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I know nothing at all about The Chap magazine, but check out what’s in the Autumn issue; there’s not a thing wrong about any of this:
• An explanation of the history, tenets and practical applications of Bartitsu – the gentleman’s martial art devised in 1899 by Edward Barton-Wright
• The stirring biography of George Hangar, 18th [...]
Esquire shows 80 years of men’s style
1 Comment Published by Joel August 14th, 2008 in Clothes. Share ThisEsquire is running a great slideshow showing the “Evolution of Men’s Style” from 1933 to 2008. I wish there was more commentary on each image — and even with forty some-odd images, I still wish there were more images, too! — but it’s a great primer for understanding teh last several generations of formal and [...]
A script reader got a hold of the movie written by professional internet bastard Tucker Max, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. They didn’t like it. (This is where I would tried to add “They must have been fat — or a woman!” but the sarcasm just didn’t come through.)
One other highlight before I [...]
Discovery Channel is one of my employers, but they didn’t know that when they asked me to let you know that Shark Week now includes robot sharks. Informed.
Shark Week (dot com)
Tree shrews like to get blasted on fermented nectar
0 Comments Published by Joel July 29th, 2008 in Beer. Share ThisDiscovery posts this fantastic update from the world of tree shrews, which are apparently nature’s own lushes:
Even the most ardent beer fans would have trouble subsisting on their favorite brew day in and out, but scientists have just discovered that the pentailed treeshrew lives off a frothy, fermented nectar that smells like beer and has [...]
Bill Bumgarner explains tequila in more detail than you probably ever thought necessary:
First, Cuervo Gold is not good tequila. It is actually a really terrible product, quality wise, backed by some brilliant market. Sadly, most of the tequila consumed in the United States is Cuervo Gold or something equally as bad. And by “bad”, I [...]
Video: Marty Stewart and Roy Clark Picking ‘I Don’t Love Nobody’
5 Comments Published by Joel June 19th, 2008 in Music. Share ThisVideo: Bulldog Litter, Downhill Reverse Backscratch
2 Comments Published by Joel June 19th, 2008 in Dogs. Share ThisI don’t even care anymore. We’re going all bulldog all the time.
One more video and we’re going to have to change the tagline of the site.
You will find this video delivers as advertised. (Thanks, John!)
“The ‘Pussy Renaissance’ is Coming to an End!”
1 Comment Published by Joel June 16th, 2008 in Romance, Sex, Tonic. Share ThisIf you’d like to watch a sad sack rant into a camera perched on the dash of his parked car about the end of womenkind’s preternatural ability to spot his self-loathing and axemurderiness from a mile away — and if you’re looking to stay positive about humanity, you’re not — then Steve Hoca’s powerful VoiceThoughts™ [...]
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