We’ve decided to experiment with the occasional podcast. Our first will feature a wrap up of our recent visit to a Johnnie Walker tasting event.
The first file is a review of the event proper (excluding the tequila drinking we did at Greg’s place prior ) and the second will be a summary of the [...]

Have trouble understanding where highway 10 takes you?  So do I.  Mainly because I don’t even drive.  However, Chris Yates does, and he made a simple subway style map for the rest of us to make sense of all these numbered by-ways.
You know, the Interstate System is a pretty incredible bit of infrastructure, but have [...]

If there’s one thing I love about Las Vegas it’s well.. okay every single thing about Las Vegas. The gambling (blackjack 4-eva), the clubs, the booze, you name it, I’m into it.
One thing I especially enjoy is having the chance to eat at In N Out burger. I cannot believe they’ve yet [...]

When not rescuing dolphins or proving himself the ultimate fighting champion, Urban Monarch reader Sean is busy finding gems like this.
The gadget of the year? The best combination (music+vibrator) since peanut butter and chocolate? A gift guaranteed to make you Godlike with the ladies?
Check, check, and check.

MTV’s white rapper wannabe Jamie Kennedy announced the winner of a make your own video contest. Nate Burr (or Blunty3000, wtf?), picked up the winning spot with this stop motion lego clip.
Circle, circle.
Dot, dot.
I got my cootie shot.

Last week Cash wrote about a prank a few enterprising ebayers pulled on an attempted scammer. This week, the subject of an equally entertaining hijinx is up for sale. The reverse happened to this bidder when a broken laptop arrived in the mail. After it became obvious that the seller wouldn’t be [...]

One Sunday morning I was writing out my usual list of chores for the day when I came to a startling conclusion, laundry sucks.  I would much rather spend my time doing something worth while like emailing missed connections pretending to be their starbucks lover who escaped destiny. 

 
I for one have always found it patently ridiculous that hard liquor ads can’t be shown on TV in the US. 
Meanwhile, beer flows freely on the small screen. 
It’s been my experience that slurping suds can be just as ‘detremental’ (ha!) to my sobriety as sipping a refreshing gin & diet tonic.
I was rather amused then [...]

Apparently there is a formula for the beer goggles effect.  How Stuff Works has put together a nice summary of what most experience but few truly understand.
Many of us have heard of the so-called “beer goggle” effect. It’s the phenomenon that occurs when someone’s had a few alcoholic drinks and suddenly, all of those people [...]

Sometimes on my way to work, I see a woman singing in her car.  She is a black woman, voluptuous, with shouting ruby lipstick.  She perches cramped and ready behind the wheel of her small silver chevy sedan. The stock car stereo is always cranked, windows rolled up, loud enough so that I hear it [...]

The various women I have had the pleasure of sharing my life with have left me with a permanent piece of them, their musical tastes.  Certain songs I can’t help but to think of the times we spent together at concerts, riding in a car, or laying in the bedroom with this music playing in [...]

I’m not a Valentine’s day athiest by any means.
I for one have had some amazing Valentines (you know who you are, southern belle).
Still, I can’t help but sympathize with the notion that it’s a manufactured holiday designed to seperate men’s wallets from the currency within.
To this end, I have to give credit to some Chicago [...]

Those something awful goons are usually up to something awfully interesting.  Recently one of them received a roll of film from a homeless kid.  Here’s the story…

As a wee lad I can remember spending hours fiddling with my sister’s original Rubik’s cube. 
I think I got it about 75% figured out when, in a stealthy move sure to inspire quitters everywhere, I switched around the stickers and gloated over my ’solving’ the puzzle.
It looks like this generations’ Rubik won’t be so simple [...]

Urban Monarch’s style savvy readers already know the overall importance of being well groomed. What you may not realize is how much attention is paid to the appearance of your shoes.
Most women will tell you a man with clean, well kempt shoes comes across as ‘together’ and someone who takes care of themselves.
Keeping [...]

Hot on the heels of this year’s annual Fashion Week, Daily Titan offers a round up of men’s options for the coming season.
The emphasis seems to be on tailored, old world class and future facing innovations highlighting metallic shades and unique fabrics. 

I was idly checking the urban monarch tips email when I received a story suggestion from John of Remanents. They have a product, Connect With Style, which is a stainless steel card organizer and a sampling of their artisan greeting cards. The cards themselves have pictures and occasional messages on the outside but [...]

 
Greg’s recent move towards an automated life has me thinking about ways of improving my own world through the magic of outsourcing.
For me, the ideal addition would be that of a maid.  I can’t imagine the convenience of having my cleaning done, bed made, clothes pressed, etc.
How about you?  What service would make the biggest [...]

I often find myself laughing at people who try to profess that the married / serious relationship life is grand.
I enjoy every element of being single and work to keep my romantic relations as casual and fun as humanly possible.
Still, there are things about dating that I could do without.
“Dupree” over at Meet Denver has [...]

I’m not really sure if this a professional rig they have in their backyard, or if this is something they just put together themselves. Either way, it involves a girl, a sling shot, and an atv. WTF?

We have all wondered what happens when you take a plate of meat and hide it in your neighbors backyard for a few weeks. Luckily The Stinky Meat Project has answered this question for us all.