It’s Your Party And You Can Leer If You Want To

Meow
credit: Auzigog

Q: i want to see live naked girls but hate beaches and don’t want to pay $1 a song. what’s a reasonable way to go about this?

-Chris from Portland

Chris, since you apparently live at the intersection of pale and cheap the only real solution is to throw a party. Not just any party, but a Toga party. Toga parties and Halloween parties are traditional American venues for being exhibitionist without taking responsibility for it.

The trick is many people are still too inhibited to just get naked and dance. So, you have to introduce a social lubricant, e.g alcohol.

It just so happens that I have a graph of the affect of alcohol on people’s likelihood of committing nudity.Graph of Nudity

Compare that to my second graph: How likely you are to notice you are nude.Drinking leads to nudity

Dancing and togas, as some of you know, leads to a high Accidental Nudity Quotient (ANQ). ANQ is widely observable in people like Paris Hilton, Tara Reid, and Lilly Allen. Accidents, plus low chance of caring, plus high Spontaneous Nude Outbursts (SNO) make toga parties a prime location for nudity sans dollars or beach.

The only issue is getting sufficient lubricant into your guests. I recommend sangria, but soak some pineapple in everclear first. Your guest will quickly reach the 50% Spontaneous Nude Outburst 50% not caring about accidental nudity caused by dancing/wardrobe malfunctions.

Be warned that high levels of alcohol and nudity may drastically change the type of party you have on your hands; leading to mysterious stains on your upholstery, walls and floor. These people have the right idea, kiddie pools seem effective as a prophylactic against mess, as does throwing a party in your backyard. Just don’t let your friends drown.

Kandy Kiddy Pool
credit: AndyFitz

How To Properly Groom a Girl

A question has entered my mind via Penny Arcade: How do you groom a girl?

Specifically this girl, Felicia Day.

Felicia Day, of Internet Fame

Felicia Day, of Internet Fame

Some women may not be aware of this, but, many men find grooming a woman very rewarding for both parties. Sadly, I don’t think that most women trust the meticulous juxtapositions and renovations of their bodies to, what they consider, unprofessional hands.

I am going to give you a few pointers on how to groom a woman.

First you have to be aware that there is a lot of potential work area on a woman. I can perform 90% of my grooming with an electric razor; not so with a woman. Even though they, generally, have less hair than their masculine counterparts there are more variations on how it is treated, or mistreated. They also have a greater choice in artificial accessories.

Just for the sake of sanity lets list the potential parts you can groom:

  • Hair
  • Face
  • Eyes
  • Lips
  • Armpits
  • Legs
  • Bikini Area
  • Hands
  • Feet

Even with the daunting list of things to do men are not deterred. However, I think there is some degree of worry associated with how to approach the subject. Thankfully woman come with several pre-made handles.

Shoulders

Burned Shoulders
These tend to be sturdy, easy to get a hold of, and inoffensive. I rate them a solid 3 of 5 as a grip point while grooming.

Use for:

  • Hair
  • Face
  • Eyes
  • Lips

Ears

Bunny Ears

This handle works reasonably well for anything on the face. But, be aware that many woman get strange flashbacks and angry looks on their face when a man grabs their ears. The amount of fighting back you will get makes this a 2 out of 5.

Use for:

  • Face
  • Eyes
  • Lips
  • Reminding her of her Ex

Breasts

Hand Bra

I am a fan of this handle; it just seems natural. Probably the best grip for distracting her from what you are doing. I have long arms so I use this one whenever I get the chance. I give this handle 4 of 5, but mainly because of favoritism.

Use for:

  • Hair
  • Face
  • Eyes
  • Lips
  • Distraction
  • Foreplay

Love Handles

Love Handle in Jeans

This is another of those areas that women are sensitive about. You should probably not call them love handles in front of her. I give the handle that is actually called a handle 4 of 5 for utility. It is second only to shoulders for appropriateness, but, oddly, a common choice for grip while grooming the inappropriate bits.

Useful for:

  • Bikini Area
  • Upper Legs
  • Tickling

Neck

Hand on Neck

I know it looks tempting, so tempting, to wrap your fingers around her supple neck. But be careful; some girls dislike being squeezed here, at least in this context. I give the neck 2 0f 5 for grooming.

Useful for:

  • Face
  • Hair
  • Hearing her use the safe-word

Wrist

wrist grab

The wrist is perfect for working on hands, but it can also be useful pair with putting your knee on her shoulder to hold her still while working on her ticklish bits. By itself 3 of 5. Combined with another handle 5 of 5.

Use for:

  • Hands
  • Armpits
  • Reminding her of her creepy uncle

Ankles

Pink heels

This is the preferred grip for shaving legs or doing toes, if she has ticklish feet, and also useful for bikini area. Don’t grab both ankles at once; this tends to make them suspicious of your intent. I give the ankles 4 of 5 as a grip.

Use for:

  • Feet
  • Legs
  • Bikini Area

Mouth

Fingers in Mouth

Like the neck it looks right, but it is very difficult to do much with your hand in her mouth. You are going to get covered in drool, and probably bit. plus it makes lipstick hard to apply. I give the mouth 1 of 5 as a handle.

Use for:

  • Dental Work

Helpful Tips

Be gentle. You may not realize how scary it is to have someone wielding a sharp instrument and looming over you. Just think about the care you would want her to take while shaving your massive neck beard.

If you are working on her face you should be standing in front of her.

Compliment her a lot while you are grooming her; otherwise she may think that you are passive-aggressively commenting on her looks.

Unlike the projects you are used to more force is not the solution. If you feel a high level of resistance, such as kicking, screaming, or telling you to untie her it is best to change your approach.

Our Family

Old Family

When two people get married, their kids get the father’s name (with rare exceptions).  For each family that has only girls, that family name won’t be continued.  This means every generation we should lose a fraction of family names.  Will we eventually run out of family names?

-A Friend of J

No, that is seriously… You have to be kidding me. No, we won’t run out of names. Not only to people make up last names for various reasons — including fraud, disassociation from exiting family, or being born with a dumb name — but people also have a huge overlap in names. Any family that has had at least two name carriers at any time has a huge number of name carriers. I bet that there are at least 1,000 that have the same last name as you that have no discernible relation to you. There has probably never been a name that simply disappeared from existence for more than a day or so.

But thanks for the question. I always appreciate a ludicrous premise.

What’s going to be the next crazy Ben & Jerry’s flavor?

-Tanqueray

My best guess is Barney the Presidential Scottie Crunch. It will contain banana ice-cream with chunks of walnuts and butter-nut squash. It will have a picture of a fat black dog barfing a cornucopia.

Memorial For Christopher Alan Glein

Have you seen this man?

Christoper Alan Glein

Christoper Alan Glein

I last saw him the week of July 21st. We made tentative plans to get together last weekend, but when I called him I got his answering machine. I tried texting him a few hours later, but nothing. Not even a friendly “got your message.”

I have known him since we were 10 years old. We have shared many formative moments together, not in a gay way. I have come to consider him a true, and dear, friend that I thought would be around forever. However, it has now been 5 days, and I fear the worst: Ninjas, Dinosaurs, or maybe even death. Well, probably not death considering he wrote 3 blogs this week, I think that is his personal record.

Anyway he likes comic book movies, video games, zombies and girlie drinks. So, you will probably find him: a.) at Cinerama, b.) festering in his own juices cradling an xbox 360 controller, or c.) in a graveyard looking helpless. Christopher is very skittish so approach him slowly. If you give him a cosmo, or other girl drink, with rohypnol he will fall asleep like a cheerleader.

Chris is about six foot one and weighs… I don’t actually know but it is, but, probably a lot, so you should bring a hand truck, or something, to haul him. If he has died, and his ghost wrote those blog posts he is survived by his adoring fiancé Jessica Totten.

I am willing to give a reward to anyone who brings him to me, obvious more if he is alive, or for information as to his whereabouts.

Chris, if you are dead I promise to give you a eulogy your mother will never forgive me for.

It’s The Law

Important Looking Gavel

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Why are there laws?

-A kid talking to his dad

Laws are made for one of two reasons:

Some things are illegal because they are fun (e.g. speeding, naming your kid Sex Fruit, or pretending to be a cop).

Some things are illegal because you can hurt people (e.g. speeding, stealing, or driving on the sidewalk).

There is also a genre of crimes that sort of defy description. Laws like marriage licenses, why do I need a license to commit my life to something? They don’t require a license to join a church. And there are laws about which law supersede which laws when they conflict. For example federal law supersedes state law in any context that state law conflicts with constitutional law, but you can still be charged federally for growing medical marijuana. I’m not a lawyer, but, I don’t think that the Constitution mentions ganja.

And there are laws that literally make it illegal to be a teenager. Seriously, it is a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines if you intend to have sex with them. This essentially make it federal crime to be a boy between the age of 16 and 18. No concerts or road trips. Let me tell you that is a weird law, and how exactly do you determine intent? When I was 17 I probably “intended” to put it wherever it fit (and some places it didn’t).

I am getting off topic. The reason we have laws is because old people are all jerks that want to make sure young people don’t get to have the same fun the old people had. To that end I recommend that you never trust anyone older than me.

Thank You and Goodnight

How To Get What You Want

How do you make out with lots of chicks?

-Sl4y3rX

In an homage to Jessica Hagy here is the answer to making-out with lots of “chicks”?
Prostitute and Puppy Diagram

So there you have it. The way to make-out with lots of chicks is to to buy one, after another, after another, or volunteer for the humane society.

Alternately you can stop referring to women and chicks. You should also invest in at least two nice outfits, and a hair cut. Oddly, the most successful string of kissing that I have ever experienced was by having my friend following me with a video camera on a college campus. Just walk up to them and ask.

Phantom Calls? Your Brain Is Lonely.

the phantom limb.
Creative Commons License photo credit: musictowakeyou

I keep my phone on vibrate and in my pocket. Often it feels like it’s vibrating even when it’s not. What is the deal with these phantom vibrations?

-Jevan

Well Jevan the reason that you have phantom vibrations, sometimes called ringxiety, is that you are a nervous, self-obsessed person. You want so deeply to be important that your brain is misinterpreting non-vibratory signals as potential phone calls. Say the wind blows against your neatly pleated, recently ironed, pants your brain starts think, “Yippie! Someone wants to talk to me.” So, it tells you your leg it feels vibrating — and that makes you happy as you reach to get your phone. Unfortunately, as many geeks come to find out, owning a cell phone does not induce people to call you –-so, you grow confused and sad that no one is interested in talking to you; causing you to release, what I call, undorphins. These undorphins are the reason that you feel unclean all the time, and wash your hand so much.

Now there is another possibility, I may be wrong about you being a Nervous Nelly. You could be experiencing excessive pressure in the sensory cortex of your brain, or, you could have a cancerous node malignantly crushing against the central nerve in your leg. The best way to find out is to ask a friend to check the back of your skull and your groin for lumps. If you find any don’t try squeezing them, take my word for it hurts a lot. Anyway, you should have zero lumps at the back of your skull and between zero and three down below, depending on how active you were as a kid.

If you want to read more about Ringxiety and the people who suffer from it visit USA Today.

Why We Should Invade New Zealand

It has been over 5 years since we “accomplished” our “mission” in Iraq I think it is time we start thing about the United States next acquisition. Now I know that the popular thought is Iran, but I have a different suggestion:

Invade New Zealand

New Zealand has beautiful land:

NZ Mountain

Look at that view. What did New Zealand do to deserve such splendor? You can’t have anything that nice and expect no one else to want it.

New Zealand Has Beautiful Women:
Jane Copland
I actually only know one Kiwi. Her name is Jane. So, based on my limited sample this is what a New Zealand woman looks like.

Jane told me to take some Facebook pictures:

Jane in a dress:

Jane in a dress

Jane likes to eat food that is green, and revels in the meta-ness of a kiwi eating a kiwi:

Jane Copland Eating

She sometimes Martinis make her sad:

Jane and Martini

Other observations about New Zealand based on Jane:

  • They like competitive sports
  • They like jogging with Belgian Malinois (Malinoises? Malinoisi?)
  • They like vodka

And a very small “army,” according to the always-SUPER-accurate Wikipedia.

  • 8,998 Active Soldiers
  • 2,230 Reserve Units
  • 2 Military Ships
  • 53 aircraft

I think even Costa Rica could invade New Zealand — mainly because cops in Costa Rica have assault rifles.

Consider my plan:

Collect everyone that is obsessed with one of the following things:

  1. Lord of the Rings
  2. Anna Paquin
  3. Lucy Lawless (Xena Warrior Princess)
  4. Russel Crowe

By my calculations we out number the New Zealand Army by about 611-to-1. Put all the creepy old guys in the front, followed by weird teenagers, followed by fat people followed by whoever else is interested in taking New Zealand (who does that leave? Battle Star Galactica fans who aren’t fat creepy, or teenagers, and me). I don’t think we will even need guns. I bet at first they will think it is funny; like we are a giant conference of weirdoes propping up the tourism — then Bam! Crushed under a wave of perverts, smelly teenagers and US lard. Think about it.

Who do you think we should invade? Send your answer to carlos@delriomedia.com.

As Requested.

Food Fight.
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Who would win in a fight Medeski Martin & Wood or They Might Be Giants?

-Chris’ Birthday Party

Well they both make a mean children’s band, and by mean I mean potentially damaging to the fragile psyches of potentially innocent children. Ultimately, there can be only one winner and it comes down to the following factors:

  • Suppositional Giantness
  • Who I have a cooler picture of
  • Accordians
  • John Flansberg once ate a live squirrel

What these things have to do with who would win a fight

While you can call into question whether They Might Be Giants you can’t call into question the fact that they play the accordion. So obviously they must have spent the last 28 years fighting of the three fans and billions of haters of accordion music. Subsequently They Might Be Giants has grown battle-worn and visious, as evidenced by squirrel ingestion. Seriously, they have a song about making puppets out of heads and worms auditioning for drummer jobs — they obviously live by different rules than the rest of us.

If, in fact, they are giants then the member of Medeski Martin & Wood who might be made of wood will quickly be turned to splinters used to loose squirrels from Flansberg’s massive teeth. Not only that, They Might Be Giants is a 5 person band, outnumbering Medeski Martin & Wood 5 to 3.

Check out how they hang out:

really flansberg ate a squirrel ozzy style

Look at them! Angry faces, angry instruments, flannel, their image is so powerful it burned the color out of the film and left the photographer desiring for a post-coitus cigarette.

In contrast look at Medeski Martin and Wood:

afraid of the sun

Look at them! Wearing parkas to protect their fragile bodies from the cold and their fragile skin from real sun. You can feel the camera weeping from the wimpiness.

And to put an end-cap on why They Might Be Giants would tenaciously trounce Sadeski Fartin & Woodyoustophittingme Here come the ABC’s is a Gold Album and I don’t even know the name of MMW’s kids album.

Thank you and goodnight.

My Dream Bike

For Sale
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Back in the bygone days of 2004 I had more time than money, so, my bike geekiness had to take a backseat to cost. Today I am going to moon over what my dream bike would be now. My current bike, a fixed gear, is 24.5 lbs (11,113 g) my goal is to drop to 16 lbs (7,258 g) or less — about 45% weight decrease.

  • Frame: Litespeed Ghisallo — it is super light 1.98 (900 g) pounds for my size, M frame. Starting here I already drop more than 2 pounds. Unfortunately the Ghisallo has vertical dropouts, these are bad for single speed bikes, but that can be fixed with a chain tensioner.
  • Bottom Bracket — Shimano Dura Ace Track BB7700 173 g. I am a Shimano fan.
  • Crank Set & Chainring — Dura Ace FC7710 550 g & 49 tooth ring. Might as well match the set.
  • Hubs — Phil Wood low flange rear and front ~ 534 g. I don’t know why, but this is a prestige thing. I have never ridden Phil Wood hubs, but I want to badly.
  • Wheelset — Velocity Aerohead Rims, Wheelsmith XL-14 double butted spokes, 700 x 23c tubes and tires ~ 1950 g (total).
  • Fork — Reynolds Ouzo Pro AERO 441 g. Carbon fiber forks give a softer ride.
  • Headset — Cane Creek Solos 72 g. This is what Litespeed uses so it is the easy choice.
  • Stem — Salsa Moto Ace 130 g. I have one of these and like it so I might as well stick it out.
  • Handle bars — Nitto Bullhorn 230 g. I like the bullhorn style bars for around town riding.
  • Breaks — Dura Ace BR7800 314 g.
  • Pedals — Dura Ace PD-M647 568 g. Pedals are surprisingly heavy compared to other parts, but they are clip in hybrids so I can be versatile.
  • Freewheel — ACS 18 tooth 135 g.
  • Chain — Shimano 105 9spd 305 g.
  • Seat Post — Oval Concepts R700 190 g.
  • Saddle — Planet Bike ARS 400 g. I love this saddle I have put thousands of miles on my current one. Here my geekiness is taking a backseat to ass comfort.

This is all the major stuff that goes into a bike. It is 15.2 pounds (6,900 g). But I will have to add some miscellaneous parts: cables, chain tensioner (fixes the dropout issue), bar tape, brake levers, reflectors, etc), but I think that even with these additions I will weigh in at 16 pound bike.

I think that the best thing about this bike is that if I get the decals off it will be a unremarkable bike on the outside and dreamy a little rocket in every other situation. I think it could be my last bike ever, especially since it would cost more than a Vespa, unless I get some good deals.