Gifts for Men Blog

The Guyville Gifts for Men Blog wants you to know that we’re here for you, dude! Never again do you have to feel like you’re traveling across the often treacherous trail of gift-giving without an experienced pro by your side. Call us the seasoned sherpas of guy gifts; no mountain too high, no valley too low when it comes to bringing you the latest information about the coolest, hippest, and just-gotta-get-it guy gifts this side of the world. The trailblazers at Guyville are elite explorers of man stuff, keeping you on course and scouting out gifts for men suitable for any occasion, any personality, and any budget. Rely on our genetic-aptitude for gift-giving that’s marinated in testosterone by checking in with the Guyville blog each and every week. You’ll stay out of the “I don’t have a clue what to get him” abyss by gearing up with our noteworthy news about what guys really want.

Beautiful Women Unhealthy for Guys

Who would have thought that those Latin lovers down in Spain would figure out that hanging around and ogling attractive women is actually bad for a guy's health?! In a seeming effort to keep scare off the rest of us men from beautiful women, researchers at The University of Valencia in Spain allege that being around prettier specimens of the female persuasion raise will a guy's level of cortisol production to unhealthy levels. They proved this unfortunate hypothesis by recruiting 84 unsuspecting male college students to hang out one at a time with a beautiful woman engaging in an activity as non-sexually charged as possible, playing Soduko.

Is Pete Carroll Going to End Up Just Like Rick Pitino?

Pete Carroll's imminent move from the sunniest city on the West Coast to the rainiest has, predictably, received all sorts of media attention. One of the most-talked about college football figures in the past decade, Carroll constructed a powerhouse PAC-10 dynasty during his time with USC; his tenure with the Trojans ended as of January 11, 2010.

Things Every Man Should Know: How to Tie a Tie

As a rite of manhood, you would think that most guys would know how to tie a tie by the time they graduate high school. But unless you and your bros all went to a New England prep school, chances are you haven't the slightest clue. It always surprises me when, on an occasion that requires neck accoutrement, a lot of guys pull out ties that have been tied ONCE years ago by their fathers and then hung noose-like in their closets, ready and waiting for their next opportunity. I get the efficiency factor but... I mean. Come on.

The Top 10 Sexiest Men's Halloween Costumes

You have to love Halloween. It's one night a year when women compete for the sexiest, smuttiest, most cleavage-popping outfit in the room. From sexy nurse to sexy Hitler, Halloween...

Top 5 Tailgating Gadgets for your Pregame Party

Season ticket holders around the country flock to stadium parking lots for beer, food and sporting activities before the big game. Tailgating season is finally here, and the mighty chefs...

Pilates for Men 6: Art goes on Vacation

Has Art destroyed our hopes and dreams by going on vacation? It's the first session in the final home stretch. Only ten sessions left. After Art's return from a gluttonous...

Guyville Goes Green: Switch from Detergent to Space-Age Magnets

Green is the new black, and it doesn't get any more green than giving up laundry detergent forever. This isn't like the time you resisted wasting toilet paper by giving...

Housewarming Must-Haves to Warm Up Your Cold Bachelor Pad

Bachelor pads are for men. Not boys. Make it look that way. Invest some cash into your fortress of solitude. Register for cool housewarming gifts for bachelors and turn it...

The 10 Commandments of the Slurpee

Slurpees mean many things to many people. Back in the days when alcohol wasn't an option, a Slurpee was a refreshing substitute. When we were kids, Slurpees kept us cool...

Kyle Orton's Quick Guide to Throwing Like a Woman

Sorry. I'm probably giving most athletic girls a bad name, but Kyle Orton's throw during the week 2 preseason game against Seattle looked like my arthritic grandma was tossing her...

50 Great Gifts for Men Over 50

Shopping for men over 50 can be quite a challenge. A 50 year-old man brings with him a lifetime of experiences, wisdom and a closet full of more belts, socks...

Top 10 Football Criminals and Songs that Define Them

You'll never guess what's on these players' playlists With all the news about Michael Vick and Donte Stallworth's legal disputes, we looked into some of the most notable criminals --...

How to Sharpen your Personalized Lock-Back Knife

The Personalized Lock-Back Knife is the gift for men. How could you NOT love it when it's got your name etched in the handle? It slices. It dices. It makes paper-mâché snowflakes in less than 45 seconds! The Personalized Lock-Back Knife is the gift that keeps on giving - that is until it turns as dull as my love life.

Don't be one of the millions that just throws their knife on the shelf after a year. It's bad enough you think of me not getting any every time you struggle to make a cut - don't waste an epic knife with your name on it while you're at it. Be a man of action with:

My Video Game Is Too Violent For My Girlfriend

I recently acquired Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and I freakin' love it. My girlfriend, on the other hand, does not. She says that it has pushed the envelope too far. Apparently, controlling the actions of a fake terrorist as he blows away fake innocent bystanders can be considered morally reprehensible. And while I am happy to just agree to disagree (it's FAKE! It's a VIDEO GAME!) about the amoral implications of MW2, she is not. It is beginning to put a strain on our relationship. What do I do?

Happy Holidays 2009 from Guyville

We here at Guyville wish you the most merry of holidays this week. Sit back and relax. Indulge in pecan pie and savory turbaconucken. Play video games and watch football and sleep in and wear your slippers all day long. Even when you run out for an extra bottle of Captain Morgan when your supply of Hot Buttered Rum is diminishing.

Your Morning After New Year's Party Care Package

It's January 1st. The glowing rays of ~~morning~~ afternoon sun strike your reposing body. You crack open those bleary, sleep-crusted eyes for the first time in the new decade. You stretch and sit up, ready to jump start those New Years resolutions and grab the year of tiger by its fangs.

20% off Next-Day Shipping Sale Just In Time for the Holidays

I know what you were thinking. "Oh man, I could so use some amazing holiday gifts for guys. Those personalized cufflinks are bad ass.

Chick Magnetize Your Car in Minutes

Whether you're trying for a wink from a passing stranger or trying to land a guest in the back seat, your car has a huge impact on attracting the opposite sex.

Best Guy Movies You Forgot Were About Christmas

Every year it happens. You're basking in the warm glow of the television when the bombardment of your better half rains down with those annoying little words: "Baby, I wanna watch a Christmas movie."

8 Ways To Hide Your Video Game Addiction

t's the wake-up call of 2009. If Andy Murray - millionaire, sports super-star, and stud (with an accent no less...chicks love accents!) - cannot hold onto his lady because of an alleged video game "problem," hope is dwindling for the rest of us. Because, when it comes down to it, we probably don't have 1/3 of Andy's appeal. If your gal pal isn't turned on by baller thumb callouses and your 3:1 kill to death ratio, you'd better hide your video game addiction quick before she pulls a Kim Sears on your gaming behind.

Christmas Gifts for Men that Don't Suck

You know you've received Christmas gifts that completely suck. There was nothing you could do about it. Smile politely, thank Auntie whatever and hope that you could secretly exchange it. But with stores tightening security about returns, exchanges or even drive by ditchings of unwanted pajamas and books, how is a man supposed to avoid the pile of uselessness that he is about to receive?

Are Electric Razors a Good Holiday Gift for Men?

It's that time of year again. Peppered throughout the commercials for new cars, BluRay DVD players, and flavored vodkas are holiday ads touting electric razors. With shirts off and chiseled jaws smooth and gleaming, you can't help but wonder: if I used an electric razor, would I look like that?

How To Buy Your Lady Lingerie

Face it. You don't know a damn thing about lingerie. You don't know why it isn't spelled lawnjeray, you don't know what all the different letter and number combinations mean, you sure as hell don't know why they make it so hard to get off. So if your honey has a hankering for some new Hanky Panky this holiday season and you are clueless about where to begin (what is a Hanky Panky?!) ... relax. Help is here.

Top 5 Sexy, Obscure Sports

It has gotten to the point where if you don't dedicate yourself to one or two sports starting at age six, you probably shouldn't even bother. Pick up the old pigskin your freshman year of high school just to be one of the guys, and you had better be satisfied with standing in tight little pants on the sidelines for a season because you sure as heck are not going to play. It's the same for all the big-name sports. In a world where suburban soccer moms rule, if talent and devotion do not come early, give up. You'll never be any good.

TCU Uniforms: Even with the Stripper Pants It Looks Cool

The current BCS standings: #1 Florida, #2 Alabama, #3 Texas, #4 TC - Who?

In the wake of Texas Christian University's unlikely rise to the upper-echelon of the college football rankings, Nike created new uniforms for TCU's battle with #16 Utah on Saturday. Nike selected TCU as one of 10 schools to debut the new Nike Pro Combat uniform, which the company calls "football's lightest system of dress ever created."

Navigating the Language Barrier: A Quest to Seduce Foreign Hotties

She is an icon. The driving force behind Rosetta Stone advertisements and the American Pie franchise. The wet dream of any male student whose high school has the good fortune of a sister school. The real reason college graduates put off the real world to "find themselves" in the public showers of hostels.

Nicolas Cage is a Shopaholic

It's not like he fell from the graces of Hollywood. He made four movies in 2009, and he's got another five lined up for 2010. Sure, you haven't actually gone to a Nic Cage movie since National Treasure, but he still commands a multi-million dollar payout.

Biking and Booze - A Compass Might Keep You Safe

Imagine this, an inebriated party reveler heads home on his bike, gets lost, lies down for a “rest”, wakes up and doesn’t know where in the heck he is! It’s a true story according to a couple Wisconsin news outlets that reported in 2009, an unnamed 21-year-old man found himself in this dazed and confused state – literally up the proverbial creek without a paddle. Police found the man, thanks to the GPS chip in his cell phone, hanging out on the banks of the Mississippi River, muddied up and still two times over the legal limit for intoxication.

Guys, Carry Your Cards With Class

The business card may seem like an inconsequential piece of card stock, a little 2 x 3.5-inch rectangle printed with a corporate logo and a person’s name, title and contact information. In the States, everyone seems to have a business card, from the entry level copy clerk to stay-at-home “domestic engineers”. Over here, we exchange business cards, collect them, jot notes on the back, use ‘em as coffee coasters and bookmarks. But businessmen who travel around the world will find that exchanging business cards abroad can often be a more formal affair. Understanding and following business card etiquette while visiting different foreign countries will help you gain respect and make valuable contacts.

Pilates For Men 10-20-30 Challenge!

We know, you are probably asking yourself when did Pilates become a good conversation subject for a masculine blog such as Guyville? It happened when the subject of the Pilates For Men 10-20-30 Challenge lost twenty pounds during his 30 sessions in roughly two months. The subject wasn’t a 22 year-old dancer from Manhattan, either. This guy was late 30’s, pudgy, pot bellied, and weak in addition to being completely non-limber and uncoordinated. In other words, he was you Mr. Guyville blog reader.

From The Jack and Back - Tales from the Grill

I just saw my commemorative bottle of Jack Daniels sitting up there on the shelf and a flood of memories came rushing back. No, not a terrible two-day hangover or the embarrassment getting drunk and going all fist-a-cuffs, but instead the memory meat intoxication as I served as an official judge in the Jack Daniels Invitational World BBQ Championship in Lynchburg, Tennessee. Fondly referred to as "The Jack" by master barbequers from all over the planet, this event is analogous to football's Superbowl -- but instead of exhalting the "pigskin" as a piece of sports gear, they instead cook the whole pig up right fine!

The Hairy Facts About Goatees

Ahh, the goatee – that little (or large) tuft of facial hair sprouting on the chins of many a man. Etymologically speaking, the word “goatee” sprung up around the year 1844, inspired by the scraggly fur growing under the mouth of a goat. However, the fashion has been traced back much earlier than the 18th century as the style as been found on ancient statues uncovered on Easter Island.

Many guys love to wear a goatee; it’s like proving that you have the manliness to grow facial hair, but without the 100-percent commitment of a full beard.

Unintelligent Underwear Thief

Criminals are stupid. So stupid in fact, that the public has made a spectator sport about watching, reading and blogging about their ridiculous lack of brain cells. On the dumb law-breaker blog, Bozo Criminal Report, a recent report was posted of an unnamed moron in Seattle, Washington. Apparently, the moron recently broke into a home to steal whatever he could get his hands on. After settling on a couple of small electronic devices, the thief decided he needed to change his clothing – I guess his lapse in morals made him feel dirty all over.

Candy Cigarettes Extinguished – Indonesian Toddler Takes Up Tobacco

It’s been a tough week for tobacco in the media, candy cigarettes have been outlawed and a 2-year old has been caught puffing away on video. Say it ain’t so! If you are old enough, you might remember candy cigarettes – you could count up your pennies and buy them at your local convenience store or vending machine. Heck, some smoke-happy parents even passed them out as indoctrinating party favors at kids’ birthday blowouts – these were cool gifts for guys and girls!

Sweeten Father's Day With Candy

June brings us two very important events, in my opinion -- Father's Day and National Candy Month. Most sons and daughters are aware that the third Sunday in June is dedicated to honoring the paternal bond, but who knew that June is also a time to celebrate sugary goodness?! From gumdrops to gourmet chocolate bars, candy is one of the most popular treats in the world; plus, it always puts you in a memory-making mood. I personally remember sharing cotton candy with dad at the circus and having him sneak me jelly beans behind mom's back even though my plate wasn't cleaned of green beans.

Flasks Are Always Awesome Gifts For Men

No guy should ever be without a flask, it's just one of those manly must-haves that keeps you prepared for any situation where a thirst may develop. When a bar is not open or there isn't a convenience store in site, you'll be glad that you'd planned ahead and packed your beverage to go. Some of the most popular places to see flasks are at football tailgate parties, camping trips and really long, boring business meetings!

July 30th is Father-In-Law Day

Father-In-Law Day, always celebrated on July 30^th, falls on a Friday this year. What a perfect way to end the busy work week than invite the whole family over, kick back, cook some delicious steaks and honor the father of your spouse. A good father-in-law is always available to lend a helping hand, join you in fun recreational activities and share his stories of the "good ole days." Pay tribute to this slap-on-the-back, bonafide great guy by presenting him with one of many thoughtful gifts for men.

Mad Men: Executive Gifts For Men

The Emmy-winning television show, Mad Men, is back on the air Sunday night for its fourth season. This AMC drama about the golden age of advertising in New York City is so authentic in capturing the vibe of 1960s style you can practically smell the cigarette smoke wafting through the room. The main male characters, ad-execs Don Draper and Sterling Cooper, are the stereotypical ego-driven sales men in their slim grey suits, narrow ties and cufflinks striking deals over martini fueled lunches at the Stork Club. In fact, the nostalgic wardrobe choices are also sometimes woven into the plot of the show. For example, the cufflink, a small accessory on its own, plays a big role in the "Marriage of Figaro" episode from the first season where Don breaks his cufflink, flirts with his department-store heiress client over it, she gifts him with a new pair from the store, and later in the evening (after a rendezvous together), he glances over at his cufflinks sitting on the night table as a silent reminder of his responsibilities at home. Adulterer or not, a pair of shiny cufflinks always makes a fabulous choice in luxury gifts for men.

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