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…
Holiday Gift Guide For The Rugged Male
“Tommy-wear – Hilfiger, Bahama, it really doesn’t matter cuz its going to end up as an expensive rag in his garage” Struggling what to buy the rugged male on your list who is picky about the tools he uses, the clothes he wears and the…
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…
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…
Football Season – Score A Surround Sound System
By Robert Ferguson for The Rugged Male Now that football season is in full swing, you’re going to want to see all the action, but hearing every hit, grunt and helmet crash makes it all that more enjoyable. The only way to do this is to install the…
Types Of Peppers – Ghost Pepper – Poblano – Jalapeno – Cayenne
“If for no other reason than its awesome name, you should know about the Ghost Pepper” Often when we are feeling our testosterone spikes we (men) will razz each other on our ability to eat spicy or hot foods. After all there isn’t a more…
Baseball’s World Series – What You Need To Know To Follow It
The World Series is upon us and perhaps no better in recent years with two storied franchises from the most enthusiastic baseball cities in America with The Boston Red Sox playing The St. Louis Cardinals. We will attempt to give you all the info you…
Vintage Photo Fridays – LOOK Magazine Covers
On this day in 1971, LOOK Magazine published its last magazine. The popular lifestyle magazine of the 40s, 50s & 60s gave birth to one of the film industries iconic directors, Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick was a staff photographer contributing over 300 assignments to the publication…
Muscle Cars – The Summer Of 1969
Looking at today’s American made cars leaves you with the same feeling you get when you hear Mumford & Sons winning a Grammy and achieving success that was previously only attainable by the rock-n-roll gods of yesteryear. You know its here to stay, and you…
Healthy Fast Food Options
Slowly The Times Are A Changin. Long gone are the days of McDonalds salads with 1200 calories. Fast food IS getting better. There is still a long way to go, but at least now if you are in a hurry, and can’t find a supermarket,…
Because Sometimes You Need To Kick The Dog
Its been widely debated whether Saint Bernard dogs actually carried those little barrels around their necks. Even more discussion has ensued over the last 300 years (trust us) about what they carried in those containers, some say it was brandy, some say medical supplies and…
National Bourbon Heritage Month
Bourbon Whiskey Cocktail & Chicken Recipes With only a week left in September we would be remiss, (OK, downright embarrassed) if we did not salute National Bourbon Heritage Month. That’s right, on August 2, 2007, the US Senate declared September 2007 as National Bourbon Heritage…
First Date & Dating Advice For Men
“There is no need to show your insecurities by asking her to fly to Cancun or schedule a driver to French Laundry” While checking the pulse of the internet for hot topics we discovered there are over 10,000 Google searches per month on the keyword…
Healthy Start Mondays – Pork & Bean Stew
“Our goal is NOT to annoy you like some 2% body fat personal trainer “ Continuing our Healthy Start Mondays that you are surely eating up (don’t be shy!). We offer a strategy to get much needed protein back into your body without having to loosen…
How To Buy A Laptop or Computer
“The iPad is a data-out device, not a a data-in device.” Buying a laptop computer can be a daunting task, especially if you are not computer savvy. Having the luxury of a 20 year technology career under my belt gives me a bit of a…