Where pretty lies perish.
Posted in Beta, The Id Monster, Ugly Truths on Jun 16th, 2009
Leaning against a pole as the train lurched forward, I noticed an older man, late 40s and clearly marked with the curse of the herb, standing with his young daughter by his side. He was talking with a curvaceous, big bosomed woman in her early 20s who looked like pre-meltdown Britney Spears. She was quite stimulating to … Read more
Posted in Beta, The Big City Life on Jun 9th, 2009
What do herbs carry in their satchels that they need convenient access to whatever is inside while at nightclubs? Grapes? A back issue of Wired? Naomi Wolf’s ‘The Beauty Myth’? E tabs? An Obama-shaped buttplug? Scientists are baffled. Other trademarks of the species herbisaurus maximus: He goes straight to the leg press machine at the gym … Read more
Posted in Beta, Marriage Is For Chumps, Pretty Lies, Tool Time on May 12th, 2009
A diligent reader emailed me a ‘Beta of the Month’ submission about a guy who fears he may have been cuckolded and who turns to a Washington Post advice columnist for support in his time of need. I read the article and decided that the real value to be gleaned was not in the unearthing of … Read more
Posted in Beta, Culture, The Big City Life on May 10th, 2009
I’m sitting here in a coffeehouse and to my right are three people — a black man, a white woman, and a white man — sitting adjacent on a couch. All three are haughtily typing on Macbooks propped on their knees. I stare at them, smiling. “Ha, you guys look like a commercial.” I point my finger … Read more
Posted in Beta, Game, The Big City Life, Ugly Truths on May 4th, 2009
I was lounging in placid contentment on a sofa in a local lounge like a proper post-history, citizen-of-the-world nihilist enjoying the flume ride down the rump of American decline when I spotted a somewhat unkempt man with awkward mannerisms take a seat at a small table to my right. He was a little more homely than the average man, nearing … Read more
Posted in Beta, Goodbye America, Videos on May 3rd, 2009
The American media. Got grovel?
Posted in Beta, Maxims, Rules of Manhood on Apr 13th, 2009
Whether because of laziness, preoccupation with job and hobbies, or falling into a steady, comfortable pattern with a girlfriend, time away from the game will kill your game faster than cumulative rejections, self-limiting beliefs, or hanging with a beta crowd. It’s like high blood pressure, the silent killer. You don’t even realize your game is … Read more
Posted in Beta, Game, Pretty Lies, Rules of Manhood, The Big City Life on Mar 2nd, 2009
Damian and I were at a multi-floored historic building converted into a lounge (a not uncommon idiosyncrasy of the city) that features the hottest female waitstaff and bartenders in the city. Damian bumped my elbow and motioned me to look toward two attractive blondes — a 7.5 and an 8.5 — who were standing near us. … Read more
Posted in Beta, Hungry Hungry Hippos, Marriage Is For Chumps, Self-aggrandizement on Feb 18th, 2009
I’m about to reveal something of myself most of you don’t know. A few years ago, my wife, Marie, and I were at one of those hip downtown restaurants sipping mangotinis and nibbling on injera bread when one of my bosses appeared with his thin trophy wife in tow and patted my shoulder. When I introduced him to … Read more
Posted in Beta, Culture, Globalization on Feb 4th, 2009
Google is introducing software for cell phones that allows people, through a complicated system of rope and pulleys, to track each other. “What Google Latitude does is allow you to share that location with friends and family members, and likewise be able to see friends and family members’ locations,” Steve Lee, product manager for Google … Read more
