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A new series of article summaries to help true gentlemen- Monsieurs, get a better handle on things going on globally, culturally and nationally. Consider this a cheat sheet for intellectual conversations. In Brief Animal conservation is a morally grey area that few want to tread. Sure, there are those that hunt for a food source […]
February 9, 2011
I’m married. I know, some of you out there will probably look at that declaration with some sort of squalid pallor. You know? The kind of face you make when you’re looking heartbroken at some of Edison Chen’s pictures (five words: Cecilia buy an epilator please). That said, I’ve never been one to shy away from romantic […]
February 7, 2011
Steve Buscemi to me is like one of those Christopher Walken types. I hate to make the comparison but men like him and Walken usually play varied roles and they invariably share one commonality- they make it their own. In fact, their signature styles are what makes them great fodder for comedic impersonators and […]
July 26, 2010
Men like Neil Strauss have called it The Game. The fact that his account of it – detailed over 452 pages like a dater’s tips for dating – has been quickly picked up at bookstores, shows a large majority of men regard the dating game with deadly seriousness. And therein lies the crux of the […]
July 18, 2010
It’s probably been around since the world’s first professional Farmers decided to advertise their wares with maidens and their jugs, err, of milk. A good looking woman or man, typically with no connection to the product being advertised has often been used for cheap attraction. How it began It all started with wood carvings and […]
April 26, 2010
The Sydney Mardi Gras ended with a bang of mass nudity on the steps of the Opera House. It won’t be the last of any flesh parade, but shouldn’t there be stipulation on who gets to be naked? However evolved we are, our primal survival instinct means we are still biologically “wired” to seek physical […]
March 26, 2010
It’s Oscar month, here’s a remainder that some films are meant to entertain and not educate. History has never been short of controversial topics for motion pictures and literature. When Rushdie’s Satanic Verses appeared on shelves, man Shi’a Muslims practically fell over themselves in a fit of religious fervour to kill the author. Justified or […]
February 26, 2010
Dressed in Brioni and carrying a faux crocodile holdall, I was contemplating life, nature and the underwear detonating antics of the Nigerian Jihadist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab before I was shaken out of my stupor by an officer of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit corporation. “Random security check, I need to search your bag, sir.” I […]
January 20, 2010
Faking it till you make it is a common mantra in professional circles. That is until someone loses an eye or worse, his job Honesty is an admirable trait in leaders. Honesty allows for much clarity in matters of leadership and management. Like it or not, leaders are not and will never be the paragons […]
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