Manly Thoughts
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?
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.
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.
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….
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.
JFK was the killer asteroid of men’s hats, period.
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…