The journey to becoming a better beer drinker
The story of how Cliff Forster was inspired to be a better beer drinker by a brewer's website. Add comment
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Top 5 great movies with slammin’ soundtracks
Detroit-area music aficionado Hubert Sawyers takes a look at an oft-overlooked genre of music—the venerable original movie soundtrack. Add comment
Icrontic Oktoberfest recap video
Icrontic Oktoberfest 2009 recap Add comment
The Icrontic Life: From the outside looking in
A very new Icrontic member expresses the doubts he had about joining the community, and the change that came over him as he discovered what Icrontic is really all about. Add comment
Destructive friends, GI Joe vases, and chicanery
In This Thread: Grimnoc weaves a sordid tale of friendship, lust, discipline, and betrayal... all over a lunch table and a bud vase with a GI Joe in it Add comment
Connecting athletes and fans through Twitter
How a family of Baltimore Ravens fans met Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Ochocinco purely by the power of Twitter. Add comment
Mind of UPSLynx: Oktoberfest Preview
In this special edition Mind of UPSLynx, I sat down with Fatcat and Lincoln as they made their way from Missouri to ICHQ for the 2009 Icrontic Oktoberfest. We (tried to) discuss the upcoming event and what everyone should expect. What resulted was this video. Add comment
The art of asking a woman out on a date
Asking a woman out is both like a monetary transaction and like picking up something at a meat market, so says a real life girl on the internet. Add comment
Technology and emotion: Why do we act as we do?
For all the positives that the Internet has granted us--a sense of community, quick analysis, and broad access to information--it has also helped to encourage some altogether less positive traits, such as trolling, entitlement, and desensitization to important issues. Add comment
Where Tequila comes from: A photo essay
A photo essay written in 2003 by Frank Mueller on a trip to Tequileria Corralejo in Mexico. Add comment
Five tidbits about Michael Jackson
Icrontian Dan “Myrmidon” Putnam recently put together a very informative video about Michael Jackson. Dan, you should start doing educational videos or something, cause brotha: I would watch ’em. Add comment
Brian Novak’s Race Blog
Icrontic’s own Brian “Pseudonym” Novak has been blogging about his race exploits. It’s a fun read. Keep up with him on his blog and cheer him on! Add comment
Good Beer, No Shit: Icrontic visits Flying Dog
Craft brewery For many beer lovers those words conjure up an image of a favorite local small batch brewer that serves up amazing glasses of microbrewed artistry. It provides the pleasure of knowing that we have something truly special, something that few others know about. For others, however, it draws a certain image of pretentiousness that […] Add comment
Marilyn Manson got fat, and I love him for it
In one of those rare moments in life when the stars seem to align just right and everything falls into place as if it was meant to be, I found out that Marilyn Manson, one of my all time favorite artists, was going to be playing a show in Portland on my birthday. Suffice it […] Add comment
A rant on breakfast in California
There’s little doubt that Icrontians love to eat. Every year at Expo Icrontic, one of the most popular events is the food tour. Just as important to many of us is the ritual of picking up breakfast together. Places like Original Pancake House, Ron’s Cafe, and My Mother’s Place have been feeding Icrontians a great […] Add comment
A primer on tequila
There’s a myth that tequila causes bad hangovers. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the line, “I can’t drink tequila, it makes me (insert your favorite bad hangover story here).” This happens for a very specific reason, and that reason has nothing to do with tequila in its pure form. Symptoms such […] Add comment
Classic Shaving on a Budget
Ever since a now legendary thread by Icrontic’s Bobby Miller regarding how best to shave, the classic wet shaving phenomenon has spread through the community like a virus. At the time of Bobby’s original posting, several Icrontic members, including myself, were already using double-edged safety razors and were ready with advice. One of the few […] Add comment
How I Live the Icrontic Life
Editor’s note: We’re proud to introduce our newest Icrontic Life contributor, Rob “Ghoosdum” Updegrove. He’ll be writing about living an efficient yet swank lifestyle. The recent flare-up of the PC vs console debate here on Icrontic really got me thinking. There is no one single answer, because everyone’s situation is going to be different. Here […] Add comment
ICLife.Style – 02 – Practicing what I preach
While Primesuspect may claim to be a shoe fetishist, I’ve got a much more serious problem–I own tons of shoes. Sure, he regales us with lustful diatribes about women’s footwear, but that’s not costing him anything (except my dignity -ed.) Me? I’ve got quite the sneaker collection. And it doesn’t seem to be shrinking. Nope, […] Add comment
Singing with the geeks: Detroit joins TechKaraoke
Allow me to set the stage: Connected people get together, loosen up with some drinks, pick a bad song, grab a microphone, and sing their hearts out. This is TechKaraoke. TechKaraoke was started by Michael Gruen and Brett Petersel in New York City, with a few simple rules: Alcohol consumption is required, and no Debbie […] Add comment
Inspiring people to take photographs
Think back to a time when you were six years old, perhaps in the first grade. Remember when you opened a new box of crayons and had a blank white sheet of paper in front of you? The possibilities were endless; you felt as if you could draw anything. It was absolute creative freedom, unhindered […] Add comment
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