Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines”
(Not much about language, but mostly about music, clothing or lack of it, and sexuality. Eventually there will be another shirtless man.) On NPR’s Morning Edition this morning, a story about Robin...
View ArticleOdds and ends: portmanteaus to penises
An accumulation of miscellanea: portmanteaus, porn flick and pornstar names, (in the continuing Remarkable Underwear series) black lace skivvies, and (in the continuing News for Penises series), the...
View ArticleZippyrefs
Today’s Zippy, officially about footwear: (#1) The sandals theme allows Bill Griffith to introduce the rare verb eschew, the entertaining name place name Hammonasset, and a bit of music trivia. On...
View ArticleJockstrap Man, Hutspah shirts, and Nudie Cohn
From Facebook friends who passed this image (from Kitsch Bitsch) on: (#1) Clearly a page from a catalogue, offering jockstraps (from an unnamed company) and Hutspah shirts, with the models arranged so...
View ArticleManufactured remarkableness
Passed on by Bert Vaux on Facebook, this remarkable book cover: (#1) Here we see, apparently, Elmo cheerfully offering his ass to Grover, who’s unbuckling his overalls in preparation for fucking him....
View ArticleSeven Supermen and Brad Pitt
(Not about language.) Encountered this morning: an old episode of the tv series Smallville, starring Tom Welling as Clark Kent. Welling has a sweet smile and he’s a hunk, but we don’t see him shirtless...
View ArticleNot your grandfather’s Sears catalogue
From the Canadian pandas (Leith Chu and Chris Ambidge) on Facebook, an image from the Sears catalogue of a handsome model in a men’s 4-piece adjustable harness (plus a black pouch, sold separately)....
View ArticleHollywood Sparks
In the September Details magazine (pp. 208-13), a feature, “This Mild-Mannered Father of Five Is Single-Handedly Redefining the Male Ideal: The Love Song of Nicholas Sparks” by Jonathan Miles, about...
View ArticleZesty Anderson Davis returns
From the Inquisitr site: Kraft’s Zesty Guy Back Thanks To Million Moms Protest Kraft’s Zesty Guy raised the hackles of One Million Moms, a group known for its continual harassment of America’s...
View ArticleFive television hunks
(Not about language, except for a couple portmanteaus towards the end. The last image is not SFW.) Seeing James Marsden on the cover of the latest Out magazine and coming upon a Bones re-run with David...
View ArticleSpike / Marsters
(Not about language.) Earlier today, five tv hunks, including David Boreanaz, the Angel of Buffy and Angel — including allusions to Spangel material, slash writing and imagery that unites Angel and the...
View ArticleForearms
(Only a little bit about language.) In assembling material about shirtlessness, I came across this arresting photo: (#1) This from a site that has a lot on knitting and men’s bodies, among other...
View ArticleTelevision hunks, separately and together
Previously on Shirtless Television, David Boreanaz (Angel in Buffy) and James Marsters (Spike), plus Spangel (Spike/Angel) slash imagery. More Spangel images are now on AZBlogX, in “Television notes”...
View ArticleBK twink
(Not about language.) Omitted from my last posting on more television hunks. the earlier history of Brian Krause (Leo in Charmed, 1998-2006). In his very early 20s, Krause did Return to the Blue Lagoon...
View ArticleCyrus – Timberlake
It seems to be a Chuck and Beans morning (see here and here). Now an up-to-the-moment strip: (#1) The two stories: Miley Cyrus and twerking (coverage on this blog here), and the casting of the next...
View ArticleRiley/Xander
(Not much about language.) Catching up on old episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer this morning, I noted that though I’ve posted about two of the hunky male characters (Angel and Spike), I neglected...
View ArticleSaturday morning showoff
The cover of the August/September 2013 Instinct magazine, with (as usual) male eye candy: (#1) Given the sexy photo, I expected the Putignano piece to be about so-called “sex addiction”, but in fact...
View ArticleAZBlogX: rear view, full frontal, harnesses
Over on AZBlogX this morning, three postings: two with images sent to me by Chris Ambidge (seven celebrating male butts, in a variety of settings, in “Rear views”; and four celebrating penises, in...
View ArticleMiscellany for 9/19/13
Twelve items that have come by me recently. 1. Today’s holiday. It’s (International) Talk Like a Pirate day today. Last posting on the holiday on this blog (with links): 9/10/11 “R!”. 2. On the spam...
View Articleto clean up well/nicely
Caught in passing in a posting of mine on AZBlogX about porn actor Boomer Banks (I am not making this name up), who’s notable (at least) for his very long and thick cock (illustrated in my posting),...
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