Recent Columns

Friending your exes is a path to misery

If you are as entrenched in the world of Facebook as I am, then you know it is good for only three things: wasting time, posting messages to your co-workers who sit one cube over and finding old friends from years past (aka cyber-stalking).

But what happens if, during your hunt for that weird kid who sat behind you in seventh grade social studies class, you come across an old flame? It can be fun to snoop around and see what your ex is up to, secretly hoping he or she is miserable, fat and in prison, but it can also be dangerous if you take it past the observation stage and into communication.
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All this baby talk drives me cwazy

We all know that the only way to communicate with babies is to talk to them like an idiot.

I will admit that I have caught myself talking to babies in that "goo goo gaga" voice; it's perfectly acceptable provided the voice stays directed at the baby.

You should never--under any circumstance--use that same voice to talk to another adult.
So ladies, I need to ask: What's up with all the baby talk? I'm hearing more and more women talking like babies--to their boyfriends, to each other but never to actual babies.
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Beards make the man ... sexy

Beards are back--and thank goodness for that.

Flip through People Magazine's recent sexiest man alive issue and you will see beards on many of the men, including cover boy Johnny Depp. I don't know if it's art imitating life or the reverse, but beards on men seem to be hot right now, in more ways than one.

There is something about a nice beard on a man that really makes him look, well, like a man. Add a pair of glasses and a nice smile and-- excuse me while I swoon.
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Jason is glad to hear the Leno is already in 2nd place behind Letterman and it only took one week post-Olympics.

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Jeez, you try to be nice to someone ...

Have you ever gone out of your way to do something nice for someone only to have him or her take it the wrong way and get irritated? This recently happened to me twice in the same week.

I was riding the 146 bus home listening to the latest Metric album and reading a history book about bananas when two seemingly innocent things happened. When the bus stopped in front of Water Tower Place, a woman who was either several months pregnant or several months into a Chipotle-only diet appeared to be struggling to get on the bus while juggling her bags.

The driver "kneeled" the bus for her, which I thought was a nice gesture, but the woman apparently did not. A look of disgust crossed her face.

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