Buyer's Guides
What's great about online shopping is that you no longer have to go outdoors yourself to buy gifts for others to go outdoors. And I don't have to go outdoors to find them for you...
2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts for $25 or Less
I wouldn't call these gifts for $25 or less cheap gifts, both because I think their quality is pretty decent, and because, what the hey, inflation?! When did $25 become cheap? Oh, and - side rant - when did twenty-five-frikkin'-dollars...
Gifts for Mom. Where do I even begin? I say that because, if you were here yesterday, you know this dude presented his qualifications as the GOAT for gift ideas for Dad, despite not being or having much interaction with dads himself. And today, today I am undertaking the even harder task of proving...
2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Dude-Approved Gifts for Dad
As someone who neither is a dad, nor spends a lot of time in the presence of dads, you might think the Dude isn't the best source of ideas for gifts for Dad. But you would be incorrect. Because if you know anything about...
These 17 restorative gifts are for the health and wellness enthusiasts on your list who juice, blend, cup, condition, detox, soak, plunge, and ommmmm their way through life. The ones who always suggest you try meditation and reiki, and add some dehydrated mushroom powder to your coffee, instead of...
19 Standout Gifts to Wow Design Enthusiasts
I wouldn't go so far to call myself a design enthusiast, but I do like me some cool shizit, and I think you will see that level of admiration reflected in this 2023 holiday roundup of standout gifts to wow design enthusiasts...
These 16 unconventional gifts are so described because they're unique. Standout. Awesome. They're gifts no one else will get them because no one else is as insightful, cool, and exhaustive in their searching as you are...
2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Dude-Approved Gifts for Women
I know I'm calling this holiday gift guide "Dude-approved" gifts for women, but I promise you, I swear on my mama's Gooey Butter Cake, and my wife, She-Ra: Princess of Power's Sword of Protection, that I have not just...
It should go without saying that since The Dude is curating this collection of 2023 holiday gifts for men, the gifts included in the collection are Dude-approved. But nothing goes without saying anymore, so let me be explicit: the gifts for men included in my 2023 holiday gift guide are Dude-approved...
2023 Holiday Gift Guide: Dirty, Dirty Santa Gifts
Dirty Santa, your day has come. Yesterday I showed you a fine collection of Secret Santa gifts, and explained the concept of and motivation behind participating in that type of gift exchange. Today, things get even more...
Secret Santa is the fun, wholesome, and wallet-friendly holiday gift exchange you participate in at your office, or that your family puts on for extended members, such as great aunts, third cousins, Uncle Eddies, fleeting boyfriends, step-dogs, and the neighbor who's never really invited to Christmas...
Dude's Must See Products for October 2023
Everything changes in October. The leaves. The late summer temperatures. Even your kid's face from Mini You to Spider-Man! Or Barbie! Or the Cocaine Bear! (Either in honor of Spooky Season, or because that's how they...
September 2023 was the month of Iron Mando, retractable vampire fangs, and the EZ-Nabber cat catcher. Put them all together, and your Halloween costume is set: Undead Hybrid Superhero Whose Alter Ego Works for Animal Control!...
Dude's Must See Products for August 2023
What is this faucet starter kit? This paw-pular basecamp headache relief? These meow-ty fine solar roller booster fans with a spry pipe and bushcraft security bar? Why, they are all Dude's must see products for August...
Cue the jingle, because I've got a Meow Mix of delights here for you. Meow-meow-meow-meow / meow-meow-meow-meow / meow-meow-meow-meow-meow-meow-meow-meow. That's 16 meows of the cat food commercial classic to represent the 16 meow-ty fine cat gifts for 2023 I've got for you here...
16 of the Most Paw-Pular Dog Gifts for 2023
These are 16 of the most paw-pular dog gifts for 2023 according to me. A dude who doesn't own a dog. But having been called a dog myself in the past, along with other canine-related terms, such as "butt sniffer," "drool...
Here are some things that happened in July 2023: 1) The 4th of July; 2) My mama's basement flooded, costing her many thousands of dollars, and me many hours of furniture moving, to remediate; 3) My friend Cornelius lured me into a 5-mile hike by promising to buy me as many In-N-Out burgers as I could...
15 (More) Items I Bought & Would Buy 100 Times Again
A few years ago I wrote about 20 items I bought on Amazon and would buy 100 times again, providing you dudes and ladies with invaluable information on how to improve you own lives by purchasing a bunch of sh*t. And now...
I'll always remember June 2023 as a month of deeply satisfying poos. I hope the same is true for you. But I must also give some credit to the Hammer Fist, the Accuser Ring, the Printed Body Flowers Swimsuit, and Beer Darts for bringing sh*t-eating grins to my face, and rounding out the hours I wasn't...
The Dad Dude: 18 Gifts for Father's Day 2023
The man, the myth, the dude, the DAD. Whether you're here to find a Father's Day gift for the spankin' new daddy of an infant, or the rickety bones of the old man who raised you into a gettin'-old man yourself, I've got...
May had its way with an array of different products this year of 20 and 23. Aside from the 4th, which was with you in the form of a dozen-plus Baby Yoda gifts, there wasn't much of a theme to the month's most popular finds. A couple luxe items for the backyard, some novelties, such as the Mini Archery...
Beer Gear: 16 Ways to Enhance a Cold Beer on a Hot Day
16 ways to enhance a cold beer on a hot day. That's 4 more than a 12-pack of ways. A 6-pack plus 10. A pint of beer gear! And if this summer is the scorcher they say it's going to be, I for one will gladly make use of...
Oh it's corn, corn, corn that makes your feel...forlorn? What? No. Not corn. Not forlorn. That line is from the song "Hinky Dinky Double D Farm," a childhood classic for me. Back then, I had no idea what the word "forlorn" meant, but ever since last year when I figured it out, I've been baffled by...
14 Gifts for College Graduates
Normally, I wouldn't spout off about gifts for college graduates, because, hey, first lesson in adult life: you don't deserve gifts and rewards for doing what you're supposed to, i.e., not wasting the thousands and thousands...