BFM: On The Road
Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” was one of the most incredible books I read in my late teenage years. Most men, before and into their low twenties, have an overwhelming desire for adventure. Kerouac’s work tells the story of a world before mine, where hitchhiking was normal and highway security was minimal. The characters in...
Urth Skin Solutions Scrub
Guys: our skin needs help. We sweat, we have oily skin (most of us), and we get dirty. The problem is, most guys don’t properly clean their face–I know you use that bar soap, I can see you. This needs to change. Luckily for you, urth skin solutions has you covered. The geniuses over there...
Tuesday Tunesday: Pokey LaFarge
Pokey LaFarge NPR Music Tiny Desk Session Pokey LaFarge is one of the greatest folk revivalists around. His full voice and great demeanor pour out of his work like headlines from a newsboy. Not only him, but his accompanying players each bring their own sense of subtle charm steeped in old-time two-stepping. LaFarge will make...
An Interview with Brian of “Gentlemint”
You may have heard of Pinterest, and all the buzz that website gets with the ladies. Frankly, the idea is great–but the community is almost exclusively friendly to the fairer sex. That’s where Gentlemint comes in. Co-founder Brian McKinney spared some of his time to answer a few of my questions about his project. Electrogent:...
Iowa State Daily Discusses Manliness
In a well-written opinion piece by Iowa State student Barry Snell, traditional notions of manliness are challenged much in the same way I distinguished machismo versus manliness. In his article, he writes: Manliness now appears to be thought of as some sort of sexism, an outmoded way of male behavior or a belief system, or...
