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As a man, I can proudly say I have mastered some of these. Some of my favorites:

6. Know at least one musical group as well as is possible. One guy at your table knows where Cobain was born and who his high school English teacher was. Another guy can argue the elegant extended trope of Liquid Swords with GZA himself. This is how it should be. Music does not demand agreement. Rilo Kiley. Nina Simone. Whitesnake. Fugazi. Otis Redding. Whatever. Choose. Nobody likes a know-it-all, because 1) you can’t know it all and 2) music offers distinct and private lessons. So pick one. Except Rilo Kiley. I heard they broke up.

13. Throw a punch. Close enough, but not too close. Swing with your shoulders, not your arm. Long punches rarely land squarely. So forget the roundhouse. You don’t have a haymaker. Follow through; don’t pop and pull back. The length you give the punch should come in the form of extension after the point of contact. Just remember, the bones in your hand are small and easy to break. You’re better off striking hard with the heel of your palm. Or you could buy the guy a beer and talk it out.

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Several weeks ago, I took a can of compressed air and sprayed my computer keyboard at work. I thought that it would get some dust out, plain and simple. Holy cow.

What came out was dust, hair, food, grime, and a small furry animal. Seriously, it was DISGUSTING how dirty it was. Obviously it was no surprise to me to see a list of things dirtier than my toilet with a computer keyboard as the first thing.

Here is the list:

1. Your Keyboard
2. The Kitchen
3. Men’s Wallet
4. Women’s Desk

Click to see the reasoning behind each. And go clean your keyboard RIGHT NOW!

4 Things in Your House Dirtier Than A Toilet

While camping this weekend, I stopped by the local gas station and picked up an energy drink (sleeping in your car has a tendency to prohibit you from the amount of sleep you need). Anyways, here was the selection I was presented with:

You might notice a familiar drink in there. Anyways, I decided to go with a drink called “Crunk!!!”. That’s right, the name has 3 exclamation marks in it. As far as the taste goes, this is hands down the best tasting drink of all that I have tried. It didn’t taste like an energy drink trying to taste good. It had a very unique flavor that was delicious. As far as the energy boost goes, it was on par with the others.

So, I am happy to name Crunk!!! my favorite so far. Now, go and get Crunked up. Yeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhh!

Last night, I had a hot wing feast with my dad at Zaxby’s. I have posted about Zaxby’s before, and it really is one of the best restaurants I have ever been to. In fact, I think the “teriakular” wing is my favorite flavor right now. Anyways, here was the feast (click for the full-size):

That is a plate of 20 teriyaki wings with nuclear sauce poured on top. Just think about that for a second. Let it soak in. Ok, we’re back.

There is nothing healthy about this plate of food, so it won’t happen again for a long time, but tonight’s meal will be remembered for a long time to come.

Thanks to Tinkerbell (yes, Tinkerbell.  Why are you looking at me like that?) for recommending this one.  “Nos” is a fruity-tasting energy drink that is packed full of kick.   It has a pineapple/passionfruit flavor, and tastes nothing like most energy drinks.  So far, this one is my favorite (as my picture conveys).

Thanks everyone for your recommendations!

You probably know bacon as the star of the BLT and the bacon cheeseburger. But there are so many other ways we can incorporate it into our diets and our lives! Here are a few of the 50 ways to use bacon. And if you don’t like bacon, well, I will pray for you.

• Make a good old BLT sandwich, of course.
• Bacon cheeseburgers will make anyone’s mouth water. Meat topped with more meat? Perfection!
• Bacon-wrapped tater tots would go perfectly with that bacon cheeseburger!
• Roast a bacon-wrapped turkey for Sunday dinner.
• Make delicious bacon pastry slices.

read all 50 ways | digg story

I have to give credit to Jason for this one. On yesterday’s post, he suggested MDX (Mountain Dew Extreme) as an energy drink to try. I went to the store this morning on my way in to work and looked for it, but the only Mountain Dew- branded energy drink I could find was called Amp Energy Overdrive.  It’s not what he suggested, but it led me to this one.

It is sort of like Code Red with a kick. It has a cherry flavor, and is actually pretty darn good. I know you have to have a little slack with most energy drinks, but this one has a great taste, and it certainly has helped wake me up.

I have one more to try this afternoon. We’ll see how that goes, but for now, I am happy with the Amp Energy.

Ever had this drink?  I just purchased one from the cafe downstairs at my office to try and help wake up, and I have to say that this is hands down the most disgusting drink I have ever had.  I have had Red Bull, Rockstar, and a few others, all of which are not great by any means.  But good grief, this drink seriously tastes horrible.

What are some decent tasting energy drinks you have had?

No, not “drunk” hiccups.

Apparently, if you happen to get the hiccups, an effective remedy is to drink warm water:

“…hiccups are caused by the spasming of the diaphragm, a sheet of muscle located across the bottom the ribcage. And what do you do when a you get a muscle cramp? You apply heat. Does this method work? You bet. It works like a charm every time. The hiccups will resolve in less than a minute (usually about 15 seconds). If it doesn’t, what you’re drinking isn’t warm enough, try something warmer.”

So, next time you get hiccups, give this a try!

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If you are ever out getting fast food and have the urge to find out the nutritional info on whatever you are getting, send a text message to 34381 with the name of what you are getting.  Diet.com will instantly text you right back with some of the nutrition info.

To test this, I texted ‘wendys frosty” to 34381, and here is what I got back:

As you can see, it sent me info for a small Wendy’s Frosty.  Pretty neat.  So let’s recap:

1.  Make a new text message

2.  In the body of the message, type the restaurant name and the item you want to know about

3.  Send it to 34381

4.  Cry at the information you receive back knowing that yes, those fries really are that bad for you.

Diet.com (via Lifehacker)