Blog tales of the Modern Man
I wrote a first draft of this post shortly after the Boston bombings and posted it too quickly. Some of you may have read it. I was angry and didn’t know how to put words to it. 15 minutes after I posted it, I deleted it. It’s still imperfect, but I think I’m closer to […]
An Open Letter to the Super Bowl Advertisers, Producers and Beyoncé To whom it may concern: The Super Bowl is—or has been—America’s defining sporting event. More than any other day in the year, it is America at its most exuberant, unapologetically self-indulgent (see the expanded waistlines if you need proof) and full of its own […]
In just a few short days it will be the unwelcome days February. Nothing particularly useful happens in February and that includes the imaginary holidays it contains (here’s looking at you Valentine’s Day). In the rhythm of my year, things won’t start perking up again until the Ides of March when I annually consider who […]
Ok, women readers of Martinis Optional. It’s about to get ugly up in here. Really ugly. I’m just warning you. Consider this that inflammotory surgeon general thing on the box or that intrusive “Hey this is not really food” label that California wants to start putting on WheatThins. Whatever the metaphor, just know, that I […]
“It is important to know that with adults, though there is continual development, there is not always improvement. There is change, but not necessarily growth.” – Dave Eggers, A Hologram for the King Today I was in a very lively and interesting conversation with some friends on the topic of what kinds of acts made […]
I have found myself stunningly and painfully stoic since the news of the mass murder in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday. Rather than the waves of verbose shock that have frolicked the halls of Twitter, CNN and the White House, instead a bone-hardening chill has settled in upon me. One that does not deny the incalcuable […]
How Modern Day Men are Allegorized by The King’s Speech It has been nearly two years since The King’s Speech ran the gauntlet of American movie houses and landed in the top spot at the Academy Awards. But on the weekend where The Avengers just became the first movie in human history to gross $200 […]
It seems that there are a lot of angry men these days. They come from all walks of life, rich and poor, liberal and conservative, Christian and atheist, but some how these Y-chromosomes have their undies in a bundle over the state of things, and particularly how little they way things are is the way they […]
Bummer. That’s the “Love and Logic” word we use for Evan when he makes a bad choice. Bummer. Apparently the child therapy gods have convened and decided that anything more descriptive than that will cause irreparable harm. Given the fact that the only childhood perma-scars that I’m aware of are my own, I’m willing to acquiesce to […]
Last night began with an event witnessed by probably millions of well-intentioned Americans. The first of two Republican debates in less than eighteen hours was on ABC with highlights lowlights and commentary flittering about the intratwitterwebverse at a volume that disguised the meaninglessness of their content. There is a reason that there has never been […]
