Quake!
Seismologists have replaced the Richter Scale with the more accurate Magnitude scale. Here’s how it sizes up Mama Earth’s seizures.
BBQ Guru
Master the activity that combines the two greatest things in life: meat and fire.
‘Die Jaws!’
In the U.S. sharks attack an average of 32 people per year. So to help save lives, FHM is 60 miles off the coast of Point Pleasant, NJ, aboard a fishing boat that recently appeared on the Versus network show Shark Hunters: East vs. West. We’re here to hunt shark. Here’s how.
The Polygamist
Marvin Wyler on having 110 grandkids, 34 children and three wives. ‘The No. 1 problem is wives getting jealous about the sex.’
I Survived That!
What’s it like to be inside a crashing plane? Shot by an intruder? Impaled by an arrow? Real people share their tales.
Score!
‘Big Love’ finds harmony with rock-star composer David Byrne
When ‘Big Love’ creators Mark Olsen and Will Scheffer decided to play ‘Blue Hawaii’ as the out song on their season-two premiere, Olsen saw the perfect opportunity to spotlight the show’s new composer, Talking Heads front man David Byrne. Predictably, the test drive blew their hair back. Byrne’s stripped-down cover of the song, intended as a placeholder until he could refine it in the studio, struck every chord they could think of. “It had irony, it had heart, it had nostalgia,” Olsen says. “It had everything we wanted baked into that moment.”
After Byrne worked up a more complex iteration of the piece, Olsen and Scheffer fell into the unenviable position of telling a pop-culture luminary that they preferred his earlier work. Luckily, Scheffer says, Byrne’s ear saved them the discomfort. “It was kind of funny because we didn’t really know what to say. Then David wrote us back and said, ‘You know, I like the first version the best.’”
[More online at HBO.com]
Home-Cooked Cuisine
A Wall Street bachelor’s lonesome beers are about to get some company in the fridge, thanks to a personal chef.
He’s putting in hours at the office, but his galley kitchen uptown has become the set of an intricate ballet performed by personal chef Mark Tafoya.
Braised beef bubbles into a plume of Moroccan spices, and steam sizzles from a deglazed pork pan.
Tafoya has been at work for about an hour and a half, and he’s entering what he refers to as “prime time,” which means all real estate has evaporated from the oven, stovetop, counter and cutting boards.
Once the smoke clears, a $100 trip to Whole Foods has been transformed into a week of fresh food, all available at the touch of a microwave button.
[More online at TheStreet.com]
When Robots Attack
Let there be no doubt: One day the machines will rise up against us. When they do, here’s how to survive the doomsday.
Local Legends
Road-tripping? Get plastered like a townie by shotgunning these top regional brews.
Get Bent, Sanka!
We tested the caffeine levels of three major coffee brands so you’d know which teat to suckle.
