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If you’ve been looking for a fool-proof way to motivate a crummy waiter, you might be in luck: more states are now permitting loaded guns in bars and restaurants. Ever since McDonald v. Chicago...
View ArticleTen things I've learned from going to bars
Don’t expect to meet the love of your life at a bar. And if you do meet the love of your life at a bar, what kind of person are you? Alcohol makes you funny, angry, sad, sleepy, or argumentative. But...
View ArticleColbert Joins Men’s Rights Movement
New York lawyer Roy Den Hollander suffers from a self-diagnosed case of PMS—persecuted male syndrome. He’s a tortured soul, oppressed by the opposite sex. With women not in the kitchen (where they...
View ArticleDude, Don’t ‘Neg’
What’s less authentic than entering into a ‘spontaneous’ social interaction with a script? Hugo Schwyzer argues that ‘negging’ isn’t cool. Maybe you’ve heard a line like this at a party or in a bar,...
View Article‘Knight in Shining Armor’ Syndrome
“There’s probably no better place on earth to observe gender dynamics than in a bar on a Friday night.” The summer after I graduated from college, I worked as a bouncer at a bar just outside of...
View ArticleThe World Needs More Teds Than Barneys
Mark Radcliffe laments that the guy who makes the great catch in the long run doesn’t always make a great first impression. I’ll admit, I’m a huge TV fan these days. Not the reality-show garbage, but...
View Article“The Tender Bar” by J.R. Moehringer
My father was a man of many talents, but his one true genius was disappearing. This article originally appeared at Head Butler. J.R. Moehringer’s father, a noted disc jockey, was out of his mother’s...
View Article“Just like a man that will walk all over a woman once he knows he can get...
This is a comment by Danny on the Comment of the Day: “The problem nice guys have is they put women on pedestals and themselves in a pit.” “But Terence raises a good point. Just like a man that will...
View Article“I sought the services of a sex worker because I was terrified of initiating...
This is a comment by It’s the Touch on the post “Can’t Get Laid“. “I’m a 30 year old man. I first had sex shortly before my 28th birthday. I decided to seek the services of a sex worker because I...
View ArticleKnow Your Place
Seeing yourself in the bigger picture of oppression. About two Thursdays ago I found myself in line waiting to get in to a bar, when a few pivotal things happened in the span of about 10-12 minutes...
View ArticleSmoke in Your Eye
What I felt for her wasn’t love. It was more an addiction. When I first started working at the college, the smoking section was right outside the front entrance to the library. You’d walk into work...
View ArticleHow to Successfully Meet Women Online
Let your online dating profile be a window into who you really are. Most of us eventually reach an age where the nights of picking up women at bars becomes nothing more than a nostalgic memory, and...
View ArticleBar Etiquette: How to Treat Your Bartender
How to get a bartender’s attention and build a rapport for a better bar experience for you both. While out drinking with friends and family—and I frequently enjoy relaxing and socializing over a beer...
View ArticleTen Things I’ve Learned About Walking into a Bucket of Blood in a Strange...
“This is why pirates wore eyepatches. You want some night vision as soon as you get in there.” Bucket of Blood: Old Western slang for a notoriously violent bar or saloon. Still occasionally used in...
View Article“I go to AA to hear other’s experience, strength, ideas and to share my own.”
If you are a teetotaler, what things have helped you stay sober? If you aren’t a teetotaler, what helps you say in control of your drinking habits? Robert West says that the AA meetings he attends are...
View ArticleInspiration Wanes
A geese family, two youngsters, and a flute help revive Spoon Jackson’s inspiration. — I have been playing long spring tunes on my flute and the deep signs have brought the Gosling Five, red-winged...
View ArticleWhy Guys’ Night Out Might Be More Important in Middle Age
Tweet A new study suggests guys’ night may yield real benefits in emotional maturity for increasingly-isolated middle-aged men. — Honey, I’m meeting some of the guys after work at the bar. We’re going...
View Article50 Ways to Be Romantic on the Cheap
Tweet The author gives advice to men in relationships on how to keep things sexy on a budget. Often my articles on family are about spending time with your kids, but today we’ll talk about another...
View ArticleThe 10 Ways You’re Turning Off Women Without Even Realizing It
Tweet After saving the world, Good Men like to flirt and have a few drinks with the ladies too. Here’s some tips on how to do it. Amidst your efforts to score, you may have unknowingly turning off...
View ArticleHow To Lose A Girl In 10 Seconds: The Dos And Don’ts Of Approaching A Woman
Tweet For men, approaching women they don’t know can be hard. Here are the ways NOT to do it. When approaching a woman, the problem isn’t so much in knowing what to do — be confident, make her...
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