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dress left/right
Tailor’s terminology for which side of his trousers a man normally stashes his junk on; “Do you dress left or right, sir?” (The crotch dimensions will then be adjusted some to accomodate the man’s...
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Dance belts
In a comment on my “dress left/right” posting on Facebook, Mike McKinley asks for a posting on dance belts. (We seem to be in the Crotch Zone at the moment, what with that posting, the one on Jon...
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More shirtlifting
In their most recent ad, Undergear is back into shirtlifting, now combined with pants lowering: Soft porn in the underwear catalog.
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The Trocks
That is, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, the drag ballet troupe. The segue into that topic is my recent posting on dance belts (and ballet tights for men), and a comment from Mike McKinley on...
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Crimplene
The latest vintage men’s fashion ad, on a postcard sent to me by Max Vasilatos: To which I’ve added the snarky sexual caption: The four of them were Deeply into Polyester sex. Previous postings with...
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Colored bottoms
A comment on my Crimplene posting: Since you’ve been into ads in a big way recently, I think you’ll appreciate this one if you haven’t already seen it It’s a Joe. My. God. column with this image, seen...
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Calendars: Boy Next Door, Philip Fusco
(A little bit of language stuff, but mostly about male photography and homoeroticsm.) As Mr. April was replaced by Mr. May in my Boy Next Door calendar (photography by David Arnot), I reflected once...
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Maximum exposure on AZBlogX
On AZBlogX, two postings about men’s underwear with maximum exposure (offered in an UnderGear sale): one set from the Good Devil company, one from the Male Power company (with leather-like fetish...
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pinnies
In my e-mail a little while ago, a Princeton University Store ad offering Princeton pinnies — one illustrated here: The text: The weather is finally starting to warm up and we have the perfect...
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Penguins and tuxedos
Today’s Bizarro plays on the association between penguins and tuxedos — with penguins in t-shirts and open-necked shirts instead of tuxedos: (#1) There are other cartoons about penguins and tuxedos...
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More news for penises
My last posting of news for penises was back in 2011, but this morning brought two more items on Facebook: penis print pants and the return of the Healthy Penis to the streets of San Francisco. First,...
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On the porn watch: from facial hair to sex in suits
Recently on AZBlogX, five postings on items from gay porn — with little (but not entirely zero) linguistic interest. Note: all with descriptions and photos of flat-out gay sex, so not for the kiddies...
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X or not?
A few days ago, an intense Benno Thoma postcard from Max Vasilatos (in an envelope), with the note: “This could probably go in the regular mail, but I’m taking no chances.” The issue is whether the...
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Packages in jeans
(Not about language, but about clothing that displays men’s bodies.) Seen in a 1991 episode “The Celebrity” of Matlock this morning, actor Barry Sattels filling a pair of jeans in an especially...
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Rainbow pizza, rainbow underwear
In celebration of the resumption of same-sex marriages in California and of Pride Weekend in San Francisco, I offer two takes on rainbow pizza (two out of a huge number you can find on the web), and...
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Shirtless on the Great Plains
(Not much about language.) Tim Evanson reported on Google+ yesterday that he was driving to North Dakota. And posted this scenic photo: (#1) [Tim writes:] Denizens of North Dakota look like this....
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Tennis hunks
(Not about language.) Having gotten off onto shirtless abs-displaying hunks in acting and modeling (Kellan Lutz, Josh Duhamel, Taylor Lautner), I pulled up shirtless tennis hunks, including two recent...
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Moose Knuckles Canada
From Chris Ambidge, this photo of a window in a camping supply store on Rideau St. in Ottawa: (#1) Moose Knuckles turns out to be the name of a brand of sportswear — distinctly Canadian, and also...
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Steve Grand, DNA, Timoteo
(Not a lot about language, but mostly about music, sexuality, and the display of men’s bodies.) This is about the country musician Steve Grand, the cover musician Steve Starchild, and the underwear...
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More tennis hunks
(Not about language, but mostly about men’s bodies.) This seems to be a Morning of Shirtlessness. Following on a posting about musician Steve Grand working as an underwear model, I now return to...
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