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Manly Thoughts

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

  • 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.
  • 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?

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6 responses to “Manly Thoughts”

  1. odograph Avatar
    odograph

    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.

  2. Mr. Prosser Avatar
    Mr. Prosser

    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.

  3. G.A.Phillips Avatar
    G.A.Phillips

    A gamer’s convention? Seriously?

    The gamer’s convention, thank you very much…

    I think as a mental model MANZine should be a little more Clint Eastwood and a little less Seth Rogen.

    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….

  4. odograph Avatar
    odograph

    God help us, a bolo tie.

    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.

  5. sam Avatar
    sam

    John Kennedy famously killed off the tophat by refusing to wear one to his inauguration

    JFK was the killer asteroid of men’s hats, period.

  6. John Burgess Avatar
    John Burgess

    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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