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Do you see it? Do you hear it? Do you smell it? It's- eeeeeeee! It's here! The Letter E, and all 15 excellent and extraordinary gifts I found that start with it...

Dude's Must See Products for October 2022

October 2022 was full of tricks and treats, but they weren't all related to Halloween. Or at least, not Halloween-specific. Tricks included the Tic Tac Gun (above), Crazy Aaron's Angry Putty, the Puking Regan Bottle Pourer...

Dude. We're at the Ds. And I know what you're thinking: is this one gonna be an all-Lebowski gift guide? 24 gifts about rugs and White Russians and abiding that have "Dude" before them?...

Presenting the Alphabet: 18 Gifts that Start with C

I C you're here because you need and gift for a birthday, wedding, Christmas, Valentine's Day, or apology for something you completely F'd up (for that last one, wait a week or so, and I'll have my Presenting the Alphabet:...

I made it to B! As I mentioned in my first go at Presenting the Alphabet, I wasn't sure how long I'd stick with the theme, but now I can say with certainty: at least 2 letters' worth! So check it out, 21 gifts that start with B...

Presenting the Alphabet: 16 Gifts that Start with A

Presenting the alphabet. It's basically the same as saying "Gifting the alphabet," but has a clever play on words because I'm also presenting you choices of gifts / presents that start with letters of the alphabet. In...

Know what I've got to say about Dude's must see products for September 2022? The Mini Jumbotron and Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey. That is all...

Spooky Luxury: 13 Indulgent Gifts for Halloween

Ha! 13! There are 13 indulgent gifts for Halloween on my spooky luxury product roundup, and I didn't even do it on purpose! It just happened. 13! Ha! Or rather, Boo!...

Ahhh, August. The month leading up to Halloween. No wonder so many of Dude's must see products were...wait a minute. Halloween is in October, right? And October doesn't come after August...right? Geez. I ran at least 20 Halloween costumes and decorations in August. Three of them even made it onto...

Wild Footwear: 10 Fun & Funky Animal Shoes

Actually, what I should say about this wild footwear is that the roundup contains 9 fun and funky animal shoes, and one pair of spooky and possibly sadistic animal boots. Scroll on down to number 10 to see what I mean...

No fireworks in Dude's must see products for July 2022, but there is an ultra-loud disturbance of the peace that will probably give your dog a fear complex in the Screaming Aztec Death Whistle, pictured above. And if it's cats you prefer to antagonize, I've got a product made special for them too:...

11 Subversive Gifts for People You Don't Like Much

Why would you buy gifts for people you don't like much? Because they're family, and you have to. Or, though they're not really a friend, they're part of your friend group, and they're having a birthday party, and you...

June! Summer! Longest day of the year! Best month ever! And now...it's over. As I shed a tear in my beer - albeit still outside in bright, toasty sun, and from a lounger on my balcony - for the month of June, please join me in a revue of Dude's must see products for June 2022...

Dude's Must See Products for May 2022

When most people think of May, I think they naturally think of May flowers, May the 4th be with you, maybe May Day or Memorial Day. But me, I think of Camelot. The musical. Sigh. I hate to reveal this about myself, but...

I'm summer lovin' these 13 cool summer products in black, and not a-one of them is named Danny Zuko. (And I still say Sandy deserved better. Ladies, you shouldn't have to change yourself into a skin-tight-leather clad biker chick with a cig for any man! No matter how hot the transformation makes...

Dark Side Pride: 12 Star Wars Gifts for Proud Siths

May the other 4th be with you. You know, the angry, greedy, aggressive, jealous, megalomanic Dark Side kind. OK, maybe not with you as in inside you, all you kooky Boga Siths out there who can just simmer down before...

April is, of course, home to the great April holidays of Easter, April Fool's Day, and 4/20. But with the exception of that last one, for which I crafted a special Smokin' Hot Gifts for Weed Enthusiasts round-up, none made much of a dent in Dude's must see products for April 2022. Oh well. I'd rather...

Lost in the Woods: 15 Items to Help You Find Your Way

These 15 items that help you when you're lost will find north, map routes, illuminate dark spaces, and, when all else fails, SOS your stranded self some help. In other words, they will pretty much ensure you dudes and...

Four score and twenty years ago...no wait, that's a different 420. And, if I remember correctly, an ode to something not nearly as interesting as these 14 smokin' hot gifts for weed enthusiasts. One thing they do share in common, though, is that they are both brought to you by a great writer, orator...

Back to the Office: 14 Fun & Functional Desk Toys

For some of you, going back to the office, the return of in-person workdays is a Wamp, wamp! while for others it's a Woot, woot! And, for the record, I feel like the dividing line between the two groups is largely determined...

Dude's must see products for March 2022 get jiggy with it. And by that I mean they satisfy normal urges in a strange, jiggy if you will, kind of way. Craving chocolate? Try ChoClits. Jonesing for sexy time? How about with a giant Kraken Dildo? In the mood to speak your mind? Uncle Bekah's Inappropriate...

9 to 5 Exercise: 10 Ways to Work Out While You Work

Take productivity to new heights...and levels of exhaustion!...with these 10 ways to work out while you work...

In February 2022, I kicked up my coverage of crowdfunding projects. Either because there were a lot of cool crowdfunding projects out there, or because I received a lot of crowdfunding project roundups and tip sheets, and was simply too lazy to search for cool products elsewhere. What can I say...

12 Cool Products That Were Discontinued or Never Made

Wonderful, fantastical, cutting edge, high-tech products, I hardly knew ye. These 12 cool products that were discontinued or never made will probably make you feel a bit nostalgic, or maybe even bummed to have missed...