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The Scoville scale is what determines the spiciness of a pepper. For reference, a jalapeño starts at 3,500 Scovilles and a habanero starts at 100,000 Scovilles. We consider ourselves fans of spicy food, but even a [...]

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Try as we might, we've never been able to go completely paperless. No amount of "notebook" apps will ever replace the strange sense of accomplishment we get from actually writing something down in a notebook [...]

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For most of you reading this, Ramen isn't an acceptable food substitute anymore. Knowing how to grill the perfect patty and slap some cheese on it is a skill, but you need to know your [...]

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How many times have you looked up at the mantle in your living room and thought, "Man, a shot of the Kwik-E-Mart would look perfect there, wouldn't it?" Countless, right? Even if you never thought sticking [...]

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Once you hit a certain age (30 plus or minus five years for most of us), it's not really ok to gather around a plastic folding table with red Solo cups filled with domestic piss [...]

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There are few male accessories that add such a quick touch of class as the pocket square. One minute you're just another dude in a suit and the next you're being asked for champagne recommendations, smoking [...]

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Game night is no joking matter. When your friends arrive ready to hand over their cash you don’t want to bust out just any box of cards. You want premium stock (these are also cambric [...]

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We can't remember the last time we turned on the Food Network or Travel Channel and didn't see something about a show involving cupcakes or food trucks. (Yes, we're man enough to admit we occasionally [...]

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There's a reason they call dogs "man's best friend." Unlike cats, dogs want attention all the time, wait for you to get home from work and won't eat your eyeballs if you happen to kick [...]

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Mmm... beer. In two words (or one word and one guttural sound) Homer Simpson summed up our love affair and affection for a few cold ones perfectly. While we have craft brews bursting at our seams to [...]

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You can lie all you want to justify the reasons you "needed" your iPhone 4s or the latest Android device. You can tell yourself it will help out at the office or it will streamline your [...]

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There comes a time in a guy's life when he needs to upgrade from the dorm room video game chairs that you can pick up from Bed Bath and Beyond for twenty bucks. While they're [...]

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We never would have pegged Lemmy as the wine and cheese type, but you don’t get to be the biggest rock legend in the world without being full of surprises. For no obvious reason [...]

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One of the reasons we spend so much of our hard-earned money (if you consider paychecks accrued by writing about the latest bacon-covered foods and iPhone accessories "hard-earned") on stuff for our home is because [...]

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A word of warning before you purchase this Constitutions of Cocktails print: Don't attempt to read it after you've been heavily drinking! Trying to follow the connecting lines after you've been mixing drinks all night will make [...]

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