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What makes us fart? All the good stuff.


What makes us fart? Turns out it’s all the good stuff you want to eat. According to LiveScience, the biggest gas-inducing food ingredients are sugars. Too bad sugar is in everything. Is there no escaping the gas? If only the Toot Tone were a real gadget.
“The answer may stink, but eating [...]

If I had rugrats, they wouldn’t watch Power Rangers


Have you ever sat down and watched a full episode of Power Rangers? Did you puke, or go into an epileptic seizure? I watched the second half of an episode this weekend because I was down at the lake and it was the only show on the only station that came in. [...]

I haven’t read Harry Potter, and I’m proud


I admitted in my post on pop culture that I’ve never read a single Harry Potter book. Never, nunca, nada. Little did I know I wasn’t the only person in the world who has never read a Harry Potter book.
Someone then suggested we start a club for people who have not read Harry [...]

Will the Italian chest rug ever be in again?


This is Part 2 in the Gangstas & Hugs “Man Grooming Series”. Part 1, last week’s post about male grooming, was inspired by this Fark story and discussion thread. Since I wrote it, the discussion on that particular Fark thread got pretty in depth, with proponents of both the Tom Selleck look and [...]

Why planning for fun sucks


AnonymousCoworker just wrote a post about how his summer social schedule has already filled up and it makes him feel all douchey when someones asks him if he wants to hang out Friday night and he has to pull up his calendar.
This got me to thinking. I feel the same damn way. Specifically, [...]

SNL: If You Don’t Have the Money, Don’t Buy It


I don’t know about you, but this video really struck a cord for me. At first it was a difficult concept to grasp. But then I realized that if you don’t have the money to buy something, hoping you’ll have the money later doesn’t mean you will. Take my college education for example. […]

The ‘Blogging Too Close to Home’ Quandary


I was reading JJ’s post about how blogging is a fucked up hobby, and it got me to thinking: how much do I really want to say? Well, that’s kind of a moot point because I’ve already said more than enough on a couple of occasions. Here’s what JJ said that got me [...]

My First Shoe Shine


Have you ever had your shoes shined? Well, I hadn’t until recently. And it was a bit of an experience. I hadn’t really planned on it, but these aren’t things we typically plan on are they?
It all started because I was supposed to meet a group from work in a Corporate Box [...]

An Ode to Tweeker Chick


I just wanted to take a moment to express my new found admiration for Tweeker Chick. She has single-handedly written one of the most honest and thought-provoking posts in recent years. The blog post I’m referring to is “50 Mistakes Women Make When Having Sex“. She wrote it to sort of balance [...]

Kim Jong Il will no longer get his iPod fix


I love my iPod. I’m not shy about that fact. So it comes as no surprise that I am sympathetic to the pain Kim Jong Il is about to endure in the coming months.
Seems the U.S. government is trying a new tactic to get the attention of North Korea. Apparently, those pesky [...]