Product Reviews – Page 2

Booze Review: Tito’s Vodka

I admit it, I’m a vodka snob. Not because I have such discerning tastes, but because I hate a hangover, and I like to drink a lot of vodka. Nothing better to me than a (or some) nice, crisp, straight up, vodka martini just a little dry. Must have three olives, an even amount is bad luck, you know. (Learned that one from an old time bartender friend, who served them when it was still okay to have martini working lunches.)

To me, the vodka cannot taste too starchy or sting like rubbing alcohol when it touches my lips. Obviously, as a martini drinker, I like a vodka that I can drink straight. I find the starchier and less smooth the vodka, the greater the hangover. Continue reading →

10 Great Christmas Gifts for the Handy Man (or Woman) in Your Life

It’s a well known fact that manliness is currently in inexorable decline. I blame the fact that no one works with their hands anymore (other than manipulating a video game controller). And when something breaks? We hire someone to fix it for us, or more likely, just throw it out and go buy a new one at Target.

But it doesn’t have to be that way. Tools are awesome, and once you own them you’ll start looking for reasons to use them. That’s why I put together a gift guide featuring 10 great gifts for the handy man (or woman) in your life. Continue reading →

The Human Slingshot and Other SkyMall Crap

As I write this I’m flying to Vegas for my cousins wedding. Because nothing says Sanctity of Marriage like a place that allows drive through weddings, Elvis impersonators with legalized prostitution. To take my mind off how heterocentric this entire process can be, I’ve decided to take out my bitterness on SkyMall because let’s face it — SkyMall is asking for it. Continue reading →

Hey! Go to Sleep With Your Head in a Muff and Look Pretty Idiotic!

So, have you ever wanted a power nap in the middle of day, or while in an airport, on a train, in a library, or at your work desk, but you just couldn’t find the right kind of comfortable face-enveloping, head obscuring, mole-man with arm holes, pumpkin-esque, plush, Martian helmet to do it in? Continue reading →

Your Deodorant is Terrible

I think it’s time we’ve had a talk, my friends. It isn’t easy for me to tell you this but friends tell friends hard truths. You ready? Here it goes: Your deodorant is terrible. I’m only telling you this because I care (and because that smell is offensive). Continue reading →

New York Times Car Reviewer Notices How Lame the Toyota Camry Is

Times auto reviewer Ezra Dyer got the worst possible assignment last week — to write a review of the 2012 Toyota Camry. You have to feel for the guy. What the hell do you write about those ubiquitous, dowdy beige grocery-getters that could possibly make for an interesting article?

The Camry, which has less flavor than Mitt Romney eating half a saltine, has been America’s best selling automobile for 13 of the last 14 years. (Think about the awfulness of that next time someone starts bad-mouthing the cars coming out of Detroit.) To Dyer’s credit, he realized there is no way to talk about the most boring car ever built other than to point out numerous times how lame Camry owners are. Continue reading →

The Subaru BRZ Eats Your Granola For Lunch

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When most people think of Subaru, the word that most often comes to mind right after “WRX” and just before “ugly” or “granola” is “All-Wheel Drive”. In fact, since 1996, all Subaru vehicles sold in the U.S. have come standard with the Symmetric All-Wheel Drive (AWD) system. That all changes with the introduction of the 2013 Subaru BRZ, a rear-wheel drive (RWD) sport coupe created in collaboration with Toyota. Continue reading →

Datsun Returns to Life Thanks to Crasstalk

It’s well known that Crasstalk is a favorite source of reading material for the world’s auto executives. Don’t believe me? Well it’s no coincidence that we published a post last year begging Nissan to bring back the Datsun and then just yesterday the company announced that they are indeed resurrecting the Datsun brand. Continue reading →

Game Review: Mass Effect 3

In 2007, BioWare released Mass Effect, the first game in a new epic trilogy of action/RPG games. In 2010, they released Mass Effect 2, the second much-anticipated installment, to rave reviews. A week ago, they released Mass Effect 3, the epic conclusion to the trilogy.

Unfortunately, as many gamers have discovered, the galaxy does not end with a bang, but rather, with a very disappointing whimper.

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS OF MASS EFFECT 3, SPECIFICALLY THE ENDING. DO NOT READ IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE SPOILED. CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED.
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Barbasol Has Produced a Wonderfully Terrible Commercial For Us

Barbasol is a brand of old-timey shaving cream that I can only assume is mostly used by old school leather strap-wielding barbers named Tony who know all the local cops by their first name and do a nice side business in taking bets. This is not the brand of choice for the guy who wears mantyhose. Barbasol is for guys who aren’t quite sold yet on that new-fangled shave gel shit!

So over the past few weeks I’ve seen this new Barbasol spot in heavy rotation on Comedy Central. (Sorry, but the joker who uploaded it won’t allow embedding so you’ll have to click over.)

This ad is so awesomely bad that I felt it deserved a deeper examination. Continue reading →