BIG SUR, Calif. — I’m broke. You’re broke. We’re all broke.
Sometimes the best medicine comes in the form of a pretty distraction, and I’m not talking about Pamela Anderson here. If you live in (insert city name — really, any one will do), it’s time for you to GET OUT. No doomsday warnings here, [...]

Buy The Boston Globe or turn to Boston.com on Sunday to see John Guilfoil’s business spending column on executive pens.
For the past few weeks, I’ve been writing — actually writing with my hands, not a keyboard — more than usual. That’s because I’ve been testing out various executive and designer pens for a “Globe Tests” [...]

West Bridgewater, Mass.,-based metrostyle has released some of the upcoming bathing suit trends for summer, 2008.
Tankinis, which were so huge last year, are still popular, while geometric shapes and mix-and-match skirt or brief bottoms are looking popular this season.
Halters and swim dresses are popular. Halters get rid of some of your back tan lines, while [...]

Here at Blast, we have a bunch of traditional, odd, and downright original holiday plans. We thought we’d share them with you.
One of Blast’s great mid-year staff editions, Holly Jobbagy decided to combine video golf and teddy bears for her boyfriend.
“He’s especially into golf, and since he can’t play this time of year, I got [...]

Rare Vintage and Arnold Brant cued us in on some of their upcoming designs, and they range from chic to just plain sexy.
Brant has a $6,000 sport jacket coming out. You can’t afford it. I can’t afford it. We can barely afford to show you a picture of it. But God-damn it would look good [...]

Our friends at DLL Rainwear let us look at some Chooka boots this month.
They’re hot, shiny and they keep your feet dry.

Certainly I have some personal stake in the health and safety of the 9/11 emergency responders.
But so does everyone else. 9/11 was a day where we saw the worst of people and the best of people. In the backs of the minds of cops and firemen, they knew the stuff they were breathing in was [...]

The final day of a photo essay explaining the health perils of the 9/11 rescuers.

Day four of a five day photo essay explaining the health perils of the 9/11 rescuers.

Day three of a five day photo essay explaining the health perils of the 9/11 rescuers.

Day two of a five day photo essay explaining the health perils of the 9/11 rescuers.

Today, media outlets around the world are sharing memorials, war news, timelines and conspiracy theories with you.
They’re going back to September 11, 2001 and discussing their coverage of the day’s events, showing an airplane crashing into a building so that people can watch someone they love die, like a dear friend who is simply tired [...]

Okay all you fashion lovers. It’s fall, the most exciting time of year. The runways are dripping with premonitions of what the stylish people will be wearing.
The great thing about this season is that it is full of flashbacks to the 80s, 40s and 30s. This is a combination of traditional elements that are done [...]

Layla Love may be categorized as an up and coming artist for her photography, but to those who know her past, she better seen as a warrior. Using her camera as therapy after her tumultuous upbringing during which Love has been raped, beaten and diagnosed with a neurological movement disorder, her art is understatedly hard-fought.
Love’s [...]

This month’s cover girl is Lisa Dempsey, a cutie from Connecticut. The hip dancer/actress/college student posed for Blast this month to show off some late summer styles, including some sexy (as if we expected anything else) outfits from American Apparel.
Our Culture and Fashion editor Dan Peleschuk ran the shoot on location. The beach site spot [...]

In a scene that would make George Costanza proud, uniform and supply giant, Cintas, is hosting their 6th annual “America’s Best Restroom” contest.
Yes, entrants from all over the country are holding out, hopeful that their commodes and $3 bathroom cologne will push them to victory in 2007.
Believe it or not, some of these are actually [...]

Bikinis are hot; there’s no way around it. This year, the bikini is going to take over the beaches, the pools and the runways.
The first thing to get is a bikini that’s full of vibrant color. No one will be able to miss you, even if you’re off at a distance.
To pump up the sex [...]

An expanded look at Blast’s beautiful, Irish, March models.
We wanted to give you a special treat this month. After all, we showed you a hot couple last month, and we even had them fight for you. Afterwards we showed you a gallery of enough chocolate and cookies to make you get over any relationship fight.
So [...]

Enjoy V-Day’s just desserts.

A look at Sean and Cat, our hot young couple gracing the cover of Blast Magazine, in February.
We have Valentine’s Day to worry about this month, but Blast has you covered with gift ideas and tips and a candy/dessert gallery to die for. We also had Sean and Cat act out a fight–so it’s just [...]

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