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The Cool Mother’s Day Gift Guide (New Products Added 4/21)
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The Cool Mother’s Day Gift Guide (New Products Added 4/21)
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The Most Unhinged Frankenstein Movies You’ve Never Seen

A new indie horror standout (and a not-so-great studio effort) sent us down the rabbit hole of Frankenstein films that get truly, gloriously strange.

By Andy Crump
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What It’s Like to Mush Your Own Dog Team Through Alaska

Experiencing Alaska by dog was truly magical.

By Brandon Withrow
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Jim Beam’s Small-Batch Booker’s Bourbon Is A Must-Buy in 2026

The first Booker’s release of the year is inspired by none other than the Big Easy, one of Booker Noe’s favorite cities

By Beau Hayhoe
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8 Tattoo Artists You Should Follow on Instagram

Instagram is changing the way people discover and fall in love with new art. The social behemoth boasts more than 800 million active users every month. For artists, it means a way of celebrating and showing art that wouldn’t have been possible just 10 or 15 years ago. For tattoo…

By Maxwell Barna
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Comic Books for People Who Think They Don’t Like Comics

Comic books have a reputation that tends to alienate people. Superhero comics have years of continuity behind them, keeping casual fans from being able to fully immerse themselves in the universe, since they have to jump on a fan-made Wiki every time Doc Ock references something Spider-Man did with the…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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The Turbulent History of Rye Whiskey: The Real American Spirit

For brewing and distilling, these are days of revival. Brewing was a macro-lager mess up until a few years ago, when craft brewing exploded, giving us roughly ten million choices in even the smallest liquor stores. Craft distilling is seeing a similar revitalization. Where we once had only a few…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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We Melted All Our Halloween Candy Together to Make the Ultimate Candy Bar

Ask 10 people what the best Halloween candy is and you'll get 10 different answers. It's a topic most are fairly passionate about. (The correct answer is Take 5, by the way.) It would seem, then, that there's simply no way to make every party guest or trick-or-treater happy on Halloween. Or is…

By Mike Newman
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Spotify Playlists Every Guy Should Know

Having a general knowledge of music is only going to do you good. A few up-and-comers, reliable mainstays, and personal favorites round out a personality and help people get to know each other. Plus, if you have people over or you’re carpooling somewhere, having a few reliable go-to playlists will…

By Dillon McLaughlin
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