Recently, I’ve reached the age where I have some level of responsibility and can’t spend all my time getting drunk and yelling at other drunks. This brings to mind the biggest responsibility jump of them all: turning thirty. Thirty is the age where you are finally, in every …

  I don’t think I’m alone when I say that working out in packed gym is anathema to personal fitness. There’s something unsettling about the way we converge at those over-ventilated, metal-smelling hubs of orgiastic duress. You can choose from several – New York Sports Club, Crunch, Planet …

I am in a unique position to comment on stupid things cigarette smokers do, because I…(clears throat, stares ahead with moist, steely eyes)… am a smoker. I’m aware that this isn’t the most popular thing to do these days, and times have changed since exhaling a cloud of …

So, it’s fuckin’ hot this week, if you didn’t realize. Like really hot. And to be honest I’m in Maine right now, which is theoretically cooler than ya’ll down in NYC. But it’s still fucking hot (did you know fingers can sweat). So here’s some things to pass …

Many lifestyle magazines publish frequent seasonal “foods to avoid” lists. In the spirit of self-betterment upon which this fine country was founded, I bring you the Pudding’s own: FIFTEEN SUMMER FOODS TO AVOID  1) Racist  2) Threatening the sanctity of marriage  3) Little …

Let’s start off admitting that every guy has pondered this at some point in their life. You meet a girl and you realize she is good to go or DTF or ready to hop in the sack…whatever, she’s a player. The only issue is that she isn’t …

Society has it so wrong when it comes to first impressions. We have ourselves convinced that first impressions matter most when it comes to Big Shit, like jobs, first dates, meeting the girlfriend’s parents, etc., but when it comes to little stuff it’s lay off, they could be …

Feeling nervous about your new job? You should be! Getting paid has never been so humiliating. Remember all those ice breaker games from college? They’re back! But in a professional setting. And you can’t be as drunk this time around. Hold on as I walk your barely employed …

Inigo Montoya, our resident fitness expert, lets us in on a few workouts that will help you put workmates, friends, and enemies to shame. Remember, don’t be a bitch. A brief word about the legend of Inigo (not to be confused with the fictional character). Mr. Montoya, yes, …

Life in New York City can be hard. Think about all the problems New Yorkers face on a daily basis: the lack of parking spots in which to fit an Escalade, for instance, or the herculean effort involved in choosing between GrubHub and SeamlessWeb when …

I didn’t think I’d ever write another article for you folks again. I was in a dark place. I was at the end of my rope so to speak, where in this instance the rope is a rope and I’m hanging at the end of it. But then …

Come on fellas. Let’s face it fellas. You may have the looks, the equipment, and the mental tools, yet you’re still not getting your girl to put on that “O” face quite as often as you would like. How could that be you say? You have sick moves, …

Temperatures tomorrow could reach record breaking highs across the northeastern United States, which will be fun if you live in green, swimming pool infested places like Connecticut and New Jersey, but will be decidedly less so for those of us residing in the concrete bunker that is …

So you’d like to know what your favorite kind of bar says about you? Your favorite kind of bar says you’re a dork. Says you can only type 40 wpm. Says you should get a shorter haircut. Says you should try to be more of a spiritual person. …

A reporter and a young man from Bil’in look to evade a cloud of tear gas. In the spring of 2010 I was studying abroad in Tel Aviv (that’s in Israel, for all you Philistines, Phoenicians, or Caananites). Having just read Michael Herr’s Dispatches for the first …

Way to break my heart you cold-hearted sack of silicone. You have been there…I have been there…

Of late, I’ve been feeling a little small in the pants. This would make a weaker man overcompensate in some way. A common means is to hate (aka talk shit, sip haterade, besmirch), but because I ultimately fear retribution and/or criticism from my peers (or worse, people who …