I logged into iTunes this morning to buy the new Roots album, Game Theory. iTunes offers both clean and explicit versions and I had made the mistake of buying the clean version of Common’s latest album and wasn’t about to do it again. When I clicked on the “Explicit” button, highly anticipating my bleep-free copy of the album, I immediately noticed that there was a $2 price difference between the 2 versions. $9.99 for clean lyrics and $11.99 for swear-filled shit.

I then looked around iTunes to see if this was a policy versus some weird anti-swearing Roots conspiracy. Method Man’s new album regardless of swear content is just $9.99 and ODB is on that shit! Outcast’s Idlewild is consistently $11.99 regardless of the level of cleanness.

I contemplated the differences for a bit and besides a few seconds of swears, the album is identical. In the end I dished out the extra 2 bucks to avoid the man censoring my music and shot an email off to Apple asking, “What Gives?”.

The pint glass is one of man’s most sacred inventions and most people would agree that it doesn’t need improvement. That is until they’ve seen these double-walled beer glasses from RedEnvelope. For $75 you get a set of 6 innovative glasses that are insulated with a second wall of heat-resistant glass to keep your cold drinks cold. The best part: they’re still a full 16 ounces!

Boston was recently named the 4th Drunkest City in America by Forbes.com an honor many Bostonians would be proud of. So it comes to no suprise that one of the drunkest cities would also produce some of the hottest bartenders.

Barstool Sports, a Boston-based free sports paper recently announced it’s list of the 25 sexiest bartenders in Boston. The high-quality of the women is unquestionable and it’s difficult to pick a favorite, but our money is on Vanessa.

The world is filled with products that nobody needs, but someone sells them anyway. Here’s a list of 9 such items:

Costco’s Pirate Treehouse – $18,499.99
In some places, $18k would buy you a real fricken house. Hell, if you have the cash to spend $18,000 on a tree-house, more power to ya.

Bacon Wallet – $7.99
Unfortunately, it’s not actually made out of bacon. Sucky false advertising.

Light Up Boche Balls – $47
For those of you who can’t quite fit enough boche into the day, play at night with glowing balls.

Float-a-Pet inflatable collar – $?
An inflatable pet collar that somehow inflates when your pet is about to drown… enough said.

Skyacht Personal Blimp – $?
I can’t imagine living life without my personal blimp.

85 Tool “Swiss Army” Knife – $1,200
This thing is beyond ridiculous. Who has big enough jeans for this “pocket knife”?

$1 Million Fishing Lure – $1,000,000
Fishing with a $1 million lure would make me pay a lot more attention to where I was casting

Wine Bottle Puzzle Game – $38
As if alcoholics didn’t have it hard enough… lock up the booze with a complicated puzzle game.

Tetris Magnet Set – $7
Show your kids just how geeky you are with tetris-style magnets.

Video games have allowed players to edit characters’ appearances and names since the beginning, but a company named Digimask has taken this concept to the next level by allowing game players to digitally map their face and import it into their favorite video game.

Think of the awesome consequences of this. You could inport your best friend’s face into a football game, make him a kicker for the Detroit Lions and bench his ass… or import him into a first-person shooter and kill him as many times as you want… or import him into a RPG and slap his head onto a wood nymph and… ummmmm maybe that last one isn’t such a good idea.

At any rate, this tool should make playing Madden against your friends a little more realistic.

I know we’ve been a little obsessed with bottle openers lately , but they really are important to the well-being of a man. Here’s how to open a bottle of beer with a piece of paper:

Should your online poker strategy differ from that of your weekly game? Of course! You wouldn’t employ the same strategy at table full of old college buddies as you would at a casino, would you? Patrik Antonius of “All In” magazine tells us:

“People tend to play looser online… People are more aggressive online. So a really good online player should play smart and take advantage of that.”

There are professional players whose full time jobs are to take advantage of inexperienced players online and they do fairly well for themselves. Our advice… if you’re new to poker, play in very low stakes games online or with friends you know won’t take (too much) advantage of you.. or better yet, just stick to Uno.

Telescopicing webcams, hidden cams and a handheld digital camera is all you need to make you’re own “special” video. Travis Hudson of gizmodo.com highlights some of the best gadgets to guarantee success when filming you’re private sessions.

Buy some damn gadgets to ensure that you’re home videos don’t end up like Paris Hilton’s.

Most people are petrified of the car buying process. AP writer Jason Feifer wants to share his own experiences to help you even the playing field when dealing with car salesmen:

Tip #1: The Poker Face – Hide your emotions like an all-star card player and only talk numbers. Its straight to the point, but don’t take it too far.

Tip #2: Mr. Nice Guy – Act as nice as possible. This tactic would probably work better for women.

Tip #3: Bring some friends – This tactic seemed to do the trick. Bring several friends with you and have them try to convince you not to buy the car. The salesperson will have no choice but to give you the best deal.

By now, most of you have heard of YouTube.com (and probably Porkolt.com, PornoTube.com (nsfw), etc), but did you know that Google offers a similar service? Probably not, because until now, Google has not allowed adult content in their service.

Rumor has it that Google has eased it’s restrictions on adult video content. Most of the videos in their Adult & Mature section is tame, but with these new relaxed terms, you can add Google Video to your NSFW bookmarks now.