Manly Thoughts
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
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If you haven’t been reading MANzine this week, here’s what you’ve missed:
Manhood in the 21st Century (Scott Payne) – We have learned to cease thinking of ourselves as men. That’s a mistake.
- Why We Play Fantasy Football (Jon Stonger) – What is it about drafting an imaginary team in an imaginary league for an imaginary season that gets us so excited?
- The Girls of GenCon 2009 (Dodd Harris) – Here for your enjoyment are a baker’s dozen of the costumed cuties of GenCon 2009.
- Fantasy Football Guide (James Joyner) – Are you ready for some fantasy football?
- Good For What Ales You (Alex Knapp) – We review Delirium Nocturnum Belgian Ale, Boulevard Single Wide IPA, and McChouffe Artisan Style Belgian Ale.
- Obama and the Die of the Tie (James Joyner) – John Kennedy famously killed off the tophat by refusing to wear one to his inauguration. Is Barack Obama helping kill off the necktie?
About James Joyner
I had to follow that GenCon link both to see what was up with the girls, and to see what the heck GenCon was.
A gamer’s convention? Seriously?
I think as a mental model MANZine should be a little more Clint Eastwood and a little less Seth Rogen.
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It’s time the tie did disappear, just don’t get duped into buttoning the top collar ala Monk or wearing one of those late 80s man-brooches or, God help us, a bolo tie.
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The gamer’s convention, thank you very much…
Whats more manly then killing a Dragon with a 20 sided?
Here is a clue ODO, the article is so we can look at half naked fantasy chicks.
Bad manly, but very manly….
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As a historical note, my granddad came down from Canada to the southwest, and wore bolos for the rest of his life. I think (a) it said something about amusing about the iconography of the west, and (b) in Arizona it might be OK.
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JFK was the killer asteroid of men’s hats, period.
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Except for the fact that men’s hats were already dying, I guess you could say that JFK ‘killed’ them.
Snopes.com has an interesting take on it, including pictures of JFK wearing a hat at his inauguration…
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