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Since it's Friday, and something on the lighter side seems in order…
A while back our own vinteuil was kind enough to lend a queer eye to the handful of straight guys unfortunate enough to have their photos posted here at the Forvm. Why should those guys be the only ones to benefit from such expertise? What about the rest of us?
Well, maybe here is your chance. Just post an image or a link to one, and perhaps v. will grace you with some sage wisdom. To get things going I'll post a link to a recent shot of myself:
Perhaps I should update my look?
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“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”
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...but your better 2/3rd's is by far...just better....lol, as is, though this is not meant in any hurtful sense, the cat, (grin).
Very Best of Wishes,
Traveller
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--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. -JH
...for a lot of reasons.
Harley's wife really is a looker....and apparently a great mother, beautiful kids...Caleb's wife was nice also, but I really liked the painter working away in the background.
You look great above as did Pranky in York...but you're guys, I guess you all look good to me since I'm gay (!)>}...lol
Let me amend the above....maybe you are really good looking, masculine....(I wish I could still do that...but I can do the laundry, 4 loads are due, it's Saturday...I'd prefer being in a Hotel Room, but I guess I'll go do laundry).
Best Wishes, Traveller
I thought it was another one of his daughters.
--I blame it all on the Internet
....darned if I know.
But he is shooting with a Canon 5D so I can forgive Harley anything....even a little mis-direction, (as the Bush Criminals continue to do with the Anthrax cold blooded killings...the more I look at it, it more the current pack of lies stinks...ahem. Back to laundry....lol).
Traveller
I just finished painting the front room and then put a load on.
I felt ok puting up a PSed photo after I saw yours :)
...super hero-like!
Hell, why not? Still, this is a good photoshop...except, what is that shadow in the center foreground?
Just curious, (I bet, as often happens to me, you hand got partially in the way of the flash)
Best Wishes,
Traveller
. . .on Peregrine Island and the tourists were very insistent, so I decided, "Why not?":
...is that not *all* women prefer a man whose neck is farther across than his cranium.
Only most of them.
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
. . .were being punched in the face a hundred times a day by guys strong enough to throw pickup trucks, you'd want a thick neck too. :-)
It's partially an optical illusion, though--high cheekbones and a rather pointed chin makes the neck look thicker.
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Now...what's the story with your butt being on fire?
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/9366/resizepp3.jpg
We were married in the red barn in the background.
...the "beard" is gone.
--~At times like these I am reminded of the immortal words of Socrates when he said...."I drank what?"
And she appears to be in better shape than you are.
I advise extreme vigilance, plus lots of aerobic exercise.
We must! We must! We must reduce our guts!
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
I'd been on the fence about whether to put up a picture.
Thanks for the nudge.
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
and that along with not owning an I-pod or having a facebook page I don't own a digital camera or have a flickr account either. I do own a cell phone (had it for 2 years and Verizon is offering an upgrade) but it's the most basic model offered, so no camera.
--"That Sam-I-am! That Sam-I-am! I do not like that Sam-I-am!"- Dr. Seuss
...that you didn't tell me about this before.
You are BAD.
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
I blame it all on the Internet
a caffeinated beverage in that glass.
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
Father and daughter.
To think is not enough; you must think of something -- Jules Renard
Tries to distract attention from his...shortcomings? shall we say? by cropping the pic and thrusting an innocent child into the foreground...
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
liberals are so cute when they're little
that Tess. Looks to have a slightly mischievous streak, as well :-)
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
To think is not enough; you must think of something -- Jules Renard
To think is not enough; you must think of something -- Jules Renard
reveals that two people in Norcross Georgia have a crush on me.
Though I gotta tell you, yours is a handsome family. Mercifully, my wife's genes won out over my recessive European makeup, and my kids make me feel like a donkey who sired race horses.
April, 2007.
I live in downtown Chicago, but this is a decent, non-incriminating picture of me on vacation.
really
--“Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.”
John F. Kennedy
January 20, 1961
Such men are dangerous.
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
Blue skies and no rain.
The Archbishop doesn't strike me as a genuine native Yorkist either.
--for 8 days and York for 2 1/2. We got to England around March 28th and had nearly perfect weather every day. The local news stories were all about the freakish warm weather. There were one or two days where it got into the 40s fahrenheit and drizzled. But the couple days we spent in York got into the 70s...
sometime back now. Cycled to work every day, 5 days a week and got wet only about 3 or 4 days in the year. Every trip 'up north' though was always a wet affair. I guess you got lucky or I didn't, one of the two. The UK is a wonderful place though, whatever the weather. It was always an interesting perspective, being surrounded by so much history, real history.
--"York" -- HA! Really pisses me off how the Brits stole all our city names and just took the "New" off. They even named their whole stinkin' island after New England. Bloody plagiarists!
By the way, when I was growing up as a Jewish kid, some of my Christian friends over the years asked why Jews felt the need to set their religious holidays at the same time as Christian holidays...like scheduling Passover to coincide with Easter.
pronounced Ver-Sales. fervent republicans to a man, goes without sayin'.
--Missouri?
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
but I think there's a Versailles in a lot of states, without looking it up I know IN and OH do for starters.
--Nope, gotta be 'Great Britain'
By the way, York far surpassed our expectations. A fantastic 2 or 3 day trip, only 2 hours by train from London. We were lucky and had great weather. The history is amazing. Constantine was made emperor there. It was the capitol of Roman rule in Britain. The Vikings had it for a while. The Medieval parts are still largely intact, with a wall still encircling the city center. And York Minster is breathtaking. A wonderful place to visit.
I have no idea how you did it, but it's fascinating. Very fun.
BTW...do you know why one side of a formation of geese is longer than the other? :-)
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
...it is two pictures, one of the Pelicans (actually) in northern Mexico and the other me in the Amazon, Iquitos, Peru...where I rented a boat for myself and headed down river.
(How I wish the story was more adventerious than this...but I do speak very little Spanish, I was by myself, so adventure enough))
But I did seriously consider joining the Christian Bothers, as a monastic order, and their bid to help Indigenous peoples and the Amazon watershed.
I'm working now....maybe later
I thought I'd mention it because it's alarming and nobody else brought it up. :)
--Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. -JH
a pink long sleeved Ralph Lauren dress shirt on a rented boat in the Amazon? Not sure if that's queer-eye, or just plain weird. :-)
How did you end up holding (what looks like) a baby boa?
We need way more information on this, Traveller. Way, way more.
I am really quite taken with that image, speaks volumes of you.
I strongly suspect superposition of two images, but every image must be taken on its own terms: the image of yourself is honest enough, the birds appear, almost like notes on a page of music. I have 60 images to unload from my camera, just now, frittered away the whole day shooting images at the Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Expect a diary soon
my picture was taken in February of this year, while still in Houston. But the hotel room and puter setup are the same, in every practical respect, I'm an Extended Stay man, and always will be, while I'm out doing the Road Warrior thing.
The hoodie is from the Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Osage County Oklahoma. Not exactly a fashion statement, just something comfy, enough to compensate for what passes for winter in Houston.
Sorry. I couldn't find a smiling one.
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To think is not enough; you must think of something -- Jules Renard
of you to come up with your own version of the Presidential Seal, don't you think?
(and your majordomo could use some new skivs)
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
Now there's a man for a' that
It steals me own heart away.
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
"Looka th' size o' that boy's head! I'm not kiddin'. It's like an orange on a toothpick. - That's a huuuge noggin! That's a virtual planetoid! Has it's own weather system! Haulin' that gargantuan cranium about. I'm not kiddin'. That boy's head's like Sputnik. Spherical, but quite pointy in parts. Aye, 'e'll be cryin' 'imself to sleep tonight on 'is 'uge pillah!"
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
I took vinteuil's advice, and now I look FABULOUS!! http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/070405/bruno_l.jpg
A mohawk is *not* SHORT.
But I suppose it's an understandable mistake.
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
...is that it's liable to attract men & women in equal numbers.
Which doesn't necessarily work for everybody.
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
uh oh. I guess I better stay out of Chelsea and the Village until my (bad) hair grows back and I can part it too close to the middle again.
I know we've had our differences in the past, but you are a stud.
Before I let that go to my head.
--“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”
I ha' none left to resist ye.
Geal 's Dearg a Suas!
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
I think anyone who feels comfortable doing so should take advantage of the opportunity.
I certainly would except that I'm pretty serious about maintaining a strong division between Macallan and my real life.
--“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”
Why is it that the best source of advice for a straight guy on fashion/style woudl be a gay guy as opposed to a straight woman? Yes, I realize a gay guy may have more familarity than some/many straight women with some particulars, but overall if a straight guy is to pick someone from whom to take advice -- and his goal is to be attractive to straight women -- why wouldn't he be more inclined to seek advice from straight women, considering that what straight women find attractive and what gay men find attractive are not necessarily the same? Why isn't there a TV show "Straight Girl's Eye for the Straight Guy"? While I often don't listen (since my taste/behavior tends to be distant from metrosexual -- in other words, "dull"), I've received plenty of suggestions from girlfriends in my life; they seem to have no problem giving advice/requests despite the fact that they are of a different gender.
Not to be a party pooper, but it's something I wonder about whenever that TV show is mentioned. I've never seen the show.
Dockers®
--“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”
They're never quite right, but they're never entirely wrong, either.
In short: they're a good, safe, choice.
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
...to answer his question. Dockers were invented/conceived as a product for men to wear, but that was actually marketed/designed primarily toward women. IOW, the assumption was that it was a product line women would buy for men, or that men would buy because a woman urged them to.
The result, "never quite right, never entirely wrong."
--“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”
I have mastered enough Korean to acquaint myself with the ladies at the back of the dry cleaners who do the alterations.
For my money, speaking only as the father of two daughters, and the husband of a rather well-dressed woman, all of whom exhibit a tendency to dress me. Nothing works so well as good slacks from a high-end suitmaker like Brooks Brothers (my wife's favorite) or Jos. A. Bank, (my daughters' choice). All my suits come with three pairs of pants, nothing is more loathsome than a good suit with the nether regions of the pants reduced to a shiny consistency.
Why go to the trouble of buying from a high-end clothier? Answer 1: the stuff lasts.
A cheap wool suit is dead in a year, and it can't be saved. Throw it out. Same goes for worn out shoes. Shirts, ecch, pay attention to the collars and cuffs: if they're worn, get rid of them. It's a legitimate business expense.
Truth is, I learned to dress from a student of my father's, a guy named Jeff M. He was gay, I was 17, he and I were the best of friends for several years. Learned a lot from him. Trust me, guys, if the women in your life aren't telling you the truth, ask a gay man, he will tell you the godshonest truth. Let him go through your closet and heave stuff out. Take him out shopping with you. You will not regret it.
All mine have pleats [this is me ducking, awaiting a beating from our resident QE]. I know the flat front is in now (or I think, at least), but damnit, I just think the pleated ones look nicer. I think the flat fronts look like something a 6 year-old would wear. What say you, Grand QE?
as thoos we wair enformed of late
The pleat was invunted to give the fat mahn a bit of skairt aboot his wehst, a concaishun to his natural vonity. 'tis also to be seen in the female heifers o' oor own society, yeh, and they're doin' it fer the sem reasons, och aye.
Noiw, you'll naiver see Dick Chehney's fat arse clad in pleats. Nay, he's ever in a bespoke suiet, and thoos are his daiveilish minions likewise clad. Nah look at 'im, will ye, with that grecht braw gut o' his, dois it pooch oit above pleated pants? Not on yer loif. He'd rather be caught out with a transvestite Forty Four, on thot ye can bet yer life and sevins.
No, doan't be fashed and poot ouit ba a bit of common sense, gents, the poockered pleat conceals nothin' and only gives 'ee a bit of taimperary vonity whilst yer lookin' at that grecht sweatin' self that 'ee are. Yer fewlin' nobodah, troost me on this.
that pleats are fashion.
Plain front is style.
Grown men should eschew fashion for style.
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
I thought "fashion" was more what was "in" at the moment, while "style" could be timeless. Am I just showing that I don't have a clue about either?
So select clothing for style and shun fashion.
Spend extra for quality and pony up for tailoring from one who works the details, rather than waste that $$ on something which will fade from popularity and the glossy magazines.
Pleats? The Marines (notoriously selective about uniform appearance, fit, finish and tailoring) don't have a place for them. That's 'cuz they don't do "fashion" :-)
Oh yeah...dab on a little Bay Rum or Old Spice before you stride out that front door, fergoshsakes.
Finally; keep your hands and misc. cr*p out of yer frackin' pockets and don't slouch while standing or seated. :-)
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
... if people sent (say) Hank pictures, he posted them and we had another 'extra credit' type thread. That was pretty amusing.
I mean I'm not going to be sending anyone my picture, but it'd be fun if other people did.
--Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.
...why not (send a picture)?
Obviously, you have to worry about the academic job market - but it's not *immediately* obvious to me that you've ever posted anything here that's particularly compromising.
--God help the while, a bad world I say.
But just how many Hank pictures can there be?
--Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. - W. Somerset Maugham
I blame it all on the Internet
...increasing your fiber intake.
--“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”
I blame it all on the Internet
No, no, no. That's not what Republicans are. Don't you remember the anatomical classifications of liberals and conservatives as so plainly and perfectly laid out in that climactic speech in Team America: World Police? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEiB4qazq4k&feature=related
just wear sunglasses. I don't think anyone's willing to fly to the Bay area and hunt you down (yet).
--I blame it all on the Internet
“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”
I think I'm getting one of these.
BTW, props on your APL programming skills.
--I blame it all on the Internet
“I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views.”
ok, I'll join the pic party (late).
Here's me and my better two thirds.
QE, is my hair short enough in that pic? I know it ain't neat enough. Two-button suit not cool enough?
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