Dear Readers,
Sorry.  I’m too busy thinking about vitamins to write my 4pm post.
Have a nice weekend!
-Cash

This is our 1,000th post here on urban monarch.  That’s a lot of links, a lot of trolls, and a lot of attempted flame wars.  We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than with the latest internet phenomena, 2 Girls 1 Cup.  While nothing in this post is really appropriate for work, the […]

I received plenty of kick ass gifts for my birthday.  Some, I can openly talk about (Johnnie Walker Black gift set, complete with JW tumblers?  Hell yeah).  Others, um, I can’t.  But one late arrival on the scene has proven both addictive AND an excellent analogy for a key element of seduction.  Keeping it in […]

Thursday!
However, tomorrow this post will no longer be current.

Blondie Unlocks Car - video powered by Metacafe
Reason #1,067 I’m happy I no longer own a car. 
Thx//Citizens for a more paranoid existence

If one true love exists, there is a good chance I’ve already met her and screwed it up.  If she can take all forms, and inner beauty is what matters, it’s quite possible I wouldn’t have given her chance.

Last night’s dinner at The Keg steakhouse in Lodo was the end of it. The final fling of my 5 day birthday extravaganza. Two outrageously mad parties (Friday + Saturday nights), a Sunday sabbatical (of sorts) celebrating my oldest friend in the world’s birthday (a day older than me..in your face Adam!), a […]

I spent a good hour of my day laughing about Mister Splashy Pants.  It would be wrong for me not to share such joys in my life with you all.  I found and ordered some pins, but I can’t seem to find a t-shirt.  Here’s the dirt.

As I mentioned a few days ago, I’m putting together a vitamin ’stack’ to help my body and mind keep up with my, ahem, unique lifestyle. A crucial element of this stack is an amino acid known as 5-HTP.
5-HTP is the precursor to the neurotransmitter serotonin (see my piece here), an important mood (and […]

Ever since I happened upon an Andrew Weil book in my late teenage years, I’ve enjoyed a diet with as much fresh garlic as possible.  Occasionally I run into all types who question it’s benefit.  When I saw this latest article from the NY Times, I knew it was time to share.
Garlic has long been […]

When my longtime friend Lu isn’t busy saving the rainforests or sunning herself in Cabo San Lucas, Corona in hand, she’s discovering websites destined to devour entire days of my time.

As any regular UM reader knows, I’m infinitely amused by anonymous internet complaining.  This was showcased earlier in the year with my “A Vacancy in […]

Today in world news for men, we realize that Japan has a dialect for each sex.
Wherever you go, men and women tend to speak differently. But in Japan, those differences are more pronounced than in many places. Among the multilayered rules of grammar and usage governing spoken Japanese, there also exist underlying concepts of “men’s […]

Some websites are such an incredibly good idea, I find myself amazed it’s taken them this long to arrive.

It’s no secret that UM is committed to public transportation, and TxtBus.net is going to make our lives a whole lot easier.
With four different ‘levels’ of functionality (that involve providing increasing amts of specific information in your initial […]

Today’s concept of the day is assortative mating.
Assortative mating (also called assortative pairing) takes place when sexually reproducing organisms tend to mate with individuals that are like themselves in some respect (positive assortative mating) or dissimilar (negative assortative mating). In evolution, these two types of assortative mating have the effect of reducing and expanding the […]

I was pleasently surprised to find a copy of the Authentic Man Program’s “Foundations of Inner Game 1: The Power of Presence” in my mailbox for review.  The product is a 3 DVD set that breaks “inner game” (i.e. your mindset, belief system, etc) down into three important areas, each given an entire DVD’s worth of […]

UM will be taking a break to enjoy the holiday and prepare for my two night birthday extravaganza.  Posts will resume their normal schedule on Monday.
We’re certainly thankful for our readers.  Enjoy your turkey, tofu or whatever it is you people are eating these days.
 

With food, Argentina is known for one thing, its beef.  Cattle raised on the open pastures, grass fed, and hormone free produces what I’m told is some of the best beef in the world.  I traveled nervously with a case of cliff bars prepared for the untimely chance I may find myself surrounded by nothing […]

I can remember, vaguely, an intoxicated afternoon spent fidgeting with an electronic 20 questions game someone got for Christmas last year.  Even in my drunken state, I was able to answer the questions accurately. 
What I wasn’t able to do however, is stump the damn thing.

The same annoyingly accurate A.I. tech behind the handheld game can […]

I was warned to bring my own liquor to Buenos Aires.  However, as an explorer of all things alcoholic, I threw caution and three sheets in the wind and attempted a life not so distant from the Argentine drunkard.  My findings?  The libations brought by the millions of Italian immigrants.
My two favorites were Fernet and […]

(random Daft Punk video from Red Rocks, 7/31/2007)
Friend and fellow Daft Punk disciple Glenn recently shared a link to XL Video’s profile on Apple.com.  Xl Video are the geniuses behind Daft’s recent “Alive 2007″ pyramid spectacular.  Although the profile itself is rather dry and super-techie (probably not of interest to the non a/v-creative crowd) a […]

It is tempting to write a review of Buenos Aries filled with accolades, however, there are so many curious occurrences happening down there, I think it may be more interesting to talk about the oddities first.  Here are my top 5 things of interest going on in BS AS.

Dog Poop Everywhere - Granted, there are […]