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The Pocket Artillery Mini Cannon is kind of like the slow loris - It looks cute and tame, but it can do some serious damage. The little [...]

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Now that 4/20 has passed, that little pothead in your life may be feeling a bit down. The bong won't be broken out with such fanfare for another year, and all that dirty water has begun [...]

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Here at Cool Material we spend most of our time finding products we think you'll love. At the end of the day, we emerge from behind our computer screens slightly off balance from the whiskey we may or may [...]

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If you spend your days hunched over a keyboard like a code writing Quasimodo, you probably have little contact with the outside world. This isn't good. You need to keep up your relationships outside of dealing [...]

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This sponsored post is brought to you by State Farm ® Like a good neighbor, State Farm ® is there—with a freaking hot tub. And of course, fast and efficient service when handling your insurance claims. [...]

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Unless you are a big time dealer or have made it on the PBA circuit you might not have the cash to afford The Dude's abode. In fact, we're pretty sure the average Devil's Lettuce pusher [...]

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How many times have you been searching for just the right greeting card for that special someone only to find bland inscriptions like "I'm so lucky to have you in my life" when what you [...]

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A smart guy will keep a stock of cards handy for whatever holiday, celebration or event comes up.  Every situation possible is covered.  That being said, we can't think of any situation where this card [...]

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SPOILER ALERT:  Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker's father.  Okay, that might be the most unnecessary spoiler alert ever (aside from ruining the ending of Titanic) but chopping off your son's hand, leaving him for dead and [...]

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This is a sponsored post brought to you by Dial for Men. (Thanks Dial!) We encounter dangers on a daily basis. Some are easy to avoid - we'll pass on the money from the [...]

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As guys, we don’t know the first thing about presenting a gift.  We usually load up on Dollar Store gift bags, jam a few pieces of crumpled up tissue paper in there along with the [...]

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We’re not here to knock Ziploc bags because they do serve a purpose – holding children’s Cheerios mainly – but if you’re going to spend some serious cash on a bit of organic matter (could [...]

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We’ve all been there - had one too many Captain and Coke’s at the bar, hopped in a cab for a ride home and when the cabbie asked where to, we were already passed out [...]

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Unless companies change what they make laptop keyboards out of we will never come home from a day of work with dirt caked under our fingernails. Sometimes we are happy about that but often [...]

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There are certain dates we remember – The Super Bowl, when pitchers and catchers report and when Sam Adams changes their seasonal beers – everything else, long shot.  Luckily, Forgetful Gentleman not only reminds us [...]

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