Always good touching base . . . and I like touching base!
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Can this be real?
Watched it a few times, can't see where/if it was looped, so make up your own mind . . . and sorry I couldn't figure out how to copy the vid . . .
Leave It To The Mormons Vid Of The Afternoon
In case you couldn't figure out what the hell that was about . . .
About That Coke Ad
http://whatever.scalzi.com/2014/02/03/about-that-coke-ad/
Dear every conservative getting his underwear in a twist about that Coca Cola Super Bowl commerical in which not only was the “deeply Christian patriotic anthem” sung in something other than the English that Jesus spoke, but also featured a gay couple being happy with their kid:
Dudes, you’re aware that Katharine Lee Bates, the writer of the song, was almost certainly a lesbian, right? And while undoubtedly Christian, Bates used her faith as a foundation for progressive social activism that would have given the conservatives of her time, and possibly some conservatives now, the shudders and shakes (she also nearly resigned her professorship at Wellesley when the school thought to force its faculty to profess their fealty to the Christian faith).
Bates was a pacifist with the dream of uniting people “from the Pacific to the Atlantic, around the other way… and that will include all the nations and all the people, from sea to shining sea.” Which is to say that it’s an excellent bet that Bates would be delighted to hear her song sung in as many different languages by as many different sorts of people as possible.
And as for the idea that “unity” requires all people to be the same and adhere to the same top-down political and social orthodoxy, there’s this useful quote:
In 1910, when a colleague described “free-flying spinsters” as “fringe on the garment of life”, Bates answered: “I always thought the fringe had the best of it. I don’t think I mind not being woven in.”
In their outrage about “America the Beautiful” being hijacked to represent something it does not, conservatives are perhaps missing the irony that the song has been hijacked at least once before, by them. Perhaps they’re just mad that someone had the temerity to hijack it back. I don’t think it’s entirely out of the realm of possibility that Ms. Bates would be amused by that.
Monday, February 3, 2014
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
And in keeping with the pretty boy theme...
Harry Styles Pees in Bushes
Unfortunately, pretty boy ass can't make up for Liam Payne. The question is, is he really a homophobe or just stupid and ignorant? A jerk either way . . .
Genetic Evidence Reveals Drawbacks of Hypermasculine Features
SUMMARY: Some women -- and men -- prefer pretty boys.
Abstract
Testosterone-dependent secondary sexual characteristics in males may signal immunological competence and are sexually selected for in several species. In humans, oestrogen-dependent characteristics of the female body correlate with health and reproductive fitness and are found attractive. Enhancing the sexual dimorphism of human faces should raise attractiveness by enhancing sex-hormone-related cues to youth and fertility in females, and to dominance and immunocompetence in males. Here we report the results of asking subjects to choose the most attractive faces from continua that enhanced or diminished differences between the average shape of female and male faces. As predicted, subjects preferred feminized to average shapes of a female face. This preference applied across UK and Japanese populations but was stronger for within-population judgements, which indicates that attractiveness cues are learned. Subjects preferred feminized to average or masculinized shapes of a male face. Enhancing masculine facial characteristics increased both perceived dominance and negative attributions (for example, coldness or dishonesty) relevant to relationships and paternal investment. These results indicate a selection pressure that limits sexual dimorphism and encourages neoteny in humans.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9732869/
Abstract
For women, choosing a facially masculine man as a mate is thought to confer genetic benefits to offspring. Crucial assumptions of this hypothesis have not been adequately tested. It has been assumed that variation in facial masculinity is due to genetic variation and that genetic factors that increase male facial masculinity do not increase facial masculinity in female relatives. We objectively quantified the facial masculinity in photos of identical (n = 411) and nonidentical (n = 782) twins and their siblings (n = 106). Using biometrical modeling, we found that much of the variation in male and female facial masculinity is genetic. However, we also found that masculinity of male faces is unrelated to their attractiveness and that facially masculine men tend to have facially masculine, less-attractive sisters. These findings challenge the idea that facially masculine men provide net genetic benefits to offspring and call into question this popular theoretical framework.
https://www.academia.edu/5659728/Genetic_factors_increasing_male_facial_masculinity_decrease_facial_attractiveness_of_female_relatives
You know I'm not into shaved, buffed and puffed and always happier when -- even if it's smooth -- it's natural. But there are lotsa dudes who like this blog who also like the look, so here you go . . .
“Whoa Dude!” New Web Series + Vids of the Day
“Whoa Dude!”
http://thestream.tv/whoa-dude/
A hilarious new web series has hit the Internet that takes a look at some of the most unintentionally homoerotic viral videos that make the viewer say "Whoa Dude!"
From comedian and Big Gay Sketch Show co-star Jonny McGovern comes this series that functions around a similar format as TV favorites like "The Soup" and "Tosh.O." According to the premiere episode's description, the series will feature appearances by Julie Goldman, drag diva Linda James, Brandy Howard and Playgirl cover model Greg McKeon.
"McGovern hosts the 16-episode series, bringing together the funniest intentionally and unintentionally homoerotic clips made by your favorite local frat boys, skaters, military men, jocks and naughty queens from across the internet that make you say 'Whoa, Dude!'" the premiere video's description explains.
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