Two-and-a-half years ago, I purchased my first and only HDTV. I was already a bit of cinemaphile and my new 40″ television, with its glorious 1920 x 1080 pixels of resolution, reignited my interest in watching sports on a regular basis. About a year later, I supplemented this HDTV with a Playstation...

El Paso, Texas is the unlikely birthplace of a band that has pushed the limits of musical experimentation with a blistering, Latin-influenced progressive-rock sound that continues to shake up listener’s expectations album after album. The Mars Volta’s most recent release, Octahedron, is no different...

In 1759, Arthur Guinness signed the original lease at the flagship Guinness brewery at St. James’ Gate in Dublin, Ireland. Thus, 2009 marks the 250th anniversary of the brewery that has taught the world what a stout beer should be. To commemorate the event, Guinness has released a limited-time-only...

Golf is a huge passion of mine. I could, easily, drone on and on about clubs, balls, bags, etc, etc, etc. Unfortunately, I might be the only one interested in reading all of that mess. Instead, while still keeping the golf theme in mind, I’ll tell you about fashion. Fashion and golf attire have,...

A while back, I wrote about one way to upgrade your home/hobby poker game - by stepping up from plastic poker chips to composite or clay chips. There happens to be another easy (and less expensive) way to bring the casino feel into your home game - upgrade to a deck 100% plastic cards. Once you do, I’m...

In recent years the Jordan Brand has introduced a multitude of “hybrid” Jordans. The hybrid Jordans are fusions based on popular Jordans from the past 23 years. These remixed Jordans have been both hit and miss with fans and collectors alike, but they still seem to fly off the shelves....

Album artwork can serve as a complement to an artist’s image, provide an aesthetic accompaniment to the music, or simply supply a stunning work of art. Interpol has mastered pairing the artwork for their albums with the mood their music embodies. With Turn On The Bright Lights, for example, the artwork...

Of all the places one might be ’sold’ on the necessity of reading a book, it was at a rough-and-tumble bachelor party that a friend of mine convinced me that I simply couldn’t do anything else until I had read C.S. Lewis’ sci-fi classics, The Space Trilogy. With blood-shot eyes...

When Judd Apatow’s name comes up, you probably think funny. As a director, Apatow’s resume includes The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up and now, Funny People. As a producer and/or writer, he has worked on a number of other films, including The Cable Guy, Anchorman, Talladega Nights, Superbad,...

I have a confession to make. I’ve never seen Sleepless in Seattle. I’ve never watched You’ve Got Mail. But I bet I can guess what happens in both films: a man and woman meet, develop an attraction, are kept apart by some variable of conflict, and ultimately overcome this trial to live...