obvious—stiff, heavy, or like they belonged in a bad Y2K era paparazzi shot more than in my everyday life. As someone who’s been on a long hair-recovery journey after bleaching my strands into oblivion in high school and […]

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4 Favorite Things for October (+ my team’s picks!)

October flew by in in a blink (being gone for a week in Boston definitely made it feel like it raced by) and I can’t believe it is Halloween this weekend. We’re finishing up the last of our Halloween costumes and getting ready for our annual Halloween dinner and getting back into the swing of […]

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How to Know When You Have a Hernia

Groin pain is tricky. It can creep up on you as a dull ache or burning sensation. Or it can announce itself suddenly and sharply. While it’s easy to jump to “hernia” when you notice pain in the groin, there are other potential culprits. The medical terms for a hernia in the groin area are […]

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‘The Life of a Showgirl’ Doesn’t Even Feel Like a Taylor Swift Album

I’m about the same age as Taylor Swift, and for much of her early career, I was a pretty casual fan. I remember feeling frustrated when there was an absolute uproar over Swift’s crossover from country singer to pop star with her album 1989. I couldn’t put my finger on why it all felt so […]

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4 Books I’m Currently Reading (+ My Team’s Picks!)

I feel like I’m just barely taking a breath after our Boston trip and all the prep for Halloween costumes. Every year, people ask how I convince our kids to do a family costume and my answer is always that our kids are driving it, 100%. Frankly, Bart and I would be thrilled to not […]

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Medical Device Recalls: How to Stay Informed

Medical devices, like other mechanical tools and instruments, sometimes wear out. Similar to when there’s a problem with a part of your car, medical devices sometimes need upgrades or repairs. Both the manufacturers and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issue an ‘advisory’ to alert doctors and patients to recalls and needed fixes. But […]

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