You want to shave in the same direction consistently, so your skin gets used to it. If you have sensitive skin like I do, it’s good to shave with the grain. It’s not always the closest shave, but it’s less irritating. I’m not good at shaving. I never get a complete shave. When I have…
Archives for August 2011
Robots: Now They’re Learning? Oh Crap!
In Japan they’re teaching robots how to think and learn. Why? Maybe apocalypse isn’t coming fast enough, who knows?
Strictly Moderated Open Thread: Men and Mental Illness
Trigger warning for discussion of mental illness. Next week I’m beginning a series on masculinity and depression, and to kick it off I thought I’d open up a thread about the men here’s experiences with being mentally ill. Anything from mild depression to being Baker Acted multiple times is welcome in this discussion. The experiences of…
Sex, Gender, Presentation, Sexual Orientation
The discussion on Andrej Pejic made me think of the distinction between gender, sex, presentation and sexuality, and I decided to toss out a quick post explaining the differences. Obviously, we are all Advanced Gender Warriors here, saving the Internet with the power of our keyboards, and so need no review, but for the few…
The Buddhist
“Whatever we said, they were real punks. They had that filthy purity. All of us skaters thought that we were punks, renegades, whatever . . . But we knew what we were.” By Stefan Milne
An Interview With Poet Franklin Abbott
Yolo Akili interviews poet Franklin Abbott about radical faeries, radical male feminism, and radical love.
Pinstriped Preschool Atrocity
Aaron Gouveia thought his son was at the perfect preschool…until he saw the hat they’d given him.
Respect: Happy Birthday Tracie Thoms [@traciethoms]
Actress Tracie Thoms is somebody to know, and we say why in honor of her birthday.
Games: Battlefield 3 Puts You In The Driver’s (or Pilot’s) Seat
The first person shooter steps it up a notch in a new trailer with controllable combat vehicles
Dear John: Is He Back for Good? Or Bad?
Should a wife take her cheating husband back? Should a woman confront her friends about her stolen diamond ring? Advice on this and more from Dear John.
Gloria Steinem: Can Men Do What Women Do?
Is masculinity the last frontier for feminism?
Music: The Perfect Chord from @darrylzero: Chocolate Genius
The album’s tongue-in-cheek title suggests the difficulties Thompson had in finding a label for it. Black radio in the 90’s had been dominated by various iterations of music spawned by the hip-hop explosion at the beginning of the decade, and Thompson’s arrangements strayed closer to Bob Dylan than Blackstreet
Don’t Be So Serious About Sports, Man
‘The PGA and the NBA are not coming with offers. John McEnroe is not impressed by your spin serve.’
Jesus, high school, good radio and my novel
I blame the second can of Amp I slammed about 20 seconds before we cracked the mic’s on. It’s been an interesting week. This morning I drove to get coffee before heading to work and I was contemplating how I would start this post. When I arrived at my office, I realized some things write…
Webcomics: @World_of_Hurt: The Thrill Seekers #025, “Tell The Truth, Shame The Devil – Part 5”
World of Hurt is a webcomic created by Jay Potts, syndicated twice a week from its inception on Komplicated.com
The Real Meaning of MILFs
Madison Young reminds us that men are turned on by the same women who give birth and breastfeed.