Manly Thoughts

James Joyner | Saturday, August 8, 2009

If you haven’t been reading Manzine this week, here’s what you’ve missed:

• James Bond Ruined the Martini Sean Connery’s Bond was the essence of cool. But he drank lousy martinis.

• Steakhouse Steak at Home You don’t need to spend $40 at a premium steakhouse to enjoy delicious steaks. Here’s how to do it in your own kitchen.

• Man Laws That Should be Repealed Remember those commercials in which athletes and actors sat around a table discussing questions about manhood such as whether it’s permissible to put lime in one’s beer?

• Margaritas: Skip the Blender Booze in the blender may render a frozen concoction. But it won’t be a real margarita.

• What is an American Car, Anyway? Chrysler has been sold to Fiat and GM has gone bankrupt. But the American auto industry is alive and well.

• 10 Manliest John Wayne Quotes You could do worse than John Wayne as your role model for manliness.

• Real Men: Harald Hardrada He fought in Sicily and Bulgaria, and visited Jerusalem. He married a Russian princess, and ruled as a Norwegian King. He died a thousand miles away from Byzantium and Kiev, fighting on the shores of England.

We’ve also started a sideblog, which shares a name with the title of this post, for shorter posts:

• Hot Waitress Economic Index

• Obama, Clinton, and I Play Golf

Let us know what you’d like to read about and we’ll try to write about it.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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If we attack Iran, does that mean Bitsy can be a real man? (while staying safely at home, of course)

Posted by anjin-san | August 8, 2009 | 09:32 pm | Permalink

 

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