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Editor’s Pick
OCTOBER 2, 2009 11:47AM

When Being Honest About Sex is a Bad Idea

Honesty is the best policy.

It is a cliche you hear spewed everywhere, from Oprah to the pages of Cosmo.  Even omissions are treated as lies by these honesty junkies. But is an open, honest relationship in which you share everything with your partner really such a good idea?

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JULY 10, 2009 10:14AM

All My Wife's Facebook Friends Are Men: Should I Be Worried?

I joined the 21st Century a few weeks ago and signed up for Facebook.  While the Facebook software loaded up the names of friends it found in my AOL inbox, one in particular surprised me: my wife's. Hers was an invitation only page so I sent her a friends request.  Days… Read full post »

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JULY 7, 2009 7:42AM

Did Controversy Help Michael Jackson's Career?

Even from the grave, Michael Jackson can still sell out. An amazing 1.6 million fans registered in an online lottery for tickets to attend today's morning memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Of those entrants, a lucky 8,750 were chosen to receive a pair of tickets each.  Despi… Read full post »

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JULY 2, 2009 10:04AM

What's Wrong with Political Correctness?

Like welfare queens and trickle down economics, political correctness is the canard that keeps on giving. Fifteen years after Politically Correct Bedtime Stories topped the New York Times best-seller list, the American obsession with making fun of political correctness continues unabated on websites… Read full post »

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JULY 1, 2009 10:21AM

I Was Homeless . . . And I Liked It

Homelessness is like homosexuality: it's not for everyone. But for that ten percent of us who are wired just a little bit differently, the freedom of living without a home can be just another lifestyle choice.

Much like gays know they are different from a very early age, I was well… Read full post »

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JUNE 25, 2009 7:56AM

Shaquille O'Neal Traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers

ESPN reports the Phoenix Suns have agreed to trade All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic. This is a cost-cutting move for the Suns, who will save $10 million on the deal once the luxury tax is taken into consideration.

This must be a… Read full post »

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JUNE 10, 2009 12:14PM

Would You Risk Your Life for a Book Deal?

I would.

Now don't get me wrong. I'm not crazy or suicidal and I'm not saying I would kill myself for a vanity label, but for a Simon and Schuster imprint I just might consider it .   .   .

Men have certainly died for less.  Over four thousand Americans… Read full post »

San Francisco Giant lefthander Randy Johnson pitched six scoreless innings last night to become only the 24th member of Major League Baseball's exclusive 300 win club. But will he be the last as many analysts believe?

Pundits point to the five-man rotation and the reliance on bullpens to suggest the… Read full post »

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MAY 29, 2009 10:02AM

Why Stop at Gay Marriage? Let's Ban All Marriage!

While I consider Proposition 8 a step in the right direction, it does not go nearly far enough. Why should we stop at only banning gay marriage?  We live in an allegedly secular nation with separation of church and state yet our government gives tax breaks and benefits to couples who… Read full post »

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MAY 28, 2009 12:32PM

Red Wings-Penguins Meet in Stanley Cup Finals Rematch

In the words of Yogi Berra, it's deja vu all over again. The Detroit Red Wings & Pittsburgh Penguins meet Saturday night in the first Stanley Cup rematch in a quarter century. The only difference between this year and last is star right wing Marian Hossa pulled a Benedict Arnold and… Read full post »

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MAY 21, 2009 7:48AM

Kris Allen Wins but Adam is My American Idol

Kris Allen said it best when, after being crowned the 2009 American Idol, the first words out of his mouth were: "Adam deserves this."

Yes, Adam most certainly did. He took a cynical and uppity middle-aged man and turned me into a lover of what I once considered America's most… Read full post »

ESPN reports that Michael Vick has been released from Leavenworth federal penitentiary today after serving 19 months for financing a dog fighting ring. Vick will spend the remaining two months of his sentence on house arrest at his 5 bedroom Hamptons, Virginia home, where he will be allowed to leave… Read full post »

While sales of luxury goods such as jewelry and fragrances are expected to drop 20 percent in the first two quarters of 2009, one luxury item continues to sell: baseball tickets. Attendance is down only 5.2% compared with the same number of home games at each park a year ago, a… Read full post »

If baseball is America's past time then cheating at baseball runs a close second. Gaylord Perry entitled his autobiography Me and the Spitter and brazenly released it during the middle of his playing career. Pitcher Whitey Ford used his wedding ring to cut the baseball, third baseman John McGraw grab… Read full post »

I just read this on SI moments ago. The Dodgers slugger is the highest profile player yet to test positive for performance enhancing drugs. The slugger claims he did not know it was a banned substance. Is this a case of Manny being Manny or did he really know?

Alex Rodriguez… Read full post »

Editor’s Pick
MAY 7, 2009 10:04AM

My 10 Sexiest Airbrushed Women Living

1.) Jessica Alba

Ladies, do you ever wonder how celebrities pop out the babies like Pez Dispensers and still keep their trim figures? Is it the personal trainers and private chefs that do the trick? Um . . . no.  It's the airbrusher, honey. The real Jessica Alba--mere months after… Read full post »

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APRIL 24, 2009 10:14AM

Top 10 Reasons Gay Sex Rocks this Straight Boy's World

Although I was born straight, here are ten reasons why I think gay sex is better than the heterosexual variety:

1.) Straight Sex is Treated Like a Competitive Sport

Straight men call it scoring for a reason: we all keep track. Somewhere, on what had to have been a canopy… Read full post »

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APRIL 9, 2009 10:25AM

Why I Love Mama's Boys: Celebrating an Unbreakable Bond

 I remember my first day of school.  My mother held my hand as she walked me down to the bus stop. When the bus came, I refused to relinquish my grip.

"Come on sweetie, be a big boy and get on the bus."

I refused so she drug me up the… Read full post »

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APRIL 7, 2009 10:22AM

Unhappily Ever After: A Newlywed's Struggle 2 Find Happiness

 I thought being a husband would come easily to me. But months after saying I do I'm beginning to wonder what the hell I was thinking.

Oh, I had heard all the scuttlebutt about the misery of marriage.  But if marriage really promised only misery and heartache, why would nearly 3/4Read full post »

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MARCH 24, 2009 10:21AM

Chasing Dreams: The Secrets to My Lack of Success

Regret. Turn on the radio and you'll hear its siren call. There's Harry Chapin on the oldies station singing “The Cat's in the Cradle”, wishing he had spent more time with his son. Flip the channel to country and you'll hear Toby Keith telling us he “Shoulda been a Cowboy”.… Read full post »

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MARCH 19, 2009 6:28PM

World's Smartest Man is a Bouncer; Thoughts on Intelligence

The Internet has made the book smart kid as obsolete at the turn of this century as the horse was at the end of the last. When all the world's knowledge is but a search away on one's iPhone, we smart kids you once asked to settle barroom debates or… Read full post »

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MARCH 17, 2009 2:02PM

Hollywood's Golden Age of Social Awkwardness

The $70 million box office hit I Love You, Man is coming to DVD August 11th.  For those who skipped its theatrical run because the commercials made it look like just another gross-out, full-frontal male nudity romp from the Judd Apatow troupe, take a gander at the Rotten Tomatoes plot summary:/… Read full post »