A North American Adventure – Taking a sports holiday to the United States

North America is renowned for its sports franchises. The New York Yankees, The LA Lakers, The San Francisco 49’ers and The L.A Galaxy are names that instantly spring to mind when thinking of Baseball, Basketball, Golf like the one here, North American Football and Soccer. With Football Ticket Pad, you can purchase Chelsea FC Tickets for […]

There Will Never Be Another Freddie Mercury

The UK has produced countless notable musicians throughout music history, particularly in the second half of the twentieth century. Some rose to greatness and achieved the status of  icon through their music; some had a meteoric rise to fame and then faded away just as quickly. At the mere mention of his name, there’s no […]

How To Maintain Your Cigars

If you are new to the hobby or have counted it among your favorite things to do for years, there is one bane to the cigar smoker’s enjoyment, namely properly maintaining your cigars. Whether you choose to use a cigar humidor or not, there are proper ways to store and care for your stogies that […]

Go West With Cowboy Boots

Trends may come and go, but it is tough to get the evergreen style of the Wild Wild West out of our system. From the swagger-like walk to the Stetsons and especially the distinctive cowboy boots, fashion has never been able to put a dampener in the proverbial saddle of the true or wannabe buckaroo. […]

Tricking Out The Shower Shaving Station

(Find Original Article, Part 1 @ The Sharpologist) Some of you out there may already be or at least toying around with the idea of moving your daily shave into the shower. I couldn’t encourage this move enough. A couple of motivating factors for this upheaval include: Speed, not in a bad way, you will […]

Funny Small Town Names in North America (Infographic)

After college I decided to move to Belchertown Massachusetts, a charming little town. My friends would never let up on it, usually replacing “hi”  with a forced burp when I picked up the phone. Then there was the awkward pauses over the phone when placing an order for anything…ugh. But now scanning this new infographic […]

Opening the Maw of the Mind: Mnemonics, Loci, Memory and Mind Palaces

Sven Magnus Carlsen, Derren Brown and Dominic O’Brien; you’ve heard their names, they’ve blown your mind, but can’t you remember who they are?  What special traits do these three share in common? Well for a start they all have brilliant memories… Derren Brown, Channel 4 celebrity, has made himself a household name by mastering Mnemonic […]

Is Your Beer Really Skunked?

You may have heard someone comment after a quick swig of beer “this is skunked!”, and you may have noticed that such comments are often expressed by someone drinking from a green-bottle of beer. You might also feel that this person knows something about beer. Let it be known that may not always be the […]

Famous Moustaches in Recent Australian History

  For centuries, mustaches have been the symbol of raw manhood universally recognizable across the globe. They were the pride of western culture, admired by everyone else across the meridians not blessed with the gift of strong-willed facial hair. That facial hair on the upper lip was the line, or rather a great number of […]

The Use and History of the Cane

The gentleman’s wardrobe in Europe went through a change around the 17th and 18th century. A strong rigid rod became part of the wardrobe, replacing the sword. The walking rod became a substitution of the sword like a weapon. Walking sticks today are more like a device to assist people when they are walking helping […]