THE DOMESTICATED BACHELOR http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com Bettering the sad SAD bachelor. Sort of. Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:05:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How I’m Not Really Related To Ben Franklin (But It Turns Out I’m Swiss!) Jon (Benny Lava) Perry

It’s genealogy time in the bachelor cave.  It came up in conversation a month ago with Jeff, one of the main dudes at my office.  After a heated discussion on Nietzsche (not really) we somehow got…

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My fellow blog readers, we do not harass Caesar with tickle fights to haze him, but to Epilady him because he’s Mediterranean and obviously pretty hairy (Mediterranean men recognize their condition and are not offended. …

]]> http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2010/06/24/state-of-the-bachelor-address-july/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state-of-the-bachelor-address-july The DB’s 30 Favorite Songs of 2009 (1-15) by Jonathan B Perry

Yes,  we’re halfway through 2010, but I’ve gathered my 30 favorite songs of 2009 anyway.  Like any good self-respecting music snob and addict, I think my music taste is pretty darn good.  All music snobs feel…

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16. “Fitz and Dizzyspells”-Andrew Bird:


Andrew Bird is known largely for two things: whistling and playing the violin.  However, he’s a great songwriter and…

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I want to thank you so so much for the generously sweet pity you’ve shown me in offering to set me up with your single female friends.  Look at you being all matchmakey.  I…

]]> http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2010/06/10/to-my-married-female-friends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=to-my-married-female-friends WHITE WEDDING Congratulations to my brother Chris who was married this weekend!  Best wishes to Chris and Kirsten for a lifetime of happiness.

He’s no longer a bachelor.  Also, the wedding wasn’t much like the one in the Billy Idol video (no…

]]> http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2010/05/24/white-wedding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-wedding FAMOUS LIVING BACHELORS A few years ago, celeb news show The Insider listed the top 10 bachelors in Hollywood.  This is how it went:

1. George Clooney
2. Leonardo DiCaprio
3. Matthew McConaughey
4. Ryan Seacrest
5.…

]]> http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2010/05/19/famous-living-bachelors/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=famous-living-bachelors The Minefield of Caddishness One of my friends on Facebook recently posted some swell clips of a BBC show that I hadn’t seen before.  I hadn’t seen it yet because a) I don’t live in Britain and b) BBC America is passing off Star…

]]> http://www.thedomesticatedbachelor.com/2010/05/04/the-minefield-of-caddishness/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-minefield-of-caddishness 30 Million Chinese Bachelors and The Matrix Solution by Jonathan B Perry

I have good news and I have bad news.  First, the bad news:  Guys of 2020, there will be a surplus of competitive males as there never has been before at any…

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OK, sure.  I’m only playing fantasy baseball.  It’s not like it’s fantasy football or sci-fi soccer (yeah, I just made that up, but doesn’t it sound awesome?).  Not…

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