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  • Happy International Men’s Day!

    Happy International Men’s Day!

    That is, in fact, a young-ish Clive Owen. Something about this guy has always made me feel tingly, flushed, and indecent. Well, I’m not going to say too much about this day. It just reminds me of when I was a kid, and Mother’s Day and Father’s Day would roll around and my siblings and…

  • Non Desistas, Non Exieris

    Non Desistas, Non Exieris

    Right. After much consideration, contemplation, and consultation, I have decided that there is no way I am walking away from this blog.  No.  Fucking.  Way.   Remember that essay I wrote a few weeks ago about incels?  Yes, they are a complete nuisance.  Worse than a nuisance; they are extremely harmful.  There’s nothing like a guy…

  • The Highly-Paid Hole Standers of Vancouver [UPDATED WITH NEW LUDICROUSNESS!]

    The Highly-Paid Hole Standers of Vancouver [UPDATED WITH NEW LUDICROUSNESS!]

    (Earnest crow-eating as an introduction:) Look. You need to know what is happening in Vancouver, and pretty much every city, town, village, and community in Canada. This country has cratered and collapsed all the way to the molten core of the globe we call Earth; Canadian citizens are howlingly conflict-averse and unflinchingly passive; and there…

  • Okay, that was that. Let’s go, kids!

    Okay, that was that. Let’s go, kids!

    Well, it happens. We fall into states of misery and rumination, and then we read a bunch of spiritual tomes, and we watch some Up With People videos, and we shove some Haribo candy into our mouths, and we stare at our pets for hours, and our loved ones assure us we’re loved, and ka-blam!…

  • Some Sobering Thoughts About Addiction, Matthew Perry, and Gawd

    Some Sobering Thoughts About Addiction, Matthew Perry, and Gawd

    I recently had a conversation with one of my closest friends that found us jumping to the topic of rehabs, recovery houses, and somehow, Matthew Perry.   I have never–not even once–seen a full episode of “Friends,” though I have been the victim of clips here and there.  Nothing about that show seemed appealing, witty, intelligent,…