Love Thy Neighbor – Like Thy Neighbor
As I left my house last night to walk a short 10 blocks into town to hustle up some dinner I noticed some people in black outfits in my driveway. Mind you I live in a fishbowl where houses literally touch each other and you…
Best Strategy For That Difficult Christmas Gift
As part of a sponsored post for Collective Bias I went shopping at Best Buy to find an elusive Christmas gift for a very close and picky friend of mine. He is the type of guy that never wants gifts and tries to wriggle out…
2013 Holiday Gift Guide For The Rugged Male
Struggling to find a Christmas gift for the rugged male on your list who is picky about the tools he uses, the clothes he wears and the bourbon he drinks? This man also despises getting gifts. He views it as a weakness, as if he…
Dewar’s – The Drinking Man’s Scotch
“The Drinking Man represents the man who is looking not to take life by the horns, but to put it in a cage match” Who needs the most interesting man in the world, when you can sip scotch with the hottest woman on the planet, Claire…
Better Than A Bakers Dozen and A Hard Six
Who needs a Baker’s Dozen when you have Baker’s 7?! There is no better way to celebrate the 80 year anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition than picking up a bottle of Jim Beam’s Baker’s Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Baker’s bourbon is part of…
Healthy Holiday Gift Basket – Support Local
By now we are all in our post Thanksgiving food-coma, looking forward to getting back to a normal work schedule. As one of our new Dad followers once told us – I kiss my desk every Monday morning. That same feeling can be felt after…
Holiday Cocktail Recipes – The Kentucky Breakfast & Hot Toddy
While all the retailers are trying (yet again) to invent another shopping holiday to go along with Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we have our own – Brown Thursday, and it starts and ends with bourbon. So this holiday season, whether you are on your…
New Football Drink Recipe – Hornitos Bromosa
Many of us are challenged for Saturday morning libations, especially for those must see football, or futbol games. What do you do if you despise tomato juice? You are not in the mood for beer. You think (or know!) vodka and champagne are for girls….
Cool Kitchen Gadgets For Holiday Cooking
“The only problem with these automatic, man-friendly cooking devices is that now you cant hide in the kitchen” A holiday gathering is a special time to be with family and friends. For The Rugged Male, this can also be an exhausting time of the year,…
The Rugged Male on Classic Artwork & Paintings
“Placing a price on art, as if it’s a letter grade has to be one of the most subjective and silly things we can do as a society.” We’ve all been stuck in a social setting where we are expected to comment on things to…
