Coffee: What You Need to Know In recent years the coffee game has been taken up a notch. The brewing. The grinding. The farming – it’s a science. The days of picking between regular are decaf are done. The world of Coffee has gotten a much needed facelift, no longer just the the choice of […]
The Basic Rules for Suiting and Booting from Generic Puzzles: So you need a suit. Whether it’s for your graduation (congrats!), a wedding (good luck) or attending your beloved half-aunt’s funeral (our sincere condolences), you’re going to need to add to your repertoire of suits and find one that looks and fits great. Remember, a […]
THE MOST EPIC MUSTACHES IN HISTORY #MustachesOfHistory The ELEVEN most dastardly, deviant and inspirational mustachioed men – past and present; fact or fiction. It isn’t Movember, but we just needed a midway-point-tribute-moustache article. BEGIN! The Low Down: In many ways at the epicenter of the Generic Universe. The King, The Main Man, The Legend….. If we […]
ANATOMY OF SHOES GENERIC PUZZLES #GenericStyle Explaining the finer points of men’s shoes is a sticky situation. The nuances often come down to the smallest detail on a strangest part of the shoe. We’re here to help you understand these variances and #UPYOURSHOEGAME Take for example – the difference between a Derby and an Oxford – where the eyelet tab […]
WHISKEY 101 FROM GENERIC PUZZLES #GenericStyle Beyond the fact whiskey is Golden brown and burns when you drink it – how much do you really know about this popular liquor? Can you maneuver your way round the various differences, what makes a scotch? How does this differ from an American blend? Do you like rye? Do […]
Neuroplasticity #GenericScience IT’S SCIENCE At GenericPuzzles – we’re not here to spiel some psych 1-0-1, Freudian complexities. We’re the laymen’s psychologists – located just below armchair psychologist in the psych-knowledge-league table! But. We’re on the up…. Self-styled-pseudo psych came somewhat easy at the Generic Puzzles ‘laboratory’, amongst the tweed jackets, monocles and cigar smoke; it […]
10 Ways to Keep the Kids Amused While Travelling ARE WE THERE YET: A MANS GUIDE TO CHILD TRAVEL If one thing its certain it is lack of perpetration will lead to the relentless chanting of: “Are we there yet?!”; a whole number of tantrums from young ones and even greater number of strops from the […]
GENERIC SCIENCE: #BeardMaintenance 10 COMMANDMENTS OF BEARDOM: There was a time when growing a proper beard required only one thing – the face’s owner to simply cease shaving. These were simpler times, your choice between a beard or an arsenal of shaving tools: shards of flint, volcanic glass, scallop shells and a host of, what seems like, […]
An emblem of suave masculinity; a badge of honor for every boardroom table. Sleek. Sophisticated. Stylish. A truly formidable desk accessory. Perhaps the greatest gift a man could receive. If these puzzles were hairstyles – they’d be the pompadour. This is what happens when Don Draper meets Elvis. We don’t deal in mullets. Generic Puzzles, […]
