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The $1,200 Sneaker Giveaway ​
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Enter to Win a Beach Getaway, On Us​

Reset and Unwind: Escape to the Westin Grand Cayman Resort & Spa.

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Your New Summer Wardrobe, On Us

Enter to win 8 pieces from Iron & Resin. Founded by industry veteran Thom Hill, their mission is to create durable, high-quality apparel and lifestyle goods that are backed by a lifetime guarantee.

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The $1,500 Garden Gear Giveaway

Enter for a chance to win beautifully designed garden gear. Plus, two new books on stylish, eco-minded living.

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Southern Hospitality With Billy Reid

For some inexplicable reason, men are fascinated with old shit. Classic cars, vintage vinyl, aged whiskey - pick your poison. We are also completely enthralled with the whole do-it-yourself thing, which sometimes ends disastrously for our garages, wallets, and sex lives. Billy Reid is a guy afflicted just like any…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Biology of Getting Drunk

Image from The Hangover courtesy of Film Drunk It’s something we humans have been doing for ages, and it goes by many names: getting inebriated, plastered, wasted, housed, trashed, canned, trash-canned, and of course drunk, or, as it’s often spelled in text messages, durnkk.  It turns out the most correct…

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Contests & Give-Aways
GIVEAWAY: Hard Graft Phone Fold Wallet

If you're not a guy that carries a murse on a regular basis, your "every day carry" (EDC from now on) - the wallet, keys, iPhone 3 and 4 (because you haven't ported everything yet), knife, and lighter - has your pants ready to explode in more ways than one.…

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The Bowler

We live in a country that takes their leisure sports very seriously which is why soccer never really caught on here - too much running. Pool, darts, baseball, poker, bowling - all fantastic games that involve (among other things) gambling and drinking. They've also been romanticized for people everywhere through…

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How to Make Bacon from Scratch

Bacon.  It has a wonderful place in human history. Humans have eaten it for thousands of years, traded it as a staple of economies, and most recently, turned it into an internet meme. It’s no mystery why we have a love affair with Bacon. It’s the Christina Hendricks of meat…

By Wylie Overstreet
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