It is the best damn show in the universe and at this point is beyond contestation.

"Mad Men" is a period soap opera, but it is one in the best of ways. That means it is not so much about plot, as it is about people and raw human emotion. The characters are rich and complex. All of them. They are weak and strong, cruel and tender, heartbreaking and inspiring. There is a persistent and ubiquitous ache in the show and ache breeds the journey of story. And the journey of this...

I apologize to women everywhere for ever complaining about you never wearing eyeliner nearly enough.

I understand now. That shit is no joke.

They say you don't exist
Except only my mind.
They say you are in fact
My own laziness,
Or the game I could be playing,
Or the episode of 'House' not seen,
Or the website filled with sick, depraved
Asian loving people.

But I know you--
Know your true face filled with
Scorn and demise.
You lord over me and
Dare me to respond while
I am standing still,
Stuck and staring at the
Blank page....

In these times it is easy to forget the undeniable fact that life is indeed beautiful. Yes, the hate and violence and the isolation persists. And sometimes we are absolutely nowhere. Things are not perfect. Things will never be perfect.

But outside, sit underneath a tree, allow the aroma of honeysuckle flood your senses and let the sunlight wash over you and tell me that life is unbearable. We live in a miraculous time. We live in the age of the internet where history, personal contact...

Just in a case the world needed further proof.

Tonight marks the beginning of the 2009 NFL season, a day that so many (in America) have been waiting for with bated breath for 7 months.

-God bless Walter Camp for making the game what it is.
-God bless the 1991 Washington Redskins for instilling in me the one love and passion that for sure will last a lifetime no matter how many times my heart is broken.
-God bless Sean Taylor who was the most talented defensive back I've ever seen and is still sorely missed. ...

Is the hatred of atheists the last socially accepted prejudice? Does the belief in a Sky Bully really make you a better person? Has an admitted atheist ever be elected to office? Comparing 2 superstar actors involved in scandals, would Tom Cruise be so publically reviled as he is now if he were a Christian or would he have gone the way of Mel Gibson and be left alone?

It is an odd thing to be told by a girl that her parents won't allow her to continue dating me, not because of my...

BroMatch.com? GuysNightOut.com? GuysGettingTogetherInACompletelyHeterosexualWay.co m?

Because there seriously needs to be. Or is there one that I'm completely not seeing?

I decided to try and set up a 5 on 5 flag football game for the weekend following finals week and I naively figured that it would be a cinch, finding 9 friends to play flag football on a Saturday afternoon. Easy. Peasy.

Couldn't have been more wrong. Finding 9 people to tear themselves...