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The Luxury Lover’s Guide to Puerto Vallarta
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter
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It’s Time to Upgrade Your Gas Station Lighter

These 5 lighters turn a disposable necessity into a piece of EDC you’ll actually want to carry.

By Beau Hayhoe
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Puerto Vallarta Beyond the Beach: A Journey Through Art & Culture

A guide to the galleries, murals, sculptures, and musical performances worth seeking out between beach days.

By Cool Material
This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington
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This 114-Mile Bike Route Is One of the Best Ways to See Washington

A three-day ride along former railways takes you through the Cascades and all the way into Seattle.

By Brandon Withrow
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New Year’s Resolutions and the Tools to Help you Succeed

This is a Gillette sponsored article that offers useful tips and tools on New Year's resolutions for men. (Thanks Gillette!) Now that we’re putting the final touches on 2010 it’s time to start piecing together our New Year’s resolutions for the upcoming year. This year, unlike every single year past,…

By Mike Newman
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Urban Dictionary Scrabble

Do you know the meaning of the word oxyphenbutazone? Of course you don't. Spell-check doesn't even recognize it as a real word, and yet it's worth 41 points in Scrabble. If Scrabble wasn't supposed to be fun, there wouldn't be so many apps for it. We say to hell with…

By Cool Material Guest
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If You Actually Stuck With All of Your New Year’s Eve Resolutions

Now that our eggnog hangovers have worn off, it’s time to start on those New Year’s resolutions (like less eggnog hangovers). Despite proclaiming that “this year is going to be different,” chances are you’re gonna last about a month at best. But, what if you actually did stick with all…

By Mike Newman
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37 Howard Stern Facts

Howard Stern put an end to months of speculation the other day when he re-upped with Sirius XM for another five years. The exact details of Howard's new contract have not been released but it appears as if Howard will have a more flexible schedule and Sirius XM will be…

By Mike Newman
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Flowchart: Should You Friend Your Parents on Facebook?

If you haven’t already, there’s still a good chance you could hear this dreaded question from one of your folks, “How do I sign up for this Facebook thing people are talking about?” You’ll tell them it’s stupid and they wouldn’t like it, but before you know it, they’ll be…

By Mike Newman
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