Follow these easy 10 tricks to shed years
Age presents an annoying paradox for most of us men. Early in life, we literally cannot wait to grow up and get our first paycheck, drive, go to war, buy porn, and of course, legally consume alcohol. It is a terrific feeling when the bartender asks for your ID and you calmly, proudly present it, proclaiming Yes! you do indeed belong here. Then, of course, the request for your driver's license becomes annoying, as if the waitress cannot tell your 27. However, eventually the staff just accepts you are old, and now you are annoyed they don't ask. Suddenly, all that desire to age quickly vanishes and remember high school football games and life without responsibility. Don't give up, though. While we don't recommend ditching responsibility, you can make it seem like you don't have so much.
Ditch the gray
Your hair is terrible at protecting the secret of your age. Although it is not always an accurate indication, graying hair looks old. If you are not ready for the “experienced” appearance, consider adding a little color back in your life. Caution – don't over compensate. Going from white to jet black may make you seem younger to strangers, but ridiculous to all your friends and co-workers.
Embrace the bald
Sticking with the hair, what to do with your balding spot? To cover up the hair loss, go ahead and remove the rest. Men of all ages rock a shaved head; and that is exactly what you are going for, an indiscriminate age. You may even gain confidence due to your new hair freedom.
Man-scaping
It was a milestone the first time you shaved your face, but now it just a daily chore. Tempting to ignore it, and sport a beard, however, moves you in the wrong direction on the age spectrum. A smooth face reminds us of youth. The same goes for a smooth body. If you want to fit in with spring breakers in Cancun, remove or trim any body hair that would otherwise be on display at the beach.
Hit the gym
As long as you are planning on going shirtless, work on your droopy appearance as well. As we age, our muscles naturally deteriorate, often creating loose skin and body mass. A workout routine that fights this process will keep you in your 28-year old body well beyond your 35th birthday. Also, you'll have the energy of a youngster, so you can keep up with the co-eds in friendly beach football game.
Lose the librarian
Observers often relate glasses with intelligence, but when you pull out your readers to check a menu, your age is revealed as well. Unless they are part of your young, west-coast, hipster look, leave your glasses at home in favor of contacts. If you only need readers, pick up a pair of bifocal contact lens. Your date will never know.
Wardrobe update
You might not understand how younger generations believe their attire is acceptable (we're not saying we do either) but you can learn some things from them. Without draping yourself in Affliction, there are tricks for building a younger wardrobe. Consider the length of your shorts and pants – they both could probably be longer. You have the money, so pick up a few new items that still reflect your style, but also 2009. Don't let your age dictate your clothing.
Relax, get a massage
Joanna Czech, esthetician to the stars, touts massage as not only a terrific method of relaxation, but also a powerful anti-aging tool. Massage works blood through your body, aiding the delivery of nutrients and thus keeps your skin firm and healthy looking. As if you needed another reason for a massage.
Watch your diet
You've all heard, “You are what you eat.” In this case, you are as old as you eat. Consuming foods that reduce inflammation and free radicals can slow the aging process. White seafood and green veggies are great, along with foods high in antioxidants. Also, simple carbohydrates cause you to retain water, leaving you bloated not toned. Avoid them and avoid baggy eyes.
Beware of the sun
To understand the power of the sun, compare a handful of grapes to a cup of raisins. You don't want to be the raisin. The sun will cause your skin to appear older via wrinkles, brown spots and more. Protect yourself with sunscreen that keeps out UV rays and fills your skin with antioxidants. It's not too late to buy into this, either. Over time, keeping the sun out will allow your skin to return to the smoothness of its youth.
Kick your bad habits
Two things your body needs, sleep and clean air. Playing poker all night online will not only drain your wallet, but also skins ability to recover. Your mind is not the only organ that needs to rest. Smoking a pack a day is even worse. Not only will it kill you, but smoking speeds your skins aging process, creating deep wrinkles and discoloration. Old habits die hard, but consider the reward – younger looking skin leading to younger looking girlfriends.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
How to Win Any Board Game
Dominate the holidays with these tips
Since birth, you've been competing, and you own the hardware to prove it. Company Softball league, dominated. Pool with the guys at the pub, hustled. Guitar Hero on Saturday mornings, pwned. Unfortunately, these conquests do little to impress the harshest of critics, your girlfriend's friends. To win over that impossible crowd, you're going to need to perform on Game Night. Yes, board games. Monopoly, Jenga, Pictionary, etc. Tests of strategy, cunning, and some times, will power (it can be a lot to put up with), rather than strength, speed and dexterity. Don't worry though, we've got some tips to make sure your winning streak remains intact.
Show no mercy
Entering the gaming situation, take note of who is playing and the mood of the group. As the entertaining coach Herm Edwards once taught us, “You play to win the game!” Board games are no different and thus, to ensure victory, you must not take it easy on any competitor. The level at which you unleash your ruthlessness may be dampened, though, based on the presence of, say, your mother-in-law. Regardless of the game, when you have a chance to eliminate someone, take it. How nice you are about it is up to you, but don't feel bad about being skilled. Pretending not see that your girlfriend just landed on Boardwalk with a hotel, just prolongs a ridiculously long game and gives here a chance to come back and knock you out later. Would she offer the same kindness to you?
Understand how to score
Some games are very straightforward, like Trivial Pursuit. You must simply answer more questions than the other team, with a little variable of the dice added. With a game like Scrabble, however, you wield more control over not only your own ability to rack up points, but other players as well. In this classic word game, the way to score big points is by playing high value tiles and words on the boards bonus squares. The manner in which can manipulate the scoring is to avoid place a word where you opponent would have an opportunity take advantage of the bonus areas. Likewise, when a bonus opens up, take it immediately. Even if your word is not the best, its value increases because your opponents will left with lower scoring words. A solid knowledge of the points system will allow you to stays 2 steps ahead of the competition, whichever game they test you with.
Know the odds
If you cannot manipulate the scoring system, at least stack the odds in your favor. Most board games require a little luck, if not a lot. Instead of waiting for the dice to roll your way, learn what is most likely to happen before it does, and capitalize. Consider yourself a Vegas casino owner; eventually all of your customers lose, and so must your competitors. In Monopoly, for example, Illinois Ave is the most landed on property. If you get there first, do what you can to build on it and jack the rent. The same goes for strategy games like Risk. Of course, you don't not know the outcome of your roll, but you can play the odds by only attacking with x numbers of defenders, for example. Many math articles have been written discussing the classic board game and its odds. Bone up on your stats and dominate.
Do a little “research”
To avoid the element of surprise, if you know you are going into a game night, find out what you will actually be playing. If the game is a partner game, casually ask if you can bring your best male friend along. Note – you may need to promise your buddy copious amounts of alcohol and that at least one of the other attendees will be female, attractive, and available. If your request is granted, you'll instantly have a tremendous advantage. You and your buddy practically share a brain, so whether you are required to communicate viewing acting, drawing, modeling, etc., you cannot fail. If you have never heard of the proposed game, you could offer to bring one of your own. Regardless if the group allows, read up on the mystery game to prepare. Consider how you will apply the previous tips; don't go rollin' out naked, if you know what we mean.
Since birth, you've been competing, and you own the hardware to prove it. Company Softball league, dominated. Pool with the guys at the pub, hustled. Guitar Hero on Saturday mornings, pwned. Unfortunately, these conquests do little to impress the harshest of critics, your girlfriend's friends. To win over that impossible crowd, you're going to need to perform on Game Night. Yes, board games. Monopoly, Jenga, Pictionary, etc. Tests of strategy, cunning, and some times, will power (it can be a lot to put up with), rather than strength, speed and dexterity. Don't worry though, we've got some tips to make sure your winning streak remains intact.
Show no mercy
Entering the gaming situation, take note of who is playing and the mood of the group. As the entertaining coach Herm Edwards once taught us, “You play to win the game!” Board games are no different and thus, to ensure victory, you must not take it easy on any competitor. The level at which you unleash your ruthlessness may be dampened, though, based on the presence of, say, your mother-in-law. Regardless of the game, when you have a chance to eliminate someone, take it. How nice you are about it is up to you, but don't feel bad about being skilled. Pretending not see that your girlfriend just landed on Boardwalk with a hotel, just prolongs a ridiculously long game and gives here a chance to come back and knock you out later. Would she offer the same kindness to you?
Understand how to score
Some games are very straightforward, like Trivial Pursuit. You must simply answer more questions than the other team, with a little variable of the dice added. With a game like Scrabble, however, you wield more control over not only your own ability to rack up points, but other players as well. In this classic word game, the way to score big points is by playing high value tiles and words on the boards bonus squares. The manner in which can manipulate the scoring is to avoid place a word where you opponent would have an opportunity take advantage of the bonus areas. Likewise, when a bonus opens up, take it immediately. Even if your word is not the best, its value increases because your opponents will left with lower scoring words. A solid knowledge of the points system will allow you to stays 2 steps ahead of the competition, whichever game they test you with.
Know the odds
If you cannot manipulate the scoring system, at least stack the odds in your favor. Most board games require a little luck, if not a lot. Instead of waiting for the dice to roll your way, learn what is most likely to happen before it does, and capitalize. Consider yourself a Vegas casino owner; eventually all of your customers lose, and so must your competitors. In Monopoly, for example, Illinois Ave is the most landed on property. If you get there first, do what you can to build on it and jack the rent. The same goes for strategy games like Risk. Of course, you don't not know the outcome of your roll, but you can play the odds by only attacking with x numbers of defenders, for example. Many math articles have been written discussing the classic board game and its odds. Bone up on your stats and dominate.
Do a little “research”
To avoid the element of surprise, if you know you are going into a game night, find out what you will actually be playing. If the game is a partner game, casually ask if you can bring your best male friend along. Note – you may need to promise your buddy copious amounts of alcohol and that at least one of the other attendees will be female, attractive, and available. If your request is granted, you'll instantly have a tremendous advantage. You and your buddy practically share a brain, so whether you are required to communicate viewing acting, drawing, modeling, etc., you cannot fail. If you have never heard of the proposed game, you could offer to bring one of your own. Regardless if the group allows, read up on the mystery game to prepare. Consider how you will apply the previous tips; don't go rollin' out naked, if you know what we mean.
Snoop Dog On Martha Stewart
Those who have long underestimated our TV Culinary Personalities had best to check themselves. It's widely known that Chef Julia Childs once killed a man via headbutt, and Rachel Ray... she just seems like she'd cut a b!$%#. Now, Martha Stewart has raised her street cred by baking with Snoop Dogg on yesterday's episode of Martha. Watch as Snoop Dizzle and M. Stizzle rap about the special ingredient missing from their brownies.
Snoop Dogg on Martha Stewart
Snoop Dogg will do anything to be on television. The countdown to his eventual Yo Gabba Gabba! appearance begins NOW. (via NY Mag)
Snoop Dogg on Martha Stewart
Snoop Dogg will do anything to be on television. The countdown to his eventual Yo Gabba Gabba! appearance begins NOW. (via NY Mag)
Thursday, December 17, 2009
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
This picture of Taipei's drivers was the Wall Street Journal's photo of the day back in October. I think you get the idea.
Motorists crowd at a junction during rush hour in Taipei October 29, 2009. There are around 8.8 million motorcycles and 4.8 million cars on Taiwan’s roads and nearly all motor vehicles and inhabitants are squeezed into a third of the island’s area.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Trailer of Trailers 2009
YouTube user Vadoskincheg created a masterpiece of modern cinema. He took trailers from over 50 films and melded them together to produce a preview for a movie so epic that no movie theater or even celluloid could contain its utter ferocity. My eyes are bleeding and my ears are still ringing from the first viewing. I'd go back for another, but I fear my mind can process no more.
The Movie Trailer to End All Trailers - Watch more Funny Videos
The Movie Trailer to End All Trailers - Watch more Funny Videos
Pretty Good Time Ambulance Driver
A woman stole an ambulance from the hospital and drove it to another city, and when they caught her, she had a simple explanation.
Pretty Good Time Ambulance Driver - Watch more Funny Videos
Pretty Good Time Ambulance Driver - Watch more Funny Videos
Sunday, December 6, 2009
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