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Arguing with my wife is my least favorite thing. I even feel uneasy when I see others argue. Recently, I was walking down a hotel corridor and came up to an older married couple walking the opposite direction. The husband was in the lead and occupied by something he was reading. After his stride...
Ladies, at the risk of revealing several secrets from the “Big Book of Ridiculous Man Laws,” I’m going to let you in on a concept known as the “8-minute rule.” It might just change your life, or at least confirm your suspicions that men are hopeless cavemen. [Alert: if Rated R language offends you,...
“Why doesn’t your wife leave you?” That’s the #1 question that gets asked or is implied by women I meet from all over the world. What makes me the recipient of such a question? Am I a cheat? A gambler? A drunk? Or, say it isn’t so—a politician? Nope. It’s much worse than that....
[The following is an excerpt from the book Embracing Masculinity from Gregg Akkerman] Humphrey Bogart Was an Asshole! Sinatra too. John Wayne, Elvis, Clark Gable—all of ‘em. Assholes. That’s what we have to accept if we retroactively apply the current standards of social behavior on the past. Bogart as “Rick” in Casablanca takes advantage...
A Journey Tell-all? Has keyboardist/songwriter Jonathan Cain written the tell-all Journey book we’ve been waiting for? Do we hear the dirt on Steve Perry and why classic members were unceremoniously dumped? Does Cain reveal how the band felt hiring a singer from a Journey-esque cover band found on YouTube? Nope. Not even close. Now...
[This article is an excerpt from the book “Divorced and Dating: The Dude’s Guide to Starting Over and Attracting Wonderful Women” by Dr. Gregg Akkerman] Who Wants an Old-School Dude? As an old-school kind of Dude who is divorced and dating, you have never been in a better position to attract women. Trends come...
[The following excerpt is from the book, “SO GOOD, SO GOOD, SO GOOD! Confessions of the Piano Dude: A Memoire of Cruise Ship Life, Serial Rapists, Becoming Minimalist, Finding Romance, and Living the Dream“ by Gregg Akkerman.] The Crimes of the PB Rapist Kim Caldwell moved aside the greasy wrappers which minutes earlier contained...
Rival Sons Create the Masterpiece Robert Plant Couldn’t Pull Off Golden Gods need not concern themselves with the bleating of sheep. But they had best take note of the lordly disciples no longer in need of the Master’s teachings. What the Rival Sons have created on their new Feral Roots (2019) album is truly...
NO! YOU CAN’T STILL SEND DICK PICS! AND YOU NEVER SHOULD HAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE, ASSHOLE! The proliferation of the “dick pic” since the development of the smart phone is stunning. How and why did such a practice ever become normalized by the collective male society? Really Dudes? This is the best we’ve...
The Struts Play Young and Dangerous Young and Dangerous (2018) is the second full-length release by The Struts. In it they continue their infectious attack on pop-rock led by guitars and great vocals. But the model of success employed on the band’s first album, 2014’s Everybody Wants, is their nemesis on their sophomore attempt. The...