Sure it broke a lot, but John Tinseth couldn’t help but fall in love over and over again.
The Cold & The Soul: The Joy of Dining in NYC
January 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Dinner at Emilio Ballato’s on Houston reminds John Tinseth why he lives in such an expensive city.
A Business Expense: Hair Grows on Company Time
January 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Have you ever seen a telephone wire with a bunch of birds sitting on it?” I nod. “Birds fly up and join the other birds… But you my friend—You’re like the bird that flutters around the wire. Not sure where or even if he wants to land.”
Jonestown Massacre, 34 Years Later
November 19, 2012 By 7 Comments
John Tinseth remembers preparing to engage the Guyanese Army, only to discover that the 900 dead Americans were killed in a mass suicide.
The Naked Woman at the Bottom of the Milk Carton
August 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
8 year-old John Tinseth had seen pictures of a woman’s breasts before, but this was his first view further south, and he wasn’t sure what he saw was all that great.
Alive With Pleasure: Spring Break 1982
August 1, 2012 By 3 Comments
John Tinseth looks back on a road trip in a hunk of fat Detroit steel with four buddies and a can full of piss.
Contradian London: Fried-Up
July 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
John Tinseth battles jet lag by indulging in ritualistic fry-ups and taking up smoking again.
A Man’s Movie: The Last Detail
July 4, 2012 By 3 Comments
John Tinseth looks back on one of the most important films in his life, The Last Detail, and marvels at how almost nobody saw it.
My Nehru Jacket, 1972
June 26, 2012 By 4 Comments
John Tinseth looks back on how his mother thwarted his first clandestine affair with the most voluptuous girl in his 9th grade class.
I Used to Know Them
June 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
John Tinseth looks back on the family that used to be his in-laws, and marvels at the way ties unravel.
The Double Breasted Rules
June 12, 2012 By 1 Comment
John Tinseth explains the complicated rules surrounding the wearing of a Double-Breasted blazer, and what the jacket says about the man wearing it.
My Father, Ft. Bragg 1966
June 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
John Tinseth looks back at his father’s odd A-Team going into Vietnam.
Are Porn and Video Games Hurting Young Men?
June 3, 2012 By 86 Comments
Joanna Schroeder examines whether nearly non-stop access to porn and video games is damaging our boys’ development.
BMW R100
May 30, 2012 By 2 Comments
John Tinseth looks back on a memory from back in 1985 starring a vintage BMW motorcycle and a very direct woman.
My First Playboy
May 15, 2012 By 65 Comments
John Tinseth remembers buying his first issue of Playboy at the age of 12, and how he learned he’d make a terrible spy.
White Flags
April 18, 2012 By 5 Comments
John Tinseth reflects on the time his father placed mysterious little white flags in their front yard, and how no one ever asked what they were for.
“When I went to forgive those who had bullied me in school, they had no idea what they had done to me.”
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