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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
Entertainment
Star Wars: Episode 8008

If George Lucas were as good at marketing as he is at bastardizing childhood memories, he would have hired Mark Greenawalt to do publicity for the recent Star Wars abortions. If Lucas had, Greenawalt's art would likely have exponentially increased sales figures, public acceptance of the movie (or maybe just…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Link Roundups
10 Websites To Get Your Drink On

Most Americans are too busy with all the last minute Christmas planning (Here's hoping you got everything from The Guy Gift Guide that you wanted!) to figure out what they would be doing as the ball dropped. This means there are really only two choices left: throw the party yourself…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Link Roundups
Playboy: SFW Edition

You might think your current iPhone app library is adequate, but there's always room for augmentation. (Just ask Pam Anderson.) Slacker Radio, Textfree, and Tweetdeck might be great, but there's always room for more Playboy... or so we thought. According to Playboy, the app gives you access to all the…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Link Roundups
The Pirelli 2010 Calendar

There are three things in life that every man initially aspires to be: rock star, professional athlete, and Terry Richardson. You don't know who Terry Richardson is? See that guy with five gorgeous supermodels on each arm? Meet Terry Richardson. Terry is one of the most famous fashion photographers in…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
SuicideGirl’s Fight Club

The first rule of Fight Club: You do not talk about Fight Club. Unless of course you're the Suicide Girls, in which case you should talk about AND photographically document it. Missy did just that. You may have heard of SuicideGirls (unless you are referring to the girls themselves it's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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