Archive for August, 2006
Straight Razors, Part 2: Choosing Peripherals
0 Comments Published by Joel August 4th, 2006 in Grooming, Hair. Share ThisBy Randall Munden
Let’s look at choosing your shaving peripherals. While these items may sometimes be labeled as “shaving accessories” you will find them to be necessary to complete your shaving kit. You’ll need two things to enjoy your shaving experience: a finely honed edge on your razor and a warm, moist beard.
As I pointed […]
Read the first two grafs of this article and see if they are saying that hungry men are more attracted to heavier women but also “regarded less curvy figures as more attractive.” Confusing! [BBC]
We haven’t done the best job assembling the pool of sites from which to steal and repackaging news for Dethroner each and every day, which will probably work to your advantage as we point out the sites as we discover them. Case in point: ShavingStuff.com, a site with a name much more self-explanatory than our […]
Lovely little proxy server makes browsing websites look like you’ve opened a Microsoft Office document. [WorkFriendly.net]
Knock-off Coca-Cola has a “satisfying, complex flavour, subtly different from the brand leader, but easily as good.” Includes DIY Recipe. [Guardian UK]
Ask Dethroner: Why Isn’t Shampoo Soap?
5 Comments Published by Joel August 1st, 2006 in Ask Dethroner, Grooming, Hair. Share ThisIn the modern sense, shampoo isn’t soap because soap is made from organic sources like beef tallow, palm oil, or—in the movies or your local coven—human fat. Mix up those acidic fats with an alkaline solution like sodium hydroxide and you’ll make a salt. (The process is called “saponifcation,” while the salt itself is a […]
The Ortolan Bunting: “These tiny birds—captured alive, force-fed, then drowned in Armagnac—were roasted whole and eaten that way, bones and all, while the diner draped his head with a linen napkin to preserve the precious aromas and, some believe, to hide from God.” [Wikipedia]
Straight Razors, Part 1: Choosing a Blade
4 Comments Published by Joel August 1st, 2006 in Grooming, Hair. Share ThisBy Randall Munden
One morning many years ago while pondering the future of mankind, I wondered why—if I was any kind of a man at all—I was submitting myself to the intense burning sensation that a week-old disposable razor inflicted on my neck. How many of these tiny blades had I contributed to the landfills […]
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