The cop and the gunner’s mate
Another underwear ad, with a somewhat raunchy (but indirect) caption, with references to mansex, so not to everyone’s taste. This will lead us to Swiss comedians on ice skates, the Backstreet Boys, and...
View ArticleSolid Chet and lean Bo
Underwear ads again (from today’s Daily Jocks sale), with captions from me. Men’s bodies, mansex allusions, not for everyone. (#1) Sweat with me, baby Solid Chet the gym jock Sweats hard Lick the salt...
View ArticleA tartan for my ilk
Alerted recently by Beth Linker to an announcement on August 25th from the Scottish Register of Tartans (a UK government agency) that the Pride of LGBT tartan (category: Fashion) has been registered:...
View ArticleThe many and the one
(Men and their underwear, plus suggestive mansexiness, so not for everybody.) Today’s Daily Jocks sale ad for Marco Marco (in this case, the company’s Light Tetra Brief), with a caption of mine wrapped...
View ArticleTwo from 9/8
… in the September 8th issue of the New Yorker. Both presenting the usual challenges to understanding — there’s a lot you have to know to make sense of them — and both playing on language. (#1) by...
View ArticleNaked came the mammoth
Because mammoths, today’s Rhymes With Orange: (#1) Advances in Mammoth Science: early scientists encountering Mammuthus primigenius var. nudus What we have here has been seen by some as an early...
View ArticleTied up in paisley
Yesterday, from Steven Levine on Facebook: (#1) Not too long ago the Steven Levine necktie museum received a significant donation from the Arnold Zwicky tie archives, which included a goodly percentage...
View ArticleFrom marbles and barbats to challah
… via Greek-American food in Old Saybrook CT. A Zippyesque journey in today’s strip: (#1) Marbles. Having all of them, lacking some, losing them. From NOAD2: noun marble: 3 (one’s marbles) informal...
View ArticleDoorman of the underworld
(The Daily Jocks ad (for PUMP!) from 9/19, with a caption from me, plus some fantasy. About the gay world and mansex, so not for kids or the sexually modest.) (#1) Doorman of the underworld Gymangelic...
View ArticleI’m silently labeling you an asshole
Accidentally encountered on the net yesterday: this t-shirt triumph of supercilious peeving: (#1) It’s also available on signs, mugs, plaques, and goodness knows what else. Dare I hope for underwear?...
View ArticleNoodling with formulaic language
Today is National Noodle Day. Yes, an event fabricated by people in the food indusry to showcase their products and sell them, on a date no doubt chosen only because it hadn’t already been claimed by...
View ArticlePizza Boy outtakes
(About English, but in the context of a gay porn flick, with plain-language discussions of men’s bodies and mansex, so not for kids or the sexually modest.) Two items of linguistic interest that came...
View ArticleAngel Eagle’s knights
(Underwear guys, inspired by the Daily Jocks ad in #2 below. Sexy text, trips to the gay baths, so probaby not for kids or the sexually modest.) (#1) The doorman of the underworld: Portalo, the Blue...
View ArticleGetting into gear for Halloween
(Gay porn, fetish gear, men’s bodies, and mansex, so not for kids or the sexually modest.) Wondering what costume to wear for trick or treating? TitanMen’s ad offering steep discounts on DVDs for the...
View ArticleSpontaneous erections
(About penises and nipples, in plain talk. Not for kids or the sexually modest.) The original spur for this posting was a magazine piece (which I can no longer locate) by a woman complaining about guys...
View ArticleHard-cruisin’ Daddy
(Totally steeped in queerness, with some really steamy male photography, but it’s mostly about culture and art, and only incidentally about men’s genitals or mansex — so caution advised for kids and...
View ArticleDaniel Goddard
Tim Evanson on Facebook today observed that Daniel Goddard (born 8/28/71) is now 49. Happy birthday, Daniel. Goddard was the star of the the Beastmaster tv series, which has provided me with many...
View ArticleThe brokini
(After the fashion prelude, there’s a postlude about sexual desirability and, surprise, casual mansex (plus Herb Simon) — discussed in (for me) exceptionally decorous terms, but still the acts alluded...
View ArticleTake me, please (supine version)
(Men’s bodies and mansex discussed in street language, so not at all appropriate for kids and the sexually modest.) An e-mail ad from Daily Jocks today, which turns out to be the second of a pair. The...
View ArticleLe Male, the men’s fragrance
(Well, it’s about perfumerie, but it’s Gaultier, he’s flagrantly homoerotic, and he’s going to take us to men’s bodies and mansex. So pieces of this posting are definitely not for kids or the sexually...
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