It's a sure sign I haven't done laundry. The silk boxers go at the bottom of the drawer, so I don't have to wear them unless their the last ones. After today, they won't make it back into the drawer. They're gone... Banished... Forever.

I'm extremely sensitive to heat. Sit in a leather / suede chair long enough, and I've got to stand up and walk around for awhile. Give me a 70 degree room or cooler, plus a ceiling fan, and I'll be a happy camper. Not today. Oh no. Not with silk. Bastard silk. I officially hate silk.

If you've ever tried to wear boxers under jeans, you know that they have to be made out of a sturdy enough material that they won't bunch up as you put your pants on. Seriously. As a matter of fact, they're not worth buying if they're not sturdy enough to stay in place. The only thing more frustrating than a shifting pair of boxers is a hot, itchy, shifting pair of boxers. Okay, the boxers themselves aren't itchy. It was the stupid tag, but it's placed in such a way as to provide constant irritation throughout the day.

Yes, I'm talking about the comfort level of my knickers. Get over it.

Why the hell did I every buy silk boxers in the first place? I know why. It was mostly curiosity which I have since left for dead. Sleeping in them may be okay, but the rest of life does not favor silk. Not for me. You do whatever you want. My silk days are done.

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I'm not a woman, but if I was I would surely visit Papaya clothing stores on a regular basis. My wife loves it. Their clothes are trendy and affordable. No, really affordable. My wife has been building a collection of basic colors and shirt styles, and she buys some of her shirts for three dollars!!!!!!! Yes, I said $3. For less than a value meal, she can choose from an array of seasonal colors. She just came home from a Grapevine Mills Outlet Mall excursion where she bought one pair of jeans, one pair of khaki pants, one long sleeve shirt, and two short sleeve shirts all for less than $80. You can't beat that without shopping at Wal-Mart or Target (or Goodwill - which I must confess we have). Seriously, one pair of my jeans from The Buckle costs $80!

Even if I didn't get the other pair of pants, I'd be seriously stoked if I could get a pair of jeans and three shirts for eighty bucks. Life just isn't fair. They charge the heck out of us because they know we don't mix and match as much. That means we don't buy as much, which means they've gotta milk us for all we've got. Back to the subject... Look for the launching of the Papaya website, which is currently under construction. The deals are so good that even if you shop at three or four other favorite stores, you can save some serious cash getting at least some of your basics for way less than the competition. If you are in the Dallas / Fort Worth area, you can visit Papaya at Grapevine Mills in Grapevine or at Galleria Mall in north Dallas.

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A local Texas school district has ruled that public school girls cannot wear leggings to school under short skirts. Apparently, girls were getting the idea that they could buy shorter skirts and get away with them at school as long as they wore leggings. Interesting concept. Some leggings conceal more than others. Some are obviously meant to be sexy and draw attention. Some appear to be no more than extra warmth. It seems ironic to me that public school officials should have such a problem with dress code after all the compromises they've made over the past fifty years.

Some of you are too young or too uninformed to know that crime rate increased and SAT scores dropped within 5 years of removing prayer from schools. From one step to the next, from sex education to evolution, public schools have removed godliness and propriety from schools and replaced them with lawlessness and no respectable authority to emulate. Yet now we're worried about leggings? Seriously? You're going to give your child the right to learn about sex from someone else, have access to free condoms whenever they want, and give them the right to be tested for pregnancy without your knowledge, and you're worried about whether they wear leggings? Priorities are more than a little screwed up.

From the news reports on 20/20, you hear about how a growing number of students refuse to show respect to their teachers. They are allowed to be openly rebellious and rude. There is no standard. That is what happens when you remove the moral code from any part of a society. Tell you what - allow teachers to be a source of faith and hope in school classrooms and let the girls wear leggings. Within 5 years, you'll see whether dress code was the problem.

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Though the compulsion to write flows strongly through these veins, I cannot escape an addiction to math and statistics. I like to crunch numbers for potential scenarios. I like to know how the numbers break down - which blog posts are viewed the most, which search terms lead people to my website the most, etc.

The overwhelmingly most popular blog post was The Metrosexual, written over a month ago. It is seriously leaving most other posts in the dust. Of course, you have to keep in mind that the older a post, the more time it has had to be viewed. So that always plays a factor. The second or third most popular post was about Texas Bowfishing. Apparently, people have an obscene fetish for gar.

The picture on the right is of Carson Daly. He is one of the premier American metrosexuals in the celebrity spotlight. As mentioned in the previous Metrosexual post, the epitome of the Metrosexual is British soccer phenom David Beckham. Now there's a man who can't go anywhere without a thousand women trying to do something unspeakable. Daly is nothing in comparison to Beckham's star power and marketability. But he'll do for the moment.

I've asked women before what's the big deal with metrosexuals. I partly understand it, and I also fundamentally cannot. Let's look at it this way: I think it is safe to say that the majority of women either dream or have dreamed of a tall, muscular, strong man sweeping them of their feet and romancing them in a magical world of something or other. Okay, with that said, where does the scrawny metrosexual fit in?

Granted, the big muscular guys are frequently jocks, which means they spend most of their childhood and adolescence surrounded by morons. No offense. It's a simple fact that people who specialize or focus on one thing do so to the detriment of other aspects of their lives. You can't be experienced and talented at everything.

David Beckham represents a metrosexual hybrid whose appeal is more understandable because he is so athletic. I mean, he kicks ass as a soccer player. And I do know a few other guys who fit the bill of soccer metrosexual. Maybe someone should coin a new term for that kind of guy... maybe a header-o-sexual.

But I think it's safe to say that the majority of metrosexuals are not so athletic. They're usually scrawny little guys who dress well, stare into the mirror too much for their own good, and act like they're God's gift to women and fashion. Quite a few of them have one thing or another going for them - some are musicians, some are successful businessmen, and some are artists with above average art. That I understand. After all, I reeled in my wife by singing and writing. I understand appealing to a woman's heart and her sense of beauty. Then again, don't we all use the weapons in our arsenal to compensate for whatever we're lacking? Guys join bands all the time because they want the fame and the easy access to women who, under different circumstances, wouldn't give them the time of day.

But why are these guys being elevated to the status of gods when many of them couldn't defend themselves in a barfight? Not that I'm advocating barfights, mind you. But my point is that somewhere along the way, a lot of women have changed what they want, and I want to know why. There's got to be some semblance of masculinity in a guy, doesn't there? I mean, you want him to defend you if necessary, not vice versa, right?!?!

Until I learn otherwise, I'll chalk it up to Hollywood. Seems like they decide for the masses what is going to be cool, desirable, and worth striving for. If you watch enough television and movies, you constantly see the same thing presented in a certain light, the concept has more of a chance to work its way into your mind and affect the way you think.

Whatever. It's just a bunch of guys wearing women's jeans and eye liner, right?

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my curiosity got the better of me. what the hell is a metrosexual? who came up with this term and why? is it the sum of effeminate qualities and undisclosed orientation?

i have several friends (men) who buy and wear women's jeans because they like the cut and fit better. they buy bath products from Victoria Secret or Bath and Body Works. They occasionally wear eye liner when they go downtown for concerts and clubs. They own too many bottles of fragrance (not all for men either). They spend more time in front of mirrors than i spend eating meals each day.

i don't know how, but i have an idea of what "metrosexual" means. i don't know where it came from. but i've looked into it, and here's what i've got. i just had to satisfy my curiosity.

"metrosexual" is a term coined in 1994 by British journalist Mark Simpson, who used it to refer to an urban male of any sexual orientation who has a strong aesthetic sense and spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle. the term comes from the combination of two words: metropolitan heterosexual. it refers to a young man concerned with self-image, self-indulgence, and money

he is the fasion-conscious target audience of men's magazines.

metrosexuality was promoted primarily by magazines such as GQ, The Face, Esquire, Arena, and FHM. they filled their magazines with images of narcissistic young men sporting fashionable clothes and accessories. and they persuaded other young men to study them with a mixture of envy and desire.

outside Britain, metrosexual has congealed into something more digestible: a heterosexual male who is in touch with his feminine side - he color coordinates, cares deeply about exfoliation, and has perhaps "manscaped."

in major urban areas such as San Francisco, Boston, NYC, Seattle, and Dallas, the metrosexual may be seen as a modern day fop or dandy. Like Victorian-era gentlemen, metrosexuals are sometimes considered especially masculine in the sense that they can relate to and empathize with women in an attempt to foster a relationship (or a sexual tryst) with them.

Mark Simpson's own definition of 2002 is "The typical metrosexual is a young man with money to spend, living in or within easy reach of a metropolis -- because that's where all the best shops, clubs, gyms and hairdressers are. He might be officially gay, straight or bisexual, but this is utterly immaterial because he has clearly taken himself as his own love object and pleasure as his sexual preference. Particular professions, such as modelling, waiting tables, media, pop music and, nowadays, sport, seem to attract them but, truth be told, like male vanity products and herpes, they're pretty much everywhere."

David Beckham, international soccer superstar, is the metrosexual icon. hes athletic and capable. he's very good looking. he spends unimaginable amounts of time and money on his appearance. he's worshipped and adored by millions of young men and women.

strangely enough, the term is used as a sort of parisian, upper class sophisticate/cool compliment at times, but was coined as a satirical criticism of the impact of consumerism and vanity upon traditional masculinity through media such as glossy men's magazines.
a metrosexual is vain. vanity is required. a retrosexual is someone who rejects being finicky about physical appearance. he would be the opposite of the metrosexual.

the retrosexual lifestyle is most popular and societally accepted among men aged 18-24. however, the term is rarely used as in self-description by those men. they prefer terms such as "real man", "old school", or "masculine". They reject the term "retrosexual" because the very use of it implies the normality of metrosexuality and the need of a similar term to describe its opposite.

A retrosexual may also be known as a man who rejects casual sex as mindless and immoral.

** most information on this post was found on Wikipedia.

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