Companies and news agencies alike conduct surveys….about EVERYTHING possible; From which Presidential candidate you’re going to vote for all the way to your shopping habits, sex life and yes, even grooming. So with that said, a recent study in the U.S. showed both men and women prefer a clean-shaven face and said grooming is key to making a first impression. More than half the women (57 percent) think poor grooming is a major turn off, if not a total deal-breaker.
Now obviously this critique doesn’t apply to every man or woman out there. But it brings me to a bigger point – Grooming isn’t JUST how your facial hair and how the hair on your head looks. It goes much deeper than that. It’s your facial hair, the hair on your head, your eyebrows, ears, hands, nails and a few other things that I’m not going to get into.
Now personally, I hate hair. So I shave my head. Now I can say with confidence however, not every man can pull that look off. I’m actually complimented quite often on my head (Sounds weird right?) but it’s true. But I’m thankful I’m able to pull off this look because it’s not very common, especially when it comes to men who would have a full head of hair if they didn’t shave it off.
Now this brings me to my point in writing this – After a compliment (or questions about why I shave my head) I’m usually asked what I use. See the skin on my face is extremely sensitive so naturally I’ve tried every damn shaving cream/powder and razor combination on the planet and there is ONE that works for me, which I’m going to share with all of you.
I’ve had my Merkur bowl, brush and razor for a few years. At the time I purchased it all the bowl was about $40, the brush was almost $200 and the razor was around $80. You obviously can buy these products (or similar ones) online for much less, but I purchased these items at a local store so there was definitely a markup on them (SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES!)
I put about a quarter sized amount of Headslick (or more depending on how long it’s been since my last shave) in the bowl, dip the brush in hot water (letting the excess drain off) then lather up the Headslick in the bowl and there you go! The wonderful thing about Headslick is it can be used anywhere you shave. I’ve actually turned a lot of women on to Headslick & they refuse to go back to the normal shaving creams they used before. So I encourage everyone out there to give it a try.
So that’s what I personally use. I’m not saying you need to go out and spend all that money or go get manicures and pedicures, but experiment and find what works for you.
Just remember, women love a well groomed man…….It’s all part of being The Modern Gentleman.
The Iphone is probably the most popular phone most of the people I know have. I’m on Team Droid for a many reasons, but this is one of the big reasons:
Video has emerged of a Rick Santorum rally last week where Santorum addresses President Obamas stance on higher education and how Obama wants to make college more accessible to everyone. This is what Santorum had to say:
Now I’m going to give a minute for that to sink in to your brain.
Let me just recap some of the highlights in that clip:
“President Obama once said he wants everyone in America to go to college……what a snob.” “Oh I understand why he wants you to go to college! He wants to remake you in his image.”
That clip is the most idiotic and disturbing video I’ve seen in regards to politics in the last decade, and on so many different levels. I’ve watched it no less than a dozen times and each time I watch it I have the same dumbfounded reaction. Since when did attending college (or WANTING to) make someone an “elitist” and a “snob?” Towards the end of the clip he says “I want to create jobs so people can remake their children in their image not his.” I’m not entirely sure that statement even makes any damn sense, but what I do know, is that this, along with many of the other things Santorum regularly says, proves why he’s the most insane religious freak that’s ran (AND IS AHEAD IN THE POLLS) for President in recent memory.
Here is an excellent exert of an article written by Steven Cohen via The Huffington Post on what Santorum said: “The absence of truth in Santorum’s statement is breathtaking. First, much of the president’s emphasis on higher education has been directed toward sciences and technical education — especially in two-year community colleges. Second, the president’s emphasis on education has little to do with elitism and everything to do with America’s economic survival. We are in an increasingly brain-based economy. Labor that used to require muscle now must have the capacity to run complex, labor-saving machinery.”
How do you expect to have a nation that is succeeding and ahead of the rest of the world when education isn’t important? Well the answer to that is simple; you don’t. Education is the core reason why America lacks in producing entrepreneurs and the next generation of thinkers. These people come from Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Now in contrast to that statement, a lot of these people do come to the U.S. to study at American Universities. North Korea has roughly 95% of their high school students graduate on time whereas the U.S. has only about 70% graduate with a diploma, and with another student dropping out every 26 seconds, it’s only getting worse.
But back to what Santorum said; If he’s so concerned with the next generation of college kids being “elitists” then why are his kids going to college? Why are his other children home schooled? Does being home schooled somehow make his kids exempt from the “elitists snobery” he accuses President Obama of being? Not in my book.
Now a friend of mine had posted this video earlier and said “The response to his “snob” comment (laughter, applause, and whooping) is frightening” and I absolutely agree with her. It is frightening to see people actually buy into this bullshit way of thinking. I know it’s hard to get information into peoples brains like the ones clapping for Santorum, but I’m going to try. You see, there’s this little known thing called ‘research’ that I, along with other educated individuals, utilize when crazy people like Rick Santorum are running for President and they say insane things like he did in the video. Wouldn’t it be crazy if I found Rick Santorums campaign website when he was running for reelection in the Senate in 2006? Wouldn’t it be even crazier if in this website Rick Santorum very clearly states the opposite of what he says in the above video? But that’d be crazy. The odds of finding that are just huge.
BUT WAIT! Say that wasn’t just a bunch of theoretical questions and I actually found said website? Crazy right!? Well I did, and here is a wonderful exert from his website:
Hmmm…..That doesn’t seem like it would come form the mouth of someone that just said Obama is an elitists and a snob for wanting people to go to college now does it?“Rick Santorum has supported legislative solutions that provide loans, grants, and tax incentives to make higher education more accessible and affordable.”That’s exactly what Obama wants and has stood for; This is what Americans stand for; This is what I stand for; Lowering the cost of college in this country.
Now this extreme type of flip flop…..better yet, this extreme type of hypocritical political garbage is what’s wrong with the GOP candidates. They’ve all transformed into the candidate they think the people they’re standing in front of want them to be, rather than being who they really are. Thinking about it now, I don’t believe Newt, Santorum or Romney even know who they are and what they stand for. Which is like most American voters; They don’t know what they stand for. This brings me to the horrifying truth that the type of people in the above video are bountiful, and that scares the shit out of me because it gives crazy ass people like Santorum a real chance at winning the nomination and winning the Presidency. Bill Maher said “Half of me sees Rick Santorum and says, bring it on, he could never win! Other half says, Fuck, I don’t put anything past this stupid country” and it’s the sad reality we face here in America.
Do your research people! Don’t vote based on what you hear them say when they’re on TV! Don’t vote for a candidate just because of their religion! VOTE BASED ON THEIR RECORD AND WHAT CAN BE PROVEN! Rick Santorum has a proven track record of being full of shit, being a religious extremists and for all you women out there, he’d take away virtually all the rights you enjoy today about your body and throw them in the trash. Just a little something to think about…….
Today it was announced that 5 Afghans were killed, as well as dozens more injured, during protests over the accidental burning of the Quran by NATO troops. Now before you get all upset, they didn’t grab a bunch of Qurans, throw them in a pile and burn them just because they were Qurans. They were discarded because of “extremists writings” that are prohibited in the detainee facility they were found in. I’m also curious to know how in the world people even found out that there were a few Qurans in a huge pile being burned.
Here’s what’s wrong with this whole situation: Why are the U.S. and NATO having to apologize? Why are people so fixated on condemning them and not the people rioting? I’m what I call a “New-Age Christian,” and I must say that if someone burned the Bible in front of me, it wouldn’t bother me in the least. It’s a book. Did someone defacing this book affect me? Absolutely not. Did it harm me? No.
Now if this had been the other way around and Afghans (or whoever, wherever) were burning a pile of Bibles, would people be in the streets in the U.S. rioting and killing each other? Hell no. So my question is this: Why in the world do these people think that they can react in such a way? They’re killing each other in these riots but it’s somehow OTHER peoples fault. It’s ludicrous to even attempt to justify this way of thinking.
Just like when that idiotic “pastor” in Florida claimed he was going to burn the Quran, they reacted in the same fashion. Now I obviously do not agree with ANYTHING this pastor stood for, because he was an extremist in his own way, which I despise. On the other hand, I do not think everyone in the Middle East is an extremist in any way, shape or form. I know countless amounts of people that are good friends of mine that are from the Middle East, so please, don’t waste your time trying to paint me as racist.
This is one of many reasons the carnage and killing of innocent people throughout the Middle East won’t stop. There has to be a fundamental change in the way they think and react to international situations. I just hope it’s sooner than later or there may not be a Middle East to talk about.
I’ve said this for years, so now is as good a time as ever to say it again: The priorities of (most) Americans are completely backwards and not in touch with reality. For example, the death of Whitney Houston. Sad? Eh…maybe. Disappointing? Yes. Worthy of taking up a majority of the news casts? Absolutely not. Whitney was talented, no doubt about it. WAS. Until she let everything else besides her music and her career get in her way. We all know Whitney had a horrible drug and alcohol problem for the better part of the last 15 or so years, which is presumably why she hasn’t made any music or done anything positive that’s been news worthy. I’m absolutely tired of turning on the news and having them talk about Whitney’s death. With all the events unfolding in the Middle East, Europe and every other corner of the world right now that WILL have an affect on me at some point, I DON’T CARE ABOUT WHITNEY’S DEATH. I absolutely understand she had a profound impact on a lot of peoples lives, but she was no Michael Jackson. She was talented. He was light years beyond her talent. He reshaped music as we know it; she didn’t. I’m more surprised that she DIDN’T die 10 years ago from overdosing. I don’t care that she might have had prescription pills in her hotel room. I don’t care that she was out partying. This is not worthy of hours of continuous coverage with reporters repeating the same bullshit over and over. Americans treat celebrities different. You want me to be surprised? Find me a celebrity that ISN’T using/abusing drugs, prescription or otherwise. Even stupid looking Bruno Mars was arrested for cocaine. So why is everyone so surprised that she was mixing pain meds and alcohol?
Anyway, this brings me to the climax; After tweeting CNN about how tired I was of seeing their completely useless coverage of Whitney’s death, I received a tweet from a self proclaimed hardcore Whitney fan. The tweets are as follows, top to bottom, left to right. And yes, they’re unaltered.
I love her initial tweet to me: “A death of an icon has occurred and you’re more concerned with ‘better news?’ Ummmm, absolutely 100% HELL YES. I’m even nice to her, noting that Whitney WAS talented. Apparently that wasn’t good enough for her. Of course I’m assuming it wasn’t good enough for her because she said I “have the sickness of being as cold as the Devil himself.” LOL! Really? How fucking insane do you have to be to flip out like this over my want to see actual NEWS?
But of course the best line she blurted out was when she calls me a ‘sociopath.’
So I’m asking all of you…..really? Am I REALLY a sociopath for wanting to see REAL news that actually can and does have an impact on my daily life?
