If you wash it down with cigarettes and generic vodka, it’s white trash food. I have great friends. I tend to get some great inspiration from The Muse, but from time to time, my inspiration comes from elsewhere. Like this post. My friend Liz inspired this post with her stories…
Archives for March 2011
This Ain’t Disneyland
Ken Rapoza works on having the discipline to discipline.
Men Lead the Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Renaissance
More than 1.1 million men underwent plastic surgery in 2010. Facelifts are up 14 percent, and liposuction increased by 7 percent.
Bracket Destruction and March Madness Awards
Before the Sweet 16 kicks off, we wanted to give out some awards for the past four days of March Madness.
Guestpost #21: Cameron Algie – Ten things I’ve learned from writing ads
Cameron was one of my improv teachers, and he is without a doubt one of the best and funniest improvisers I know. Cameron Algie is a member of Standards & Practices, and if you don’t know about S&P, you’d better aks (sic) somebody. Here is his ridiculous bio on the ITC website: Cameron has studied…
The 10 at 10
Anthony Robles is awesome, a sumo wrestler runs a marathon, and Burger King doesn’t want to be weird.
The Man in the Women’s College
Aden, who transitioned to male while attending an all-female college, chose not to transfer schools even as he faced harassment and tension from classmates and administration. This is his story.
To Love or Hate Mike Tyson?
All this talk about Tyson’s birds, suburban home, vegan diet, and Gymboree classes has me thinking about redemption more broadly.
Guestpost #20: Meghan Telpner – Ten Things I’ve Learned From Healing An Incurable Disease
Official Bio: Meghan Telpner, Certified Nutritionist and Chief Love Maker of her blog Making Love In The Kitchen, delivers a refreshingly realistic approach to nutrition and healthy living. Based in Toronto, Meghan is the director of The Love In The Kitchen Academy cooking school as well as Nourish Your Soul Holidays, leading healthy living retreats…
How Rare and Momentous
In this installment of Love, Recorded, Matt is in love with pregnant bellies and Cathreen knows what she’s talking about.
Guestpost #19: Jen Littlewood – Ten things I learned from “suffering” from English repression
Jen is a terrific performer and an extremely funny person in an understated (read: British) way. Here is her bio: Jen has lived in Wakefield, Nottingham, London, Chicago, and Toronto. She has worked in a theatre, a bar, a strip club (not in that way), another theatre, another bar, a bedroom/office space, an improv theatre,…
Book Excerpt: Whatever It Takes
Few people shape who you are as a father as much as your own father. In this week’s installment of the Good Men Project Book series, Ricardo Federico tells the universal story of revealing his impending fatherhood to his dad … and what he took away from that conversation.
Obama Is Better Than Sheen and Other March Madness Thoughts
In case you’re just back from a trip to outer space or a family vacation to a local nuclear bomb shelter, we’ll catch you up on some of the biggest storylines thus far.
‘Masculathon’: Ballsack BBQ
In the second episode of “Masculathon,” there’s a surprising lack of grunting, fighting, and motorcycles (unlike last week).
The Nick Flynn Interview
Tom Matlack interviews Nick Flynn, author of “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City” and “The Ticking Is the Bomb.”
