OZY Daily Dose

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  • Avenging Revenge Porn
    EUGENE, SIR: The way I read the revenge porn laws in California, it is now against the law if I send private pictures of video with the intent to shame. So if I publish them — or send them to someone’s boss or coworkers, right? But what if I send them to his wife? Is that illegal? — Name withheld by request Dear I Won’t Be Ignored: According to a cop friend of mine, that is, a MALE cop friend of mine, no.
    6 min
  • Shark-Infested Waters? I've Got You Covered
    All the animals come out at night. And during the day. Confronting creatures - the South African way. Read more of OZY's original series Urban Beasts.In this occasional series, OZY takes to streets and neighborhoods across the globe to ask a simple question: "How was your day?"Ashley Sullivan, Shark SpotterCape Town, South AfricaWhen you're sitting up here, you get to see everything. You're almost like God, the man from above. You're calling the shots. When I started here, I used to feel pressure.
    5 min
  • These Alcoholic Slushies Will Knock You Off Your Feet — Literally
    The sight of a swirling slushie machine on a hot summer's day is enough to unleash a childlike delight in pretty much anyone. And now there's a place to satisfy your outer adult as well as your inner child ... by adding alcohol. Welcome to Wet Willie's, a chain of boozy slushie bars - daiquiri bars, if we're being precise. There's no better place to indulge cravings for the one-two poisonous punch of sugar and alcohol (and lots of each) - so maybe save a visit for the cheat days. Or don't.
    4 min
  • My Misadventures as a Bank Robber
    It started like the Super Bowl. Heads = bank robbery; tails = voluntary commitment to a state psychiatric institution.Flip.Fast-forward. April 24, 2004, in a piss-ditch country town in Oklahoma. Poteau.It felt bad; it always does. Snapping on latex gloves behind an empty car wash on Saturday morning. A few blocks from the bank. I told my wingman, Matt: "Yes, put your mask on." No sense in heading in half-baked. We must move fast. I wove the truck through side roads and left it idling outside our lick.
    6 min
  • Sample the Sweet Sounds of Summer
    OZY Fest 2017, which takes place on July 22 in Central Park, will be a feast in many forms. We’re talking mental nourishment from the likes of Katie Couric and Malcolm Gladwell and satisfying sustenance with chef Eddie Huang. But OZY Fest is also about the music or, as we like to call it, soul food.
    4 min
  • Between Herpes and a Hard Place
    EUGENE, SIR: How do you tell a bruised or busted lip from herpes? — Omar Dear Oh Man: I’m not an expert on herpes. But I am an expert on knowing that if your dating choices are bookended by a communicable virus and violent facial damage causally connected to either attacking or being attacked, then it just may be that you’re barking up the wrong trees. But who am I to judge? Well, I’m a guy with his fingers on the herpes experts’ pulse who called on Dr.
    6 min
  • Bringing Pride Parades Back to Heartland Montana
    In this occasional series, OZY takes to streets and neighborhoods across the globe to ask a simple question: "How was your day?"Walt DongesBillings, MontanaHow did I feel? Man, I was sitting on top of the world.We started by getting everything set up by North Park. We put a booth up, an 8-by-8 pop-up tent, some tables, chairs.
    5 min
  • Bringing Pride Parades Back to Small-Town Montana
    In this occasional series, OZY takes to streets and neighborhoods across the globe to ask a simple question: "How was your day?"Walt DongesBillings, MontanaHow did I feel? Man, I was sitting on top of the world.We started by getting everything set up by North Park. We put a booth up, an 8-by-8 pop-up tent, some tables, chairs.
    5 min
  • I Came, I Burned, I Fled
    My wife, two kids and I have been going to Disney World once a year for the past eight years and we always fly out of the Detroit Metro Airport. Detroit is a two-hour drive from our home, and it's become tradition that we go for lunch at this really amazing pizza restaurant in Plymouth, Michigan, before we head into Detroit and check into the airport. Part of the charm of this restaurant is the large, wood-burning oven that's the crown jewel of the open-concept kitchen.
    5 min
  • Sex, Parasites and Dead People — Oh My!
    EUGENE, SIR: I have no idea who to ask about this and I do not dare ask anyone, so I’ll ask you. I met a guy through Tinder. He was cute. It was a hookup. We had a great time. He ejaculated on my chest. A good night. A few days later, I developed a rash where he had ejaculated and it wouldn’t go away. I go to the doctor, they run some tests, and the doctor says that what I have is a parasite.
    6 min

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