Beth Skwarecki

  • I Drank Ketchup Packets on My Run, for Science

    I Drank Ketchup Packets on My Run, for Science

    Even before I sucked down my first ketchup packet of the workout, I knew I had fallen for a dumb publicity stunt by Heinz. But as a Pittsburgher, I am required to take Heinz ketchup seriously. I can get the stuff to slide easily out of any glass bottle, I won’t eat Hunt’s, and I…


  • Lemon Water Doesn’t Do Anything

    Lemon Water Doesn’t Do Anything

    Water: refreshing. Lemons: also refreshing. Combine the two, and you get a drinkable liquid with sprightly flavour. That is all you get. Not a detox elixir, and not a metabolism booster. Let me repeat: when you add lemons to water, you just get lemon water. (And if you also add sugar, you get lemonade.) Lemon…


  • How to Cheat on a Lie Detector Test

    How to Cheat on a Lie Detector Test

    Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be successfully unsavory. Polygraph machines, better known as lie detectors, are bullshit.…