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The Plain Pine Coffin Standard:

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Davd

..Social Efficiency, Human Dignity … Glitz and Hubris be Damned. (c) 2020, Davd It is only logical the Virus Emergencies should remind me of my own mortality. Men have higher death rates than women, earth-wide.  The old have much higher … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day is Different this Year

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Davd

… and an occasion to begin looking at what might be Next Normal (c) 2020, Davd You could call this a speculative blog: I am an old man subject to Emergency Directives to keep to my dwelling and not go … Continue reading →

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A Tradesman’s Workshop

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Davd

… a Criterion for Cleaning by Men(c)  2020, Davd I don’t like dirty quarters… and that is not a reference to money [nor to anatomy]. One day last year I was taken to visit a man, putatively a “professional man”, … Continue reading →

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Nagging …

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Davd

…entails its own punishment, and its own ersatz justification. (c) 2020, Davd Someone I very much love, is a master nagger. One day earlier this year, I actually headed out of the apartment and toward the great outdoors, wearing my … Continue reading →

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Remember Beyond Today

Posted on November 11, 2019 by Davd

… Men Deserve some Credit, some Payback for Dangerous Service(c) 2019, Davd Those poppies we’re supposed to wear today represent cemeteries — military cemeteries, in Europe, where Canadian (and US, and UK, and European) soldiers were buried. They represent men … Continue reading →

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Warm Modest Clothing for the Office

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Davd

… ought to make workers more productive (c) 2019, Davd Female workers are more productive if they feel warm enough. CBC Business producer Don Pittis backed up this obvious looking point with some recent research and some quotations from a … Continue reading →

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Chastity by Its Right Name

Posted on June 8, 2019 by Davd

… Sexual Restraint Should not be Striking(c) 2019, Davd The BBC recently reported a call for a “sex strike” by an actress associated with the “MeToo movement”. Neither the actress nor the BBC seemed aware that her call, which was … Continue reading →

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One Pan Pasta with Tomato-Beef Sauce

Posted on May 4, 2019 by Davd

… a hearty way to use cheap beef and canned tomatoes (c) 2019, Davd As published here, this technique is “for one man living alone”, who knows basic cooking but not fancy seasoning. I’m thinking of men like “Timo” whose … Continue reading →

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Going to the Dogs

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Davd

… We’ll be better off, healthier, wiser (c) 2019, Davd Call it hyperbole if you like, but I’ve decided to make my pre-Valentine’s Day blog this year, about that non erotic love most men have for, and receive from most … Continue reading →

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Feminism’s False Foundation*

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Davd

… there are more men than …. (c) 2018, Davd A rather unfriendly Feminist told me some 40 years ago, that Feminism began with a “Marxist class-analysis of gender relations”. Feminists, she said, viewed men as a bourgeoisie and women … Continue reading →

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