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I'm feeling good. I think my no-K5 diet has been a real boon.

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As a matter of fact, I'm feeling so good, I don't really have anything to complain about. I have a wonderful, beautiful girlfriend, I'm doing well at my work, I have cash in my pocket. Life is good.

Though I feel, writing here, that I should complain about something. I don't plan on complaining about my inability to complain, that's just a bit too masterbatory. I need to think of something, though...

Okay, how about this. The chapter of Stiffed I just finished, the one concerning Details magazine, was a bit muddled. At first it seemed there was the mourning of an inventive, gay-oriented afterhours 'zine that had been converted to a traditional "men's magazine." Then it seemed to be mourning the loss of an fresh "men's magazine" in the wave of almost-enough-flesh-for-playboy, Cosmo-for-men "Maxim"-style rags. She seemed to point out all the flaws of the "men's magazine" viewpoint, with all it's confusion and foolishness, and then attempt to defend it when something even nastier came about. "A failure for men to enter the realm of ornamental masculinity." As if successfully entering it would have been some sort of victory.

Those are probably the most harsh words you'll ever hear me speak about Faludi. She's just passed Moses on my "most influential authors" list, and is still climbing. Despite these problems, I can't wait for the next chapter.

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	abc (none / 0) (#1)
	by tkatchev on Mon Nov 26th, 2001 at 12:49:18 PM PST

	mastUrbatory. Thanks. -- Peace and much love...

	Wow. (5.00 / 2) (#3)
	by theboz on Mon Nov 26th, 2001 at 03:02:41 PM PST

	You seem to know an awful lot about mastUrbation. [Reply]

	I'm not a smart guy... (none / 0) (#2)
	by Anonymous Reader on Mon Nov 26th, 2001 at 01:54:26 PM PST

	So just tell me straight out, does she like or dislike Maxium? Cause if she doesn't she's a bitch. threshold Open Source, Open Standards, Open Minds

	Well... (none / 0) (#4)
	by Electric Angst on Mon Nov 26th, 2001 at 03:41:27 PM PST

	What? You like being shown tons of attractive women giving come-hither looks, surrounded by headlines that say "You could have all this if you just buy this product!" It's a bit too pavlovian for me. -- In the dark times, will there still be singing? Yes, there will be singing. There will be singing about the dark times. -- Bertolt Brecht

	I enjoy seening girls... (none / 0) (#6)
	by Anonymous Reader on Tue Nov 27th, 2001 at 08:50:16 AM PST

	Surrounded by products they want me to buy or not, girls are nice to look at. The articles aren't half bad either. They give some decent advice I suppose. Nothing compared to www.pickupguide.com but not bad. Ohh BTW, I weight 198 now, down from 245! threshold Open Source, Open Minds, Open Standards

	The Articles? (none / 0) (#7)
	by Electric Angst on Tue Nov 27th, 2001 at 09:44:35 AM PST

	"Ten Pick-Up Lines that Always Work (We Bar-Tested 'Em)"? "How to Trick Your Date into Bed"? It seems like every Maxim article is about tricking women into the sack. It's really pretty disgusting. I'd rather have a woman lust after me and never actually sleep with her than sleep with a woman who wasn't really interested but succumbed to pressure... -- In the dark times, will there still be singing? Yes, there will be singing. There will be singing about the dark times. -- Bertolt Brecht

	Faludi? (none / 0) (#5)
	by nathan on Mon Nov 26th, 2001 at 03:52:42 PM PST

	Good grief, man. Read some hearty Kierkegaard, or maybe Anabasis. That Faludi stuff'll rot your brain and other organs. Nathan -- Li'l Sis: Yo, that's a real grey area. Even by my lax standards.