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Mad Bum
Following on the World Series triumphs of San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner, the Jockey underwear people have taken advantage of his nickname Mad Bum to produce this double entendre...
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The Beastmaster
To help me through a sleepless night recently, I turned to an old favorite, the 1982 action/fantasy movie The Beastmaster. A very silly entertainment, starring Marc Singer and his fabulous physique...
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Jeff Goldblum
(Not a death notice, but an appreciation.) An old Law & Order: Criminal Intent went by me this morning, with the tall (6′ 4″) and versatile actor Jeff Goldblum in the role of Detective Zach...
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Who-liday specials
Not one, but two. First, a special offer from the BBC Doctor Who Shop. And a special holiday event at the Universal Orlando Resort, featuring Dr. Seuss’s Grinch and the Whos of Whoville. The Doctor Who...
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Advent, Hanukkah, Christmas
Latest holiday postings, covering Advent, Hanukkah, and Christmas: an Advent Calendar for linguists; a Menorasaurus rex for Hanukkah; hunky mermen for the Christmas tree; and a Krampus sweater....
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Bobby Cannavale
(Not about language, but about acting.) Caught twice in re-runs of Law & Order episodes recently, the engaging and versatile actor Bobby Cannavale, seen below looking steamy: (#1) From Wikipedia:...
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Rainbow postings
Added this morning, a Page with lists of postings on the rainbow as a gay symbol: on rainbow food, on rainbow underwear, and on other uses of the rainbow flag. I’ll add to these lists as new postings...
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Snidely Whiplash
As I post here from time to time, I often wake up with a name stuck in my head, usually for no reason I can discern. Today it was Snidely Whiplash, a wonderful name for a villain. And villain he is....
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Chuck Tingle
From Gary R. Kelly on Facebook, a link to the Amazon site for the author publishing under the name Chuck Tingle. One of his books: The plots are preposterous, whimsically gay, and anally focused. For...
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Duane Michals
(Mostly on art, with some gay interest.) In the 2/19/15 issue of The New York Review of Books, an appreciation, “The Subtle Games of Duane Michals” by Jed Perl, on the occasion of two exhibitions at...
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Danny Pino
(Not really about language.) In reviewing my postings on “morning names” (now assembled here), I see that there are names I mentioned but didn’t post on — including the actor Danny Pino, whose work I...
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Hunky mysteries of identity
(Minimal linguistic interest, lots of male skin.) From Michael Nieuwenhuizen, with a gasp, this cock-tease photo: (#1) I dreamt I went on the internet in my Dolce & Gabbana briefs. Appreciative...
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Valentine moose-knuckle
(Not much about language) From Channel 1 Releasing, an ad for a Valentine Day’s special of porn: Puns are a standard feature of Valentine Day’s greetings: here heart-on (referring to the heart-covered...
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The penguin of happiness
From the Cool Shirts and Hoodies Facebook page, passed on by Arne Adolfsen: No, I don’t know where to buy a real penguin. Simulacra, sure, but real ones, no.
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From the Oscar watch
I don’t watch the Oscars shows, but you can’t avoid being exposed to information about them and images from them. So this shot of host Neil Patrick Harris (apparently in an allusion to the movie...
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Color and advertising your preferences
In my e-mail, a flagrantly gay ad for the men’s underwear site Daily Jocks, offering (among other things) wildly colorful Andrew Christian items and the Identity line from Curbwear, which allows the...
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Local pronunciations
Two notes on the pronunciation of proper names: on the city of Bangor ME and on the actor Ryan Phillippe. Bangor. From Karen Chung on Facebook a while back, this YouTube video on the pronunciation of...
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Hunks of CSI: NY
(Nothing much of linguistic interest here.) Watching re-runs of CSI: NY and appreciating three of the actors, who are notable hunks: Carmine Giovinazzo (as Detective Danny Messer), Eddie Cahill (as...
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Hawaii Five-0 hunks
(Not much linguistics here.) In the middle of the night on Saturdays here the TNT network shows re-runs of the current Hawaii Five-0 tv series, so I’m kept alert by acrobatic fistfights, exchanges of...
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Movies and tv: Doug McClure
(Beginning with this posting, a series of postings, some loosely connected to one another, on movies and tv shows and actors in them. Minimal linguistic content.) On handsome actor Doug McClure, whose...
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