Easter eggs 2020.2: The homoerotic egg hunt
The second of two entertaining Easter egg postings on material that came in my mail today. Ee2020.1 (“Mussorgsky chicken with crocuses”) was sweet and playful; this one is raunchy and homoerotic (NOTE:...
View ArticleThe Grim Mouser
The 4/13 Rhymes With Orange brings us the Grim Reaper and his cats (we know from Terry Pratchett that Death is fond of cats): (#1) We don’t know if this Grim Reaper is a general operator, reaping souls...
View ArticlePlay me, Sam
(About gay male presentations of self, but with a fair amount on men’s bodies and mansex in plain language, so not suitable for kids or the sexually modest.) Yesterday’s mailing from Daily Jocks, with...
View ArticleMinimalist, and sometimes anti-bacterial
(Extremely minimally dressed men, with discussion of their bodies and of mansex in street language, so not for kids or the sexually modest.) Annals of men’s underwear, starting with some extremely...
View ArticleThe shoe in the toilet
Today’s Wayno/Piraro Bizarro “Writer’s Block”, with a plumber coming to the rescue: (#1) (If you’re puzzled by the odd symbols in the cartoon — Dan Piraro says there are 6 in this strip — see this...
View ArticleHappy Memorial Day
From two friends on Facebook (lightly edited) on Tuesday (US Memorial Day having been on Monday): 1: What is up with “Happy Memorial Day?” It’s a day to remember the dead … I feel like people have no...
View ArticleThe death of images
(Lots about men’s bodies and mansex, in very plain language. Not for kids or the sexually modest.) Poetry inspired by a recent event in my life and by one of my favorite Frank O’Hara poems, “Lana...
View ArticleAradesque?
(Men’s bodies and mansex in plain language, so not for kids or the sexually modest. This is a guest column by my sexy alter ego Alex Adams.) A prequel to AZ’s Pentecost Sunday (5/31) posting “The death...
View ArticleI see London, I see France, I see Batman’s underpants
A postcard from Ann Burlingham back in March, from an exhibition at the Frick Museum in Pittsburgh, with this ghostly vision: (#1) Nick Veasey’s Boxer Shorts (2008) From Wikipedia: Nick Veasey is a...
View ArticleBad Chico
(Nothing elevating here at all. Men’s bodies and mansex, not suitable for kids or the sexually modest.) From the Falcon gay porn studios this morning, some underwear, with a caption of my own devising:...
View ArticleExulting in Pride
This afternoon my grand-daughter Opal arrived at my house (dutifully standing about 7 feet away and wearing a mask (as I was) to deliver two items: the DVD of Woody Allen’s Take the Money and Run (“It...
View ArticleEphebe with a big package
(There’s a passing, but highly relevant, note about male genitals, and an ancient Greek male nude bronze. Just a warning for the wary.) Yesterday’s Daily Jocks ad, offering khaki Kasper Joggers from...
View ArticlePretty, and sometimes protuberant, in pink
(Largely about men’s bodies — not crudely, but the topic will be uncomfortable for some readers, so be warned that skin and bulges are on the agenda.) From Romania, through the fabled sensuality of...
View ArticleNavy flamingos and roseate spoonbills
An excellent line of dactylic tetrameter — Navy flamingos and roseate spoonbills — featuring two strikingly pink birds, and these birds on fancifully patterned men’s swimwear and shorts. Then a bonus...
View ArticleThat 70s style
In yesterday’s Zippy, Zippy and Claude celebrate the 1970s as the pinnacle of men’s fashions. Disco Duck, high-heeled disco dancing shoes, Bob Newhart’s collars (and more), the Bee Gees, lots of John...
View ArticleMidnight Tropics
(Material in very plain language about men’s bodies and mansex, so not for kids or the sexually modest.) This began as a brief follow-up to my 7/7 posting “Navy flamingos and roseate spoonbills”, about...
View ArticleTurkish turquoise
(About men’s bodies, with allusions to mansex, so not suitable for kids or the sexually modest.) The Daily Jocks 7/10 ad for two more items in the Elia beachwear company’s offerings for men: the Titan...
View Articlequiescent and deliquescent
My morning names for 1/26 (yes, my posting queue is absurdly backed up; life has been hard). quiescent came to me first, in connection with popsicles, with deliquescent immediately following. I’ll post...
View ArticleGay couple in Pouchland
… with vivid pops of genital color in their underwear, plus waistbands that celebrate peace and freedom, also exhibiting sharply differentiated roles in their relationship. Lots of stuff packed into...
View ArticleFurther adventures in Pouchland
(No street talk about men’s bodies or mansex, but the topic is men’s genitals displayed flagrantly though covertly — just barely covered — so this posting will not be to everyone’s taste.) Following on...
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