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BK twink
(Not about language.) Omitted from my last posting on more television hunks. the earlier history of Brian Krause (Leo in Charmed, 1998-2006). In his very early 20s, Krause did Return to the Blue Lagoon...
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Cyrus – Timberlake
It seems to be a Chuck and Beans morning (see here and here). Now an up-to-the-moment strip: (#1) The two stories: Miley Cyrus and twerking (coverage on this blog here), and the casting of the next...
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Riley/Xander
(Not much about language.) Catching up on old episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer this morning, I noted that though I’ve posted about two of the hunky male characters (Angel and Spike), I neglected...
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Saturday morning showoff
The cover of the August/September 2013 Instinct magazine, with (as usual) male eye candy: (#1) Given the sexy photo, I expected the Putignano piece to be about so-called “sex addiction”, but in fact...
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to clean up well/nicely
Caught in passing in a posting of mine on AZBlogX about porn actor Boomer Banks (I am not making this name up), who’s notable (at least) for his very long and thick cock (illustrated in my posting),...
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Alan Ritchson (and Justin Hartley)
(Not about language, but about shirtless actors, mostly in underwear.) An episode of Smallville that came by in reruns this morning featured hunky actor Alan Ritchson as Arthur Curry aka Aquaman, a...
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Model cats
(Not much about language.) From Laura Staum Casasanto, a link to a site on “Cats that look like male models”. Pure silliness. Not all the men can fairly be described as male models; some are just...
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Shirtless hypallage
From recent postings on shirtlessness: I didn’t find really stunning shirtless photos of them [Riley and Xander] separately, but I did come across a manip … of the two of them in carnal congress (link)...
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Swiss shirtlessness
From Amanda Walker, this link to a piece from The Local: Switzerland’s News in English, on “In Pictures: Shock! Farmers in underpants are models!”. Ok, it combines Switzerland (one of my two ancestral...
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House men
(Not really about language, but just about popular culture on a Sunday morning.) Re-runs of House have been going past me this morning. On the show, from Wikipedia: House (also known as House, M.D.) is...
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Today’s hunk
(Not about language, except insofar as the question of what constitutes genital nudity comes up.) From Max Vasilatos, this impressive hunk, from male photographer Jonathan Black’s book Idols: This...
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Abs of the week
… plus a kilt and an implied (sort of) apology: (Hat tip to Paul Armstrong.) It’s been a while since I posted images of shirtless men with astounding abs (and pecs, delts, traps, and biceps, but oh,...
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geosocial
It starts with today’s Doonesbury – (#1) and ends with shirtless lycanthrophy. In between: Roland Hedley, III, the apps Tinder and Grindr (with some shirtlessness), geosocial networking (aka...
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Homage to Marky / Mark
(The first of two postings with vanishingly little linguistic comment, but plenty of appreciation of male bodies, plus material on the projection of sexuality in photographs. Not technically X-rated,...
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Bromantics: Pine and Quinto, Kirk and Spock
(The second item on male homosexuality, gay-straight relations, acting, and the male body — following “Homage to Marky / Mark”. Very little of linguistic interest. Steamy, but not X-rated, images.) I...
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More television hunks: NCIS: Los Angeles
Yes, more shirtless men (following on Nick Jonas and Chris Pine, Zach Quinto, and Leonard Nimoy), but now with a semantic point, about systems of categorization, in this case a pop scheme of somatotype...
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The Beastmaster
To help me through a sleepless night recently, I turned to an old favorite, the 1982 action/fantasy movie The Beastmaster. A very silly entertainment, starring Marc Singer and his fabulous physique...
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Jeff Goldblum
(Not a death notice, but an appreciation.) An old Law & Order: Criminal Intent went by me this morning, with the tall (6′ 4″) and versatile actor Jeff Goldblum in the role of Detective Zach...
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Advent, Hanukkah, Christmas
Latest holiday postings, covering Advent, Hanukkah, and Christmas: an Advent Calendar for linguists; a Menorasaurus rex for Hanukkah; hunky mermen for the Christmas tree; and a Krampus sweater....
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Bobby Cannavale
(Not about language, but about acting.) Caught twice in re-runs of Law & Order episodes recently, the engaging and versatile actor Bobby Cannavale, seen below looking steamy: (#1) From Wikipedia:...
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