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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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!...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...