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Another year is in the books.  Each year I get progressively lazier when it comes to updating this site.  I hope to reverse that trend in 2013.  I didn’t post as often as I did in previous years but I was still able to find the five best posts from 2012.

Suggested New Facebook Buttons

I’m at a Bar Alone. Am I a Creep?

Guys I Want to Punch in the Face: Driving Edition

It’s been another fun year at Living with Balls.  The frequency of my posts decreased in 2011 but I’d like to think the quality was as good as ever.  Here were the five most popular posts in 2011 based on pageviews, Facebook/ Twitter shares, and comments.

1. Is it Gay: Owning a Cat?
2. A Flowchart for Removing Facebook Friends
3. The Hotness Scale Defined
4. Random Guys I Want to Punch in the Face: Winter Edition
5. The Mermaid Theory: Is it True?

In a shameless attempt to generate more page views, every so often I will link to some of the best posts on Living with Balls. I look at pageviews and Facebook shares to see what posts are the most popular. Here are the three most popular posts from the months of July, August and September 2011.

The Mermaid Theory: Is it True?

Is it Gay? Ordering Fruity Drinks

Unintentionally Funny Local Commercial: Great Neck Nissan

We men like to feel manly. We like to be looked up to. We also want a place that we can call our own and not have to share it with others who like to change everything around (e.g. women).   If you’re married, there may not be much you can do to do make your place a man cave, since its likely your wife has already taken over every room in the house.  However, for single men, there is still hope.

This guest post is designed to show every single man out there how they can take their house or apartment and pull a 180 by completely transforming it from a regular living space into a man cave that will make all your friends want to stay, live and hang out at your place in their time away from their wives. Don’t get me wrong, I love women; but I do not let them come between me and the things I truly love.

There are three main parts to an apartment: a living room, bedroom and bathroom. Here is some good information to help transform your apartment into a real life man cave. (more…)

This is a guest post from Play Roulette

Even if you’re happily nestled in a long-term relationship with a woman that will stand the test of time, there are occasions when you need to dump the ball-and-chain and hang with the bros for a few days. While you could certainly take this opportunity to engage in various forms of debauchery, you don’t necessarily have to flirt with a breakup in order to have a good time with your buddies. The point is to clear out the estrogen with a man-centric vacation that involves absolutely no chicks. Girlfriends, wives, daughters, and any other women should understand that you need some time alone with the guys in the same way that they need shoe-shopping days and trips to the spa. So round up the usual suspects and consider a few fun ideas for a chick-free vacation.

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This is a guest post from Pokerjunkie.com

Learning how to win money at poker is often the easy part; the hard part is getting time away from your wife or girlfriend to play. While a few women play alongside their boyfriends or husbands at the poker tables, it’s a rare thing indeed, with the time spent playing poker usually a sore point and source of arguments in many relationships. There’s no perfect solution to the problem but there are definitely some tactics that can help you get in more time playing poker and less time arguing about how often you play. (more…)

In a shameless attempt to generate more page views, every so often I will link to some of the best posts on Living with Balls. I look at pageviews and Facebook shares to see what posts are the most popular. Here are the three most popular posts from the months of April, May and June 2011.

1. A Flowchart for Removing Facebook Friends

2. The Hotness Scale Defined

3. Terrible Ideas That Make Money 2

I’ve been working on this site almost exclusively for nearly two years. Though the site has a respectable following, I know it has the potential to do a lot better.

The main problem is that I am only one man, with one perspective on life. I’m a white guy in my late 20’s and recently married so I can only write about life from that perspective. I envision Living with Balls as a site where men of all ages and lifestyles can make a few jokes about their lives.

I’d like to have all types of people write on this site. I want to hear about a 21-year old college kid and his quest to get drunk and sleep with freshmen or the 40-year old married man dealing with raising teenage daughters. I want to have men of all ages and lifestyles coming to read content on this site. I want people to come here and get excited when their favorite writer has just posted new content.

I also don’t have the time to write posts on a consistent basis. I have a busy life like anyone else, and this is something I do as a hobby with my spare time. It’s challenging to always come up with original, funny pieces. Sometimes inspiration hits me and I come with brilliant posts like this one or this one. But more often than not, I am struggling to come up fresh content. (more…)

This feature will be available on the iPad soon

Times have certainly changed.  It wasn’t all that long ago that in order to obtain masturbation material, I either had to watch the Playboy channel scrambled or steal the Frederick’s of Hollywood magazine from my parent’s mail.

I was just a kid then but porn has grown up with me.  Now there is no shortage of easy access to porn.  There are already thousands of free web sites that offer lifetimes of free porn. But now, with the release of the iPad2, there is another unique way to get your kicks. Thanks to Apple’s Facetime feature, adult entertainment companies can now utilize the popular video chat feature so that porn stars can interact face-to-face with their clients.

A decade ago you could always spot the shady guy in the bookstore who was browsing through the adult magazine section.  Now shady looking guys, like the one pictured here, can stop hanging around Barnes and Noble and just use Facetime instead.  We really have come a long way.

New York Daily News has the complete story.

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This post is part of the “ Links of the Month”  Segment for February 2011.

According to H-Spot.com, a sex education web site, there are 14 sex mistakes that men make.  It’s a pretty solid list and admittedly, I’ve been guilty of a few, not because of ignorance, but because of laziness.   For example, the first mistake men make is asking to have sex…

“Asking to have sex is like asking your mother if you can have a girl over your own apartment. When you ask, you immediately show a lack of confidence and control – two essential alpha characteristics that deep-down, all women crave. Solution: Work up the physical escalation ladder by starting out with basic touching and kissing. She will respectfully stop you if she doesn’t want sex.”

This is probably true if you’re single and trying to bang some girl you just met.  However, if you’re in a long-term committed relationship, I don’t think this rule applies.   Who wants go through all the effort of trying to get laid when you get married?  I know I don’t.  Easy sex is supposed to be one of advantages of marriage.

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