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Our subscriber base has grown so much since we first started seven years ago, that most of you have missed all our earliest recommendations. The best of these are still valid and useful, so we’re trying out something new — Retro Recomendo. Once every 6 weeks, we’ll send out a throwback issue of evergreen recommendations focused on one theme from the past 7 years.

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Like Sudoku, but with colors

ColorKu is a nice looking wooden game board, with holes that hold colored wooden marbles in nine different colors. Game play is just like Sudoku, but this version makes it fun to play with others. It comes with about 100 starting problems, but you can use any Sudoku problems by assigning each color a number. I gave this to my sister for her birthday and she loves it, too. — MF

Excellent dartboard

My wife bought me a dartboard for Christmas last year and we play darts a few times a week now. She got a high quality dartboard — a Winmau Diamond Plus Tournament Bristle Dartboard — and it’s much better than the cheap dartboards I had as a kid. The darts rarely bounce out, and the board has held up well, showing little signs of use. — MF

Beautiful puzzles

Pomegranate’s Charley Harper puzzles are beautiful and sturdy. Each piece is glossy and locks well with other pieces, and it’s a fun distraction for a few hours. I’ve bought two so far — Tree of Life and Exquisite Creatures. — CD

Favorite social puzzle

The simplest toys are the best. Our favorite family social puzzle is a tangram, an old classic from China made of 7 geometric pieces that you arrange to fulfill a required silhouette. With two sets you can race to finish. It is much harder than it looks, yet doable and fun for small folk. You can make a tangram from cardboard, or 3D print one yourself, but the version we grab is Tangoes, a tidy travel case with two sets of pieces, plus cards (with solutions) for all the target images. We own 3 or 4 Tangoes ($11), enough for larger groups. — KK

Play a cold case detective

Unsolved Case Files is my new favorite game to play with my husband and friends. Each case file comes with evidence photos, suspect interviews, coroners report, witness statements, newspaper clippings and more. The objective is to work collaboratively and solve three mysteries before you can “crack the case.” So far I’ve solved the Harmony Ashcroft and Max Cahill case and each one took a couple hours. They can be challenging, but it is so satisfying when you’ve completed one. The quality of the documents and materials are so good, that these made-up characters actually come to life and it’s hard not to let it all get to my head when I’ve solved one of the mysteries. It makes me feel like a real detective! I just ordered my third case on Amazon because they are often out of stock, so now I’m just gonna grab one when I can. I also signed up on their website to be notified about new cases that will be released later this Spring, and I discovered if you sign up for their email list, they will email you a free mini-case that you can download and print out. — CD

Werewolf, intense social game

When we meet for family reunions, or gather with friends, our favorite group game is Werewolf. Classrooms and corporate retreats also play Werewolf. It’s a deduction/deception game, extremely social, that is as much fun to watch as to play, so it can involve everyone. The games are exhilarating, surprising, and addictive. The only gear you need are some cards. While you can get by with an ordinary deck of cards, a set of dedicated Werewolf cards makes it much easier. After you’ve played a number of basic games, it’s easy and fun to play with variations, which are supported by this deck of Apostrophe Werewolf cards ($13). — KK

• "The PIC is urging the public to refrain from any travel and participate in the inaugural activities from home"

The Presidential Inauguration Committee of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris released a statement today telling their supporters to please watch the inauguration from home, and please don't travel, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen in America. — Read the rest

Temperatures spiked to over 90°F this week in Los Angeles and the Santa Ana winds are here. Winds like these – hot, dry, strong, unpredictable – are unusual in June. They bring morning nose bleeds and turn palm fronds into ribbons that can cut. They’re both beautiful and disturbing. To keep doors and windows from slamming (and to keep the air circulating), I propped them open with rocks and my heaviest pots. Then I went to the garage and dusted off the ice cream maker for the first time this year and set to work making a simple lime sherbet.

The recipe is roughly equal parts plain yogurt, fresh citrus juice, and simple syrup. The trick is using a bit of orange and lemon to take just the right amount of edge off the lime juice. You end up with a lime sherbet that tastes like it tangled with a Creamsicle. In the recipe I let you know that I used 4 limes, 1 orange, and a big lemon. Basically, you want 1 1/3 cups of freshly squeezed citrus juice. That said, you can adjust the recipe based on what you have on hand. For example, bump up the orange juice if you’re short a lime. Just make the effort to freshly squeeze your fruit, it makes a difference.

Lime Sherbet Variations

Coconut Lime Sherbet: Swap out up to 1/2 cup of the yogurt for an equal amount of full-fat coconut milk.

Key Lime Sherbet: Substitute the juice of half of the limes with the juice of key limes.

Meyer Lime Sherbet: Substitute the juice of a Meyer lemon for the lemon called for. And add the zest as well.

I’m also going to mention one last thing we do with this sherbet. Take a tight, little scoop of the sherbet and place it in a small Picardie glass, or something similar. Top with a shot (or half-shot) of reposado tequila and enjoy asap. If this is already a thing – I think of it as tequila affogato (which means ‘drowned’ in Italian) – apologies in advance for not crediting. If not, it should be. Enjoy!

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Even in the era of unlimited content, you can run out of interesting things to read pretty quickly, especially when it comes to men’s clothing. Listen to Blamo; browse your Instagram feed; check Reddit and StyleForum, Hypebeast and Complex; see what Permanent Style, Die Workwear, and Put This On posted today and … I dunno, read Dressing the Man again?

A resource that’s a little harder to access, at least for those in the US and Europe, is men’s fashion magazines from Japan. Month by month, these publications churn out reams of meticulously photographed, wonderfully styled features. For those whose thirst for flat lay photos of chambray shirts, they’re addictive. American and British print magazines (e.g., GQ and Monocle) are great, too. But they generally treat clothes as the light fare to enjoy while you’re thinking about more serious topics and reading celebrity profiles. There’s something about magazines such as Free & Easy (RIP) and Popeye — their covers feature fleece jackets rather than actors’ faces. They focus on the clothes themselves.

Or at least it seems that way, to those of us who can’t read them. I admit part of the appeal has always been that I, too, can focus on the clothes in these mags. I don’t speak or read Japanese, so the captions and articles could be keen and insightful, or tepid and pointless. I don’t know. I still page through them, brow furrowed, wondering if I can pull off corduroy overalls.

Getting ahold of such magazines has, traditionally, been a pain. You have to get them in print and often pay more than the cover price. I have a shelf full of them at home, purchased from Context, Kinokuyina, and eBay. You can order subscriptions from international services, but they’re quite pricy. To read them on-screen, I used to pore over scans pulled from obscure blogs and Superfuture. But I recently figured out that many of these magazines do indeed put their print layouts online. And you can read them for like $5-$10 a pop. It just takes a little work.

The secret is the Amazon Japan Kindle store. A quick search will turn up many of our favorite men’s magazines: Popeye, 2nd, Go Out, Leon, Men’s Ex, Men’s Club. Most have Kindle edition prices under ¥1000.

• First of all, if you can’t read Japanese, change your language settings to English. Not everything will be translated, but it’s easier to navigate.

 

 

• Next, create an amazon.co.jp account. You can use your regular email address. I had a hard time creating a valid password with English alphabet characters and keyboard symbols, but using one that’s just numerals seems to work.

 

 

• Once you’ve established your account, enter payment information just like you would for any other site.
• At this point, you still won’t be able to order these magazines in Kindle format. Amazon Japan wants you to have an address in Japan to order them, even for online reading. It doesn’t make you prove you have one, though. Just saying.
• If you go to your account, under Digital Content and Devices, click on Content and Devices.

 

 

• There’s a tab for Preferences. Under which: Country/Region settings. Click on that, then enter your address in Japan. Yep.

 

 

• Once you’ve done that, you can go back to the magazine pages, and order away! Amazon will give you the option of reading on the Kindle Cloud Reader, which you can do right in your browser — probably the best option even if you have a Kindle, as it’ll be set up for a country other than Japan.

Now you can browse all your favorite zines — the spreads, the street style, the pages and pages of text you cannot understand. But maybe you can answer important questions like “Who wants to be anything else but the leather man?”

 

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KATYA ELISE HENRY is an Instathot with 5 million followers…

Not my style, pretty fucking disgusting looking to me, but apparently people like it…even if it’s all fake followers…the content she’s producing is designed to be seen…

This should bring every girl out there, both fat and skinny, hope or at least send her out a reminder than anyone can being an instagram THOT…they just need to THOT….trashy or not, fat ass or not, get naked, pose like you’re fucking…find some weird level of success….cuz everyone’s a pervert into this kind of flimsy, no soul, low hanging fruit talent…that requires no talent…just shamelessness and exhibitionism…

JOIN THE NEWSLETTER YOU ASSHOLES!

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This week Victorville, California police arrested a 14-year-old boy who dressed up in a sheriff's uniform, put emergency lights on his grandfather's car, and drove around "responding" to various crimes. After the real police pulled him over, they searched his room and found "counterfeit money, simulation firearms, ballistic vests and other law enforcement related items." No word on whether the youngster had cultivated cop speak. From the Merced Sun-Star:

Police also realized the teen had a busy night before he was pulled over: He had pulled over a woman in a fake traffic stop, and asked for her identification, police said. The teen let her off with a warning.

During a separate incident that day, the juvenile turned on his emergency lights, drawing a 16-year-old out of a home. The dressed-up teen told the 16-year-old he was responding to a domestic disturbance call. But when the imposter was told no one had made such a call, he left the scene, police said.

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I find it hypocritical when you’re told to be the best you can be, but when you really excel at being some creepy guy on the internet, because you don’t excel at much else, like contributing to society or having much going on for you, people just call you a loser, a failure, a low life, and even threaten to sue you or go to the police, because they don’t like how eager you are for NUDES…

If I am the best at creeping, the best I can be, I deserve accolades, awards, to be celebrated…not left to feel inadequate…not that suburban half retard society’s opinion matters, but it would probably secure more nudes if the drone follower basic suburban girls thought I was a celebrity at this shit, and gave into my requests rather than resist it…

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In this delightful Instagram, Hugh Jackman shares an unexpected sight in Tokyo. The best part is just how excited he gets.

There is still enough time to buy cool tools as gifts and have them arrive before Christmas. Here's Cool Tools' complete list of gift ideas for 2016.

The loss of headphone jack on the iPhone 7 has been felt most acutely by owners of older cars, who until now could use the port to listen to audio in the car while still charging their phones. This $9 Bluetooth/FM transmitter will be a cold comfort to those people, I’m sure, but it’s certainly better than nothing.

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At StogieGuys.com, we try to appeal to the entire spectrum of cigar smokers. But, aware of the fact that many cigar sites and forums may appear intimidating from the outside, we try particularly hard to pass along tips and thoughts to those just getting into the hobby.

To paraphrase Harry Truman, the only cigar advice that’s new is what you haven’t learned yet. So, if you’re a cigar novice, hopefully these negative commands will help you on the road to greater pleasure. And if you’re a seasoned vet, maybe they’ll remind you of a thought or two you might reconsider.

Don’t worry about laying in a large supply. There are thousands of selections out there. These aren’t 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle coins or 1954 Oldsmobile F-88s. There are plenty on the store shelves. No need to stock up before you really know what you want.

Don’t focus on getting “more for your money.” Smaller sizes, particularly for a new smoker, often offer a better way to sample a new cigar and make it easier for you to concentrate throughout the smoke. Right now there’s a trend towards huge, thicker ring gauge smokes, but many seasoned cigar vets and cigar makers alike prefer to more regularly smoke thinner, smaller sizes like lanceros and coronas.

Don’t worry about aging. Nearly all quality cigars these days use aged tobacco and are sold with the intent that they be smoked, not stored. And even if you wait six months to a year or more, you’ll probably not notice the difference, anyway. One exception to this rule might be Cuban smokes. But I would first focus on exploring all that Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic, and Honduras have to offer anyways.

Don’t make judgments too quickly. That cigar you love today may not seem the same a week from now. Your tastes will change the more you smoke. Better to concentrate on variety than end up with cigars you find you don’t really like.

Don’t forget why you smoke. Smoking cigars is about enjoyment. It’s not a contest or a competition. Relax and have fun. Slow down. And remember the StogieGuys.com Cigar University is a great resource to further your cigar education.

-George E

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Former MLB player Tony Gwynn passed away the other day. Cancer. He was only 54. Gwynn was one of my favorite players as a kid...I've always liked the players who hit for average and rarely struck out. Rarely got to see him play because I lived in American League country, so I knew him mainly through his statistics and baseball cards. These pieces by Jay Caspian Kang, Buster Olney, and Bob Nightengale are all worth reading to hear about Gwynn's humanity and cerebral approach to the game, but Keith Olbermann's heartfelt eulogy was my favorite piece in the wake of Gwynn's death.

Tags: baseball   Bob Nightengale   Buster Olney   Jay Caspian Kang   Tony Gwynn

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