ALL the words? That seems excessive. If I only plan on leaving a 50 word comment, I really shouldn’t have to read more than 50 words of the article. It’s only fair.

Seriously, watching them run like puppies behind The Beatles with this album was embarrassing as hell.

You went there. But someone had to.

Kudos and a hearty high-five for this, Maxine! I’m surprised the International Male hasn’t spawned more blog posts on the vast nostalgia fields of the internet. But this will do for now. Much thanks!

Let’s go back in the Wayback Macine: Jezebel wrote about the International Male catalog a decade ago:

Nothing beat the International Male catalog

OMG I adored that catalogue. I used to get my apartment’s previous occupants’ copy, and I used to smoke a joint and pore lovingly through it for fun. Also gift ideas, if one happened to be dating a goth boy and/or stripper at the time. Snerk.

I think the store in Princeton NJ had a jeep, too...! Unless I’m just creating false memories because I’m suggestible when it comes to nostalgia. I know it did have *a* vehicle as decor. And it smelled awesome, like those wooden crates & burlap or rope. Nowadays, it’s a one-way ticket to Beckyville. Definite change…

Nothing beat the International Male catalog, which from the outside seemingly catered only to pirates, Draculas, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. But on the inside, it was a whole lotta leopard-print banana hammocks and other assorted items of “undergear” aimed at those (supposedly) fashion forward gay men who would lounge…

Truth. I’ve been out and about enough to know I’m adequately equipped and attentive. If you are a grown woman and aren’t in tune with yourself enough to either get what you need or tell me directly what you need, its not my problem.

Everyone is responsible for their own pleasure and orgasm. I can’t read minds! I ‘ll do things I think would be generally pleasurable, but my partner needs to tell me if she’s liking it or not and what it takes to please her. Especially regarding orgasm. Don’t make me fiddle around in the dark just because saying…

He most certainly isn’t saying “Chrome” is bad. Would Vivaldi be running on the same backend as Chrome if he thought Chrome was bad?

Being a paragon of virtue is overrated.

I’ve gotten into “discussions” with a couple of coal rollers.

I just don’t know sometimes. My pollyanna vision of the good in people is quickly fading...Teachers, police officers, judges, presidents. The people who wield real power are real racist. Sucks.

Here’s my kitty being a grump because he thinks he should be getting more noms.

*Baby pictures*

But the the fact that they work at all (they don’t for long term pain control) is in question, so it’s more complicated than that.

Time to accept that there will always be some number of people who self-medicate and/or seek a recreational high. Treat it like any other public health issue: educate the public as to why this is a bad idea, punish abusers when their behavior harms others, make effective treatment readily available to anyone who wants…

Mary Poppins here. I fucking love everyone when I’m drunk and will sway up to you and tell you that you are the best human being alive and I respect you and also you are so pretty and nice that I don’t even deserve to know you, no, don’t look at me, I’m ashamed to have someone as wonderful as you look at me. People…