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11/3/08 – Like Xmas Eve?

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Nov 5, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Friday I was bartending. I had the MSNBC on. He was about 55, rail thin, plaid shirt and moustache, worn in the trucker style. Said to me, "I just don't think we're ready for a Black Muslim president." I asked him if he really believed that Obama was...

Give me back that Filet-O-Fish, Give me that fish

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Mar 11, 2009 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

I really dig this ad. Absurdity seems to be the hottest trend in TV commercials these days (Would Ernie Kovacs be thrilled or incensed?) and most of said ads annoy me, but somehow this one I like. Dood just sittin’ there on his weight bench, in front of his...

A RANT from the Gloves OFF Dept.: Please forward this photo (and the text too if you want) to everyone in America

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 17, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Okay so I just gave money – $100 I really don’t have – to a political candidate, for the first time ever after watching last week’s Republican Convention. I don’t even like my candidate that much any more, since he’s started talking...

Wow!

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Nov 6, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

Wow.(Again, photo byCallie Shell)

Pailin Flailin'

by Masculinity and Its Discontents | Sep 23, 2008 | Masculinity and Its Discontents

[Dear readers,My wife Anja and I got in a big car accident this weekend and I broke my collarbone (the only major injury to come out of an accident in which had a blow-out and flew off the highway, then rolled a couple of times – we were very lucky.), so...
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