Father Knows Best: Eclectica II Edition

View of countryside around Batawa, Ontario.

Strange Herring: What Patrick Stewart and I Have in Common; Strange Quote of the Day: Rajesh Koothrappali; The Ig Nobel Award Winners of 2012!; From Bread Lines to Apple Lines; Strange Quote of the Day: Spike Milligan; The Most Important Question You Will Ever Answer;

Masculine Style: High Maintenance: Shoes; Dueling Pistols; A Masculine Approach to Life; Paradox Watch; Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia; Double Monks; High/Low

Chef in Jeans: Iron Giant; Cooking for Single Men – Cranberry Apple Stuffed Pork Roulade aka How to Stuff and Tie a Roast

Captain Capitalism: The Ultimate Retirement Solution – Moonshine; Americans Should Direct, The Japanese Should Draw; Support the Captain

Thomas L. McDonald: Are Warp Drives Possible? Definitely Maybe, in Theory

The Pittsford Perennialist: Chris Thomas King Performs “Man Of Constant Sorrow”; The Vespers Perform “Got No Friends”; Lisa Hannigan Performs “Knots,” “Passenger,” “O Sleep”; The Mynabirds Perform “Lemon Tree,” “LA Rain,” “Let the Record Go”

Art of Manliness: Pass the Pot Roast: Your Sunday Supper Meal Plan; How to Remove a Fish Hook from Your Finger: An Illustrated Guide; How to Make a Handsome and Handy Wooden Bottle Opener; Outfitted & Equipped: Fall Cider & Donut Picnic Date; Vintage Business Motivational Posters from the 1920s & 1930s; A Timeless Tradition: A Man’s Treasure Box

Rural Revolution: Canning bacon bits

Blowhard, Esq.:  Photo of the Day: Pool Party

Paleo Retiree: Retro: Cocktails; Retro: Barber Shops

bluebird of bitterness: Happy first day of autumn!; Honey, did you remember to shut the back door?; You can’t fix stupid

Steve Sailer: A Masterful Acting Clinic; More on “The Master”; “Gangnam Style”

Taki: Flying High & Landing Low; A  Very Incomplete List of My Favorite Novelists

John Derbyshire: Heavy Petting

Noah Millman: Master and Commander on the Far Side of the Galaxy

Jordan Bloom: Beating Back Brooklyn

Alan Jacobs: “Where Shall a Man Find Sweetness to Surpass His Own Home?”

Rod Dreher: ‘Ah, My Darling Reckless Friends’; View From Your Table; Southern Xenia; View From Your Table; Ithaka

Spike Gomes: The Golden age of Science Fiction in Hawaii; The Provincial; Two Views of Matsuzaka; Yet there were no legends about parthogenesis, funny, eh?; Once there were…; Where have I been?

Danny from 504: Steak au Poivre

Simon Grey: On Zombies

Elsewhere In Dreams: Heat Death

Okay, Whatever: McDonald’s discontinued items, anyone?

The Gormogons: Math Fun, Gormo-style!

Lancia TrendVisions: 2000 years of history in a hotel

Cracked: 6 Bizarre Origins of Famous Companies; 5 Ridiculous Assassination Plots That Actually Worked; 5 Illegal Drugs With Surprisingly Wholesome Medical Uses

Futility Closet: Unquote; Instant Romance; Another Fad; A Small Start; Progress; Perspective; Succinct; Penny Wisdom; Collision; “Owen Kerr vs. Owen Kerr”; Rules of Thumb; Teamwork; Mixed Call; Early Warning; “Logic”

Cattle near Deseronto, Ontario.