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8 Unique Knives That Do More Than Open Packages

At one point in human history, a pocket knife was an essential. Every morning, your grandfather likely grabbed his wallet, his keys, and his trusty folder before heading out to his truck and driving on down to the plant/mine/factory/office/market/dock. Pocket knives were extremely useful for completing his daily tasks. Today,…

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Great Documentaries that Sound Boring AF

Documentary film is perhaps one of the most compelling film genres ever created. When you find a good documentary, it doesn’t just keep your attention for a couple hours, it makes you feel; it compels you to act. A good documentary stays with you long after it ends, and changes…

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Sampling Rum at the Number One Rum Distiller in the World

If we’re really looking for a delightful after-dinner cocktail or a stiff one after a hard day’s work, we’re picking up where bourbon sometimes falls short, and grabbing a pour of some barrel-aged rum. Case in point? Flor de Caña. This Nicaraguan rum company has been producing some of the…

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5 Days in Nicaragua

Nicaragua is one of those places on many bucket lists for all different reasons. Excellent surf, incredible weather, inexpensive living, delicious food, friendly locals, quality cigars, and good rum all made heading out there high on our personal list. Well, last week, we crossed it off. The folks from Flor…

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10 Stretches that Feel F*cking Great

When you think about stretching, your mind probably floods with images of people swilling juiced grass out of tiny plastic shot glasses, or contorting into positions called Spiraling Downward Donkey or whatever. “Hell,” you say. “What do I need to stretch for? Did George Washington stretch in his boat on…

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8 Ways to Cook Cheap Steak

If we had it our way, we’d be eating porterhouse and ribeye for dinner every night of the week. Then again, if we had it our way, pay day would be every day and bourbon—all of the bourbon everywhere—would be free. Unfortunately, we hardly ever get to have it our…

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5 Days In and Around Dublin

Of all the places we’ve visited, Dublin and its surrounding areas have to be some of our absolute favorites. Telltale emerald green pastures, a vibrant cityscape, working class grit, wonderful art, Dublin is one of those cities that offers so much, and we make sure to take full advantage of…

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From Grain to Glass: How the World’s Bestselling Irish Whiskey Gets Made

For nearly 240 years Jameson has produced some of the best and highest selling Irish whiskey in the world. What we respect about the brand—aside from their products, of course—is that through the good times and bad, they never cut corners and never sacrificed their standards of quality to save…

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8 Incredibly Easy Overnight Crock-Pot Recipes

Slow cookers (or if we’re talking about them like we talk about Band-Aids, Crock- Pots) are one of our favorite culinary tools. If you’re not familiar with them, they let you cook things the way you’ve always wanted to. By putting stuff in a big bowl and walking away. A…

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8 Movies We Can’t Wait to See this Spring

Spring has officially sprung, and while we’re looking forward to dusting the cobwebs off our swim trunks and stepping outside into direct sunlight for the first time since November, we’re also looking forward to something else: Film. There are a ton of excellent titles coming to the big screen this…

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How to Spot a Fake Rolex

Since 1905, Rolex SA has produced some of the finest and highest quality luxury timepieces the world has ever seen. Of course, if you’re reading this, that’s something you already knew. What you also know is that you’ve decided you’d like to purchase one of your very own, which is…

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How to Live a Happier Life, According to Science

Happiness isn’t a precise science. There’s no formula or combination on a lock that’s magically going to turn your day back into the gold you woke up this morning wanting it to be. And hey, before we take one step forward, let us preface everything we’re about to say with…

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Volvo Ditched the Auto Show and Unveiled Its New Station Wagon at a Villa in Stockholm

Auto shows have served as the place for brands to come show off their new products for quite some time. From crazy concept cars, to new technology, or even just the upcoming year’s latest production models, if it didn’t debut at one of the big shows, it hardly mattered at…

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7 Documentaries That Will Piss You Off

Sometimes documentaries are meant to inspire us; sometimes they’re meant to excite us. Yet, other times, they’re meant to make us angry. They’re meant to devastate us and alter us in ways that we can’t undo, and maybe push us to take action. They smack us like a tidal wave and…

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7 Brands Making Clothing That Will Last a Lifetime

Clothing. Ugh. Who needs it? You spend all this money on it, and then you get fat (or skinny), or spill something on it, or outgrow it, or it becomes obsolete and unfashionable, or it accidentally catches fire, or it gets run over by a bus, or shredded to pieces…

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