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How Not to Kiss Like a Zombie and Other Helpful Kissing Tips

photo by pedrosimoes7 Violet Blue has written about a zillion books on the subject of sex, but finally there’s one you can discuss with your grandmother: Seal It with a Kiss: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques for Delivering the Knockout Kiss. Seeing as the national smooch holiday is almost upon us, we thought we’d check in […]

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The Worst Rom Coms Ever

*besides those flicks by the worst rom-com actors ever In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. We’ve covered classic rom coms, alternative love stories, the best overlooked ones, romantic comedies from the olden days, the most overrated ones, […]

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The Puma Hardchorus

Our reader IC brought our attention to Puma’s genius ad campaign, The Puma Hardchorus, with the tag line “They want to be in your arms. You want to be in the stands. What do you do when Valentine’s Day falls on game day?” The site allows hardcore soccer fans to dedicate and send a video […]

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The Search for the Worst Date in America

photo by CarbonNYC In honor of Valentine’s Day, MyVeryWorstDate.com is holding a contest for the most cringe-worthy, laugh-out-loud, WTF! dating story in the country. The winner, who’ll be announced on February 14th, will receive 1000 bucks cash to help pay for the PTSD therapy sessions. Here are the basic rules (click here for the fine […]

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The 7 Worst Rom Com Actors

photo by Ovidio Cordero In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. We’ve covered classic rom coms, alternative love stories, the best overlooked ones, romantic comedies from the olden days, and the most overrated ones. Today we give you […]

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The Super Bowl Ad Superlatives (in the Love and Sex Category)

BEST OVERALL: Dove Men+Care’s “The Journey to Comfort” At last, a commercial that celebrates manhood without being sexist, stupid or beer-related! It’s basically a mini-movie crammed into 45-seconds (seriously, try counting the number of scenes they had to shoot) that follows one Everyman’s life from birth to adulthood by highlighting the big moments as well […]

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Blog Snog: Romance Novels, the iPad, and Condom History

YourTango says romance novels are smarter than you think — and romance isn’t about sex, sweeping gestures or man cleavage. A study conducted in the 1950s found that women tend to eat less on dates to impress guys. Oh wait, sorry, that study was actually conducted last year. Quiz yourself on the history of the condom […]

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Pro-Choice Responses to the Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad

To kick off your Superbowl weekend, check out these 3 bits that you won’t (but should!) see during the game this Sunday — all are in response to the anti-choice, anti-equality, anti-gay Christian group Focus on the Family’s 2.5-million-dollar spot (that we mentioned the other day) featuring football star Tim Tebow and his mom talking […]

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Top 10 Overrated Rom Coms

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of top ten lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. Our first was classic rom coms; second was alternative love stories; next we listed the best overlooked ones, then old school films made before we were born. Today, we continue with the most overrated […]

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We Always Knew Modern Design Was Bad for Your Love Life

The things that once so defined him — shag carpeting, Room & Board sofas, monogamy — now suffocated him. — via UnhappyHipsters.com If you’ve ever browsed the pages of, say, Dwell magazine you will know that they have been able to photograph some absolutely fantastic architectural designs and some very well decorated homes. From the […]

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52 Questions for Em & Lo

We finally finished the online interview over on EdenFantasys.com — 52 questions in all! (“What was the one fight you had about?”, “How fun was that bathtub photo shoot?”, “What’s the weirdest reaction you’ve gotten when you tell someone what you do?”). Below is a quick excerpt from the complete Q&A. Click here to find […]

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Top 10 Old School Rom Coms

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of top ten lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. Our first was classic rom coms; second was alternative love stories; next we listed the best overlooked ones. Today, we continue with old school classics made before we were […]

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The Superbowl Ad You WON'T See This Weekend

We used to look forward to Superbowl Sunday for the ads (that, and the excuse to over-indulge in junk food). But it looks like CBS is determined to ruin the one sports-related joy in our lives. First of all they went and accepted an anti-choice ad from conservative Christian group Focus on the Family — apparently CBS […]

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Blog Snog: Haitian Donations, Marriage Tips & Penis-Size Provocateurs

GoodVibrations has teamed up with the Red Cross so you can easily donate to help Haiti when you shop online at GoodVibes or in any GV store. YourTango lists 8 principles to a successful marriage. College Candy tackles the penis size issue — have fun storming the castle, kids! Two writers on The Frisky debate […]

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Top 10 Sex Tapes We REALLY Don't Want to See

photo by marcn When we read the horrifying news that there’s a John Edwards sex tape out there, we wondered, yet again, when celebrities will realize that the only way to guarantee your sex tape won’t leak is not to make it. But we guess that as long as egotistic, power-drunk celebs continue to think they […]

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Top 10 Overlooked Rom Coms

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re rerunning a series of top ten lists dedicated to the film-genre equivalent of those little heart candies: the romantic comedy. Last Thursday, it was classic rom coms. On Tuesday, it was alternative love stories. Today, we continue with ten lesser known romantic comedies that never became classics, cult or […]