They're Taking Over, Dammit!

I'm not really interested in keeping up to date, but I figure I've dawdled enough on this one.Given Takei's history of tongue-in-cheek video clips, I'm not sure how seriously to take this one. As a joke it's a good one. It works as a jape at the old sf trope that humanity would drop our petty international quarrels and band together if we faced an extraterrestrial threat, but given the current

They're Taking Over, Dammit!

I'm not really interested in keeping up to date, but I figure I've dawdled enough on this one.Given Takei's history of tongue-in-cheek video clips, I'm not sure how seriously to take this one. As a joke it's a good one. It works as a jape at the old sf trope that humanity would drop our petty international quarrels and band together if we faced an extraterrestrial threat, but given the current

The Importance of Being Ernest

The other day a Facebook friend and fellow-blogger, Tamara Linse, linked to her own blog post on "Being a Man in This Day and Age." "Hemingway as a positive role model: a lament," she added. It sparked a little discussion on Facebook, as well of a few more posts on her blog, and what I wrote in comments felt like the seeds of a blog post, so here goes.To be honest, I don't know that much about

The Importance of Being Ernest

The other day a Facebook friend and fellow-blogger, Tamara Linse, linked to her own blog post on "Being a Man in This Day and Age." "Hemingway as a positive role model: a lament," she added. It sparked a little discussion on Facebook, as well of a few more posts on her blog, and what I wrote in comments felt like the seeds of a blog post, so here goes.To be honest, I don't know that much about

Boy Culture Club

Thanks be to the Internet! Though I am far from the Fatherland, I can still follow events that trouble the patriarchy (and just about everything troubles the patriarchy). Currently it appears that scrota are shrinking defensively from sea to shining sea because of the release of Sex and the City, now the top grossing film in the country. I mean, it beat out Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of

Boy Culture Club

Thanks be to the Internet! Though I am far from the Fatherland, I can still follow events that trouble the patriarchy (and just about everything troubles the patriarchy). Currently it appears that scrota are shrinking defensively from sea to shining sea because of the release of Sex and the City, now the top grossing film in the country. I mean, it beat out Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of