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Milo Ventimiglia

(Another in a series of postings about performers who have given me pleasure. Minimal linguistic content.) Seen on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit a few days ago: the episode “Escape” (season 5,...

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Shirtless body types

My recent postings on shirtlessness showed a fair range of body types for the extraordinarily fit, well-muscled men pictured there, from relatively slim to massive (on somatotypes, see here). And now...

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Outrageous art

Another discovery on my desktop, from who knows how long ago: a poster designed for the original album release (1985) of the Dead Kennedys Frankenchrist,  a display of penises and vulvas, which of...

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Primate testicle size

From the July 18th New Scientist, in the In Brief section, “Zoologger: The sex-addicted tiny lemur with giant testicles” (on-line; in print, “Tiny lemur is best endowed primate”): “Oh my god! How do...

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Dance and the male body

An assemblage of photos sent to me by Mike McKinley (sometimes in collaboration with Chris Ambidge) or from sites Mike pointed me to, most of them featuring male ballet dancers, most of them dripping...

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On the fashion front

(Another excursion into displays of the male body.) Recent hot news in the fashion world: tennis great Rafael Nadal has moved from mere sexy (mostly shirtless) fashion modeling (for Armani) to...

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Roberto Bolle

From Mike McKinley, this photo from dancer Roberto Bolle’s Instagram account: (#1) An extraordinary photo of an extraordinary body, turned into sculpture here. Very briefly on Bolle, from Wikipedia:...

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Go for the nuts!

From Ned Deily on Facebook, a photo of the Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game for small children, which invited jokey comments playing on nuts ‘testicles’. And from there to other expressions for the...

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Alex Minsky and his underwear

From Daily Jocks yesterday, this underwear ad, featuring intriguing tattoos and an equally intriguing facial expression (concern? puzzlement? or what?): (#1) While I was contemplating a sexy caption...

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The angle of your erection

News for penises. On AZBlogX, a piece (“Be upstanding”) on variations in penises, in curvature and especially angle of incidence. Three illustrations, all of them X-rated (so not for the kiddies or the...

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Boy in the sand

A Daily Jocks ad, paired with gay-erotic poetry (definitely not for the sexually modest), then with a series of notes. (#1) Boy in the Sand He erupts from the surf, his skin Tangy with salt, his cock...

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Morning name: Dudelsack / doodlesack

Maybe WQXR played some bagpipe music while I was sleeping, but this was the name in my head when I woke: German Dudelsack (aka Sackpfeife) or English doodlesack, take your pick. In either case, the...

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Taking the third

Newton’s third, that is. In the most recent ad from Daily Jocks: Action – Reaction In Beefcake 101 at Underwear Model U., Arthur Mastered the one-armed pitsntits presentation, but Nobody explained that...

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Party in the back / rear

(There will be some frank talk of man-man sex, which some might want to avoid.) Today’s Rhymes With Orange: (#1) The immediate reference is to haircuts (hence, the reference to groomers). But then we...

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Annals of phallicity: nozzles (and glycerin, lubes, and posing oils)

(A posting drenched in the contemplation of the male body and man-man sex, but with linguistic points along the way. Use your judgment.) It starts with a Channel 1 Releasing (C1R) ad for their current...

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Morning: the call of nature

Yesterday’s morning expression on awakening (with a need to answer the call of nature) was not exactly a name, but, well, the NP the call of nature. That led to the product Serutan — that is a name —...

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Angles and curves

More following-up on an AZBlogX posting on some physical characteristics of penises — angle of incidence and curvature — that I posted about here on 9/21/15, in “The angle of your erection”: two more...

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Morning toe jam

This morning’s name was toe jam (aka toe-jam and toejam), a slang term for something that has no medical label that I can find. Some definitions: ‘material that collects between the toes’ (Wikipedia)...

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Sunday penis notes: #2 the news for penises

While looking for something quite different, I discovered that if you google for something to do with penises, Google offers you a list of recent “news for penis” items. Today’s crop, with five items:...

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Breasts and bras

In the November Harper’s Magazine, a fine piece by Sallie Tisdale, “Miracles and Wonders: One woman’s search for a perfect bra”, touching on almost everything bra-related. Here I’ll look at four...

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