Archive for June, 2010

TTP | Flattery for Flannery (Dames We Dig) -- Jun 30th
What if we told you the greatest American short story writer of all time was a devout Catholic who never married, and lived with her mom for most of her life on a Georgia dairy farm before dying from Lupus...
TTP | Dive In! (Dive Bars) -- Jun 29th
They’re affectionately known as “pro bars,” neighborhood hangs, and dives. Broken down cathedrals where kindred souls pour down potations beneath the glow of neon signs advertising...
TTP | Just Add Water! (The Pool Party) -- Jun 25th
Pool parties rule! Where else do girls willingly run around in what amounts to less than a bra and panties solely based on the fact that there is a hole in the ground filled with water? Incredible. There...
TTP | What Are the Chances? (KISS Lottery) -- Jun 24th
We had just settled down with a glass of KISS Cabernet and gotten cozy underneath our KISS Snuggies when we saw on the news that KISS and the New Mexico State Lottery had teamed up to create a KISS scratch-off...
TTP | Generally Speaking (McChrystal) -- Jun 23rd
One of the most rewarding job perks in America is the unalienable right to bitch and complain about your job/boss the second the work day is done. Some vent to a good friend or trusted co-worker;...
TTP | Still Leaking, Still Pissed (BP) -- Jun 22nd
Prior to the BP oil fiasco, our definition of irresponsible drilling practices was nailing a highly fertile psychopath without a rubber. After seeing the heartbreaking outcome of BP's negligence, it...
TTP | Hard Hard Boiled (Jim Thompson) -- Jun 18th
Few things are more relaxing than an easy, breezy beach read and a well made Mai Tai. But a man can only enjoy so much cutesy popular fiction before he yearns for a book with the stones to kick him in...
TTP | Rewinding an Old Friend (Cassettes) -- Jun 17th
We were moving bins around the storage unit yesterday when we found a beat up shoebox stuffed with ancient tidbits from a long dead junk drawer. Amongst the dusty miscellany was an old TDK cassette, hand-labeled...
TTP | Military Detachment (Velcro) -- Jun 16th
Because it’s hard to grease a bad guy with an M16A2 rifle when your fatigue pockets keep busting open, the US military has decided to give Velcro an honorable discharge. Seems sand and...
TTP | Don’t Pet the Sweaty Stuff (Tom Petty’s New Album) -- Jun 15th
Tom Petty is so hip and laid back that if he wasn’t a kick ass aging rock star we imagine he’d be the old cat breaking off lids of white widow at a Century City dispensary. Few musicians...
TTP Talks Wine With Gary V (Sponsor Tag) -- Jun 14th
Forget the moon landing. One of the most impressive and telling accomplishments of man is the ability to take nearly any grain, fruit, or vegetable, and produce a buzz-inducing libation. Wine is one of...
TTP | Nations Gear Up for Ball Kicking Contest (World Cup 2010) -- Jun 11th
The World Cup starts today in Johannesburg, South Africa, and you know what that means… good luck finding a cab if you live in a major metropolitan area in the US. All joking aside, the participants...
TTP | Getting Lost in the USA (Winnebago) -- Jun 10th
Next to an amorous buxom hitchhiker, nothing excites a man or fills him with optimism like a tank full of gas and the wide open road. For the money, no summer vacation beats the great American road trip,...
TTP | Tie One On For Father’s Day (Sponsor Tag) -- Jun 10th
No other article of clothing is more hated, loved, or polarizing than the bow tie. They’ve been called conservative, elitist, ostentatious, and dorky. Serial bow-tie wearer Tucker Carlson says...
TTP | Imaginary Space Villain Had Serious Illness (The French) -- Jun 9th
They gave us snobbery, berets, and the Statue of Liberty. Now our French pals have blessed us with one of the top “no sh*t Sherlock” moments of the year: Darth Vader was crazy. How...
TTP | None Better (John Wooden) -- Jun 8th
We promise we aren’t trying to become a celebrity obituary page, but way too many cool people have been dying recently, and it has to stop now. Do you hear us, Death? Take a vacation for a week or...
TTP | Fantastic Plastic! (Wiffle Ball) -- Jun 4th
With the Millennium Falcon coming in at close second, no plastic was better used for a kid’s toy or game than Wiffle ball. When we were kids, our buddy had a square front yard that made...
TTP | Wet and Wild (Before You Die) -- Jun 3rd
For some, paddling down a churning river is a physical celebration of man learning to adapt to the wonder and sheer force of nature. For others, it brings to mind Ned Beatty taking it in the turd furnace...
TTP | Just the Booze Talkin’? (Sarah Ferguson) -- Jun 2nd
You can blame a lot of things on being drunk: slurring your words, stumbling over furniture, attempting to leap over a large campfire in nothing but women’s panties and cowboy boots. But saying the...
A Not-So-Easy Rider Rides Out (Dennis Hopper Dies) -- Jun 1st
Gun cabinets were locked and stashes were re-hidden in Heaven this weekend when artist, actor, director, and photographer Dennis Hopper died after battling prostate cancer. Had there been a merit...