Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
…who really, truly, honestly think this is a man’s world.
Today I went shopping for razor blades. I was way more overdue for this than I usually am. Like, as in, shopping for razor blades a month ago would have been quite appropriate. That last session of shaving I did, Saturday morning, like, really hurt a lot.
Oh, and as a side note: I really like shaving with a mug. I like heating up the water to 212′ Fahrenheit in a teakettle, and pouring it through the shaving brush before swirling it over the mug soap. That’s one of life’s pleasures right there. But it does not work with a dull blade. Or two. Or three.
And so I went shopping for blades.
So anyway…you whiny women who live in Folsom. You think this is a man’s world. Consider this an invitation to go shopping for razor blades with me. Side by side. My girlfriend won’t mind, and neither will yours. Let’s go look at blades together, men’s for me, women’s for you.
And after that you can tell me all about how it’s a man’s world.
Eighteen dollars and forty-six cents plus tax, for a package of eight stinkin’ cartridges.
Now the skin on my neck won’t be raw anymore. But I have some new scabs on my knees. So go ahead, Amazons. Tell me another.
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Oh, suck it up and lay down the bucks. I went through this for a long time and then I decided it was unmanly to bitch about it. Get the four or five blade numbers. They really do work.
If I’m shelling it out then everybody should shell it out. From each according to their stubble.
- vanderleun | 08/18/2008 @ 23:15Yeah, whatever man.
For that kind of coin, they should be plated with 24k gold.
And bring me a beer when I want it.
- mkfreeberg | 08/18/2008 @ 23:31I’ll bring you a beer if you’ll let me put in down on your flat head shorty.
- vanderleun | 08/18/2008 @ 23:38You have done a run at the history of Gillette and the business philosophy of razors and blades, correct?
Get up to the minute resiults with the Gillette Fusion Power. More blades than ever before. And a precision trimmer.
- vanderleun | 08/18/2008 @ 23:42$442.44?
Eh…I have a beard. A full one. For the last fifteen years…each and every day. Just need to scrub stubble off the neck. I don’t mind blowing sixty bucks on a trimmer if it’s a good one, but blades?
- mkfreeberg | 08/18/2008 @ 23:53Well, there’s the indian way of plucking them out — AKA the Full Brazilian of the face. A little pot of hot wax, a couple of aspirin, a leather covered biting stick, and whizzzzzzz! yer done.
On the other hand, you can embrace your inner Nixon.
- vanderleun | 08/19/2008 @ 00:12When you’ve developed the life skills to produce a razor sharp edge
on a piece of metal, suitable for shaving, THEN you are allowed to begin to call yourself a man.
Yep, it’s the same set of life skills that produce viable butchering, carpentry, machining, and even the lowly quill re-nibbing skills.
Buying razor blades; actually considering the pros and cons between two and five blades per “disposable” US$4.00 head, for a unit that costs US$0.15 to present on a display rack, is sooooooo Metro. Maybe you should
keep the “Brazilian” approach at your disposal.
“But I don’t have TIME to learn how to…..”
In My Humble Opinion, that’s what REAL MEN ™ do…..make stuff, like the time to master (or at LEAST become adept at) managing life’s challenges.
Even the driver of the truck that delivers “beauty products” to the store has managed to outgrow “pull-ups”. NOW, If I could just manage to learn to circumvent the auto-transpose emoticon to smiley function, life would be better.
- CaptDMO | 08/19/2008 @ 00:57FWIW you get more mileage out of your razors if you keep them in rubbing alcohol rather than letting them sit on the vanity. Keeps them sharper longer.
- Duffy | 08/19/2008 @ 13:55Damn good suggestion. I had the razor I used this morning soaking in alcohol less than five minutes after you hit the “Post” button there.
Still can’t get over it…eighteen bones. I don’t want to lay that out again until Memorial Day, at least. Thanks for the household tip.
- mkfreeberg | 08/19/2008 @ 14:26Great post, Morgan. In the seventies they first came out with the twin blade razors called Trak II. “The first blade pulls the hair so the second blade cuts it even closer!” SNL did a parody commercial with TRACK III. The second blade pulls the hair even more so the third blade cuts it even closerer. I haven’t been able to find a clip on Youtube. Maybe you’d have better luck. I do remember the motto; “Track III Because you’ll buy anything!” Life imitates art.
Personally, I haven’t bought a razor in nearly 20 years. I just use my wife’s for the 2 square inches I grind down every few days. I do wonder sometimes about the “manliness” of using a pink razor. But, hey, I’m in the bathroom. No one is supposed to know!
- BroKen | 08/19/2008 @ 16:46OK… I thought a lil bit about this yesterday after my initial read and come back today to find no one has mentioned the obvious: if women’s blades are cheaper, why not buy them? Whow ould know? Who would care? Of course I don’t KNOW if women get a price break on blades, but I suspect not. So the point may be moot.
FWIW… I bought and used Gillette’s Fusion after it came out and went back to the Mach 3 after about a year. Cheaper blades, no discernible difference in the results or the comfort-level while shaving. My conclusion: marketing hype. But well-done marketing hype. 😉
- Buck | 08/20/2008 @ 15:18And…the girlfriend SEZ…
1. Women have somewhat more sensitive skin than men.
2. Mens’ blades are occasionally available in FOUR blades, whereas the womens’ top out at THREE.
3. Womens’ blades are available in female-friendly, bright pretty colors.
Other than that, they are exactly the same. So you might be on to something here.
- mkfreeberg | 08/20/2008 @ 17:43Didn’t find the video but here is a transcript of the SNL parody. It’s interesting how my memory changed parts of it. Track III instead of Triple-Trac and “You’ll buy anything” instead of “You’ll believe anything.”
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75atriple.phtml
- BroKen | 08/22/2008 @ 07:35