West Athens

Okay, so I wasn’t really anticipating exactly how large this jumbo 48 ounce cocktail shaker really was, but now that it’s here? Don’t know how I lived without this sucker. Honestly, 48 oz didn’t seem like a lot to me when I was merrily ordering, but when you consider (in retrospect, like I did) that [...]

Although they started out as upstanding citizens, the James brothers, Frank and Jesse, will forever be remembered as the leaders of one of the most notorious gangs in American Western Lore. The only gang more feared than the James gang was the Cowboys. The James brothers first started to get attention during the American Civil [...]

Over recent years Texas Hold’em has continued to gain momentum in popularity. Many folks, both young and old alike, have been bitten by the Hold’em poker craze. In fact, several members of my family have been sucked into the wonderment of this game and yes, that includes me as well. In fact one of the [...]

An exquisite creation by Marto the Conan Father Sword is a total replica of the sword that Conan used to learn handling, the hands fight and the armors spirit from his barbarian father. Marto has crafted this sword with utmost precision and detail to accuracy. Every detail on the sword is hand finished, right from the [...]

Have you ever tried playing beer pong on a ping pong table? It’s a bit of a hassle isn’t it? If a ball hits a cup, there’s always the chance the cup will tip over and create a mess or the cups may shift. That means after every ball is thrown, somebody has to realign [...]

In my experience, the act of camping brings with it great opportunities for relaxation, good food, and camaraderie. All of these things, though, can be easily ruined by a prevalence of mosquitoes, gnats, or any other of nature’s annoyances. This is one part of camping that I’m sure we could all do without–let’s say that [...]