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Link Roundups

How to Be More Confident, Cocktail Trends for 2025, and Our Favorite Links of the Week
Link Roundups
How to Be More Confident, Cocktail Trends for 2025, and Our Favorite Links of the Week
By John A. Paradiso
The Best Luxury Cars of All Time, the Benefits of a Cold Shower, and Our Favorite Links of the Week
Link Roundups
The Best Luxury Cars of All Time, the Benefits of a Cold Shower, and Our Favorite Links of the Week

How to celebrate Mardi Gras in New Orleans, the coolest innovations of 2025, and more.

By John A. Paradiso
The Greatest TV Performances of the 21st Century, the Best Smashburgers, and Our Favorite Links of the Week
Link Roundups
The Greatest TV Performances of the 21st Century, the Best Smashburgers, and Our Favorite Links of the Week

Are Birkenstocks a work of art, the best new releases from Nike, and more.

By John A. Paradiso
The Best Travel Show of All Time, What to Bring to a Dinner Party, and Our Favorite Links of the Week
Link Roundups
The Best Travel Show of All Time, What to Bring to a Dinner Party, and Our Favorite Links of the Week

The best whiskeys under $30, how to spot fake reviews, and more.

By John A. Paradiso
Link Roundups
Women of No Pants Subway Ride 2013

Once a year, for over 10 years, subway riders across the globe travel sans pants. This is not just a bunch of extremely hammered bar patrons (though, there probably are a few), these are willing participants in the annual Improv Everywhere No Pants Subway Ride. 2013 marked the 12th year of the…

By Mike Newman
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Link Roundups
The 20 Sexiest Album Covers of All Time

CDs are on their deathbed, and while vinyl has experienced a bit of a hipster renaissance, album covers aren’t nearly as important as they used to be. This makes us sad. We remember the days when some of the artwork was wall worthy. Not just the artistically designed, but also…

By Mike Newman
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Link Roundups
Girls of Comic-Con 2012

Comic-Con has become the Halloween party of your dreams. Where, not only do women dress up all sexy-like, but they do so in a way that turns on your inner geek. Sure these gals probably have no idea who’s in the Justice League or have ever flipped through a copy…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
10 Comedians Who Deserve Their Own TV Show

With Louie returning for its third season tomorrow on FX, we thought it was a good time to show some respect to those comedians who haven’t yet reached Louie C.K. level. While these guys might not get away with insulting their Twitter followers and actually gaining fans from it, they…

By Mike Newman
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Shawn Barber Tattoo Portraits

There's no arguing with the fact that tattoos are art. People might make bad decisions about the images they want emblazoned on their skin forever, but that doesn't discount the art form as a whole. Shawn Barber knows a thing or three about what goes into a tattoo from concept…

By Cooper Fleishman
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