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. 4 comments
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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. 17 comments
Icrontic Oktoberfest recap video
Icrontic Oktoberfest 2009 recap 27 comments
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. 37 comments
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. 17 comments
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. 18 comments
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. 81 comments
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. 8 comments
Where Tequila comes from: A photo essay
A photo essay written in 2003 by Frank Mueller on a trip to Tequileria Corralejo in Mexico. 3 comments
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. reddit_url='http://life.icrontic.com/articles/five-tidbits-about-michael-jackson/' 6 comments
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 keeps the [...] 28 comments
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 [...] 9 comments
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 [...] 60 comments
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