So, Christmas is over. The glut of presents and Christmas dinner is now nothing more than a sad pile of wadded up wrapping paper and cleaned off turkey bones. In most parts of the world, that’s it. The day is over; the deed is done. But, in some countries, the UK and Australia most notably, [...]
Filed under: booze, holiday, Wine on December 26th, 2011 | No Comments »
F*ck what you think of my Halloween costume. “That’s not gonna get you laid.†So what? Let’s be honest. This is a holiday. Not only that; this is a drinking holiday, and maybe you’re sexy when you drink, but me? I’m just tactless and smelly. Tactless and Smelly wasn’t gettin’ laid tonight anyway. “It’s not [...]
Filed under: halloween, halloween costumes, holiday on November 4th, 2011 | No Comments »
“I hate Halloween.†Not my words, but the words of a female friend of mine. “There’s all this pressure to wear something slutty and whatever I dress up as, I always feel homely compared to the other girls.†“Untrueâ€, I said! Only the most boring and vapid of women wear slutty costumes for Halloween these [...]
Filed under: halloween, halloween costumes, holiday, nostalgia, seasonal beer on October 24th, 2011 | No Comments »
It seems that milk and cookies aren’t the only thing that Santa’s been scarfing down on his annual trip around the world. People have been leaving out some rather more adult sorts of drinks for the pudgy fellow: vodka, beer, whisky and even rum. That mean that by the end of the night there is [...]
Filed under: holiday on December 27th, 2010 | No Comments »
In case you missed, yesterday I decided to start dolling out advice for your Halloween parties this weekend. I did this without caring at all whether or not you actually want my advice. And today my advice – and apathy of your opinion of it – continues: Bring a buddy. I’m not telling you to [...]
Filed under: Beer, booze, halloween, halloween costumes, holiday, party on October 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
For those of us without young kids, Halloween has increasingly become a chance to party. There really couldn’t be a better time of the year for it, especially outdoor parties. The weather is cool, odds of rain are fairly low and the summer bugs are gone. Perfect for lighting a bonfire and drinking the night [...]
Filed under: Beer, booze, halloween, halloween costumes, holiday, party on October 29th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Okay, over the course of this countdown we’ve outfitted dad’s feet, his head and even his neck. We’ve given him somewhere to sit and even given him the greatest gift of all – fire. Let’s give him some games. Now that he has all this stuff, shouldn’t he have something fun to do, too? First, [...]
Filed under: gift, holiday on June 17th, 2010 | No Comments »
Men like fire. We don’t know why and we’d rather not think about it. We like to build stacks of burning charcoal over which we can scorch great hunks of meat. We like to go into the woods, pitch tents then build campfires so we can stare at them burning for hours. We especially like [...]
Filed under: gift, holiday on June 14th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Studies show* that 67.4% of all dad’s like wearing hats. They like wearing them when they go fishing, to the game, during dinner, at work, at church – pretty much anywhere they can get away with wearing hats, dad like wearing hats there. Survey respondents** told us things like hats just “make me feel better” [...]
Filed under: gift, holiday on June 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Not all dads are created equal. Some are the come home from the office and collapse on the coach at night types. Others are the work hard, play hard types that plan hiking and camping trips for weekends. But one thing that all dad have in common is that they like to loose the shoes. [...]
Filed under: gift, holiday on June 6th, 2010 | No Comments »