Oh, Mitt Romney. I adore you. You are my absolute favorite political candidate in this presidential race, and I just want you to know that. Don’t misunderstand me – I don’t really want you to be president, but I’m enjoying your campaign so much it just makes me giddy. You’re like a parody of the […]
Author Archives | The Byronic Man
About %s
Recently voted "The Best Humor Site in America That I, Personally, Write," The Byronic Man is sometimes fiction, but sometimes autobiography. And sometimes cultural criticism. Oh, and occasionally reviews. Okay, it's all those different things, but always humorous. Except on the occasions that it's not. Ah, geez. Look, it's a lot of things, okay? You might like it, is the point.Next Question: In Your Opinion, Why Would A Woodchuck Be ‘Chucking’ Wood In The First Place?
March 4, 2012
Today, my friends, we take the Weekly Question of the Week up a notch. Call it Phase Two. Exciting, right? Darn right. Just wait until Phase Three. It involves lasers. Here’s the new dealio: I’ll give you a question, or scenario, or maybe even sometimes a visual prompt. You provide an answer. You may answer […]
6(66) Reasons To Love 80’s Heavy Metal
March 3, 2012
In honor of my 666th subscriber (welcome, Stacie Chadwick! Thanks for coming by!), I – naturally – immediately began humming Iron Maiden’s “The Number of the Beast” to myself. This, of course, made want to do two things: One, rock. Two, take a moment and explore 6(66) reasons to love 80’s Heavy Metal! 1. For […]
Hey, Darla From “She’s A Maineiac”! Let’s Play 20 Questions!
March 1, 2012
Today’s installment of 20 Questions features Darla, from the currently titled She’s A Maineiac. Her site has gone through a couple name changes, some real, some theoretical, but I think she’s settled on this one, as she’s a firm believer in getting the soundtrack to Flashdance stuck in people’s heads. Darla and I, I suspect, […]
Don Draper vs. The Terminator. Or Possibly Kim Cattrall.
February 29, 2012
AMC, purveyors of some pretty great TV shows, have just released the promotional poster for season 5 of Mad Men, like a plate of bacon before the over-analytical dogs that are the show’s fans. Um, that analogy might need some work. Anyway, producer Matthew Weiner says that the poster is, “a nonverbal representation of where […]
International “Cute, Huggable Creatures Who Could Easily Kill You” Day
February 27, 2012
It’s International Polar Bear Day. I don’t know what that means, but I don’t care, because, Polar Bears! To celebrate, let’s review some pictures of polar bears, and some fun facts. Fun fact 1: If you eat a polar bear’s liver, your skin will fall off. This is because of the amount of vitamin A […]
And The Winner Should Be…
February 26, 2012
So, listen, we all have different feelings about the Oscars…often not great, sure, but there’s something unmistakably alluring about whole thing. Maybe it’s just trying to identify the “best” movie, maybe it’s trying to identify what will win through examining the odds, maybe it’s just waiting for it to be over so you can huff […]
Byronic Max-plosion Battle Axe Skull Punch! (With Only One Calorie)
February 24, 2012
“Uncle Byronic?” Yes, adorable little child? “You know those ads for Dr. Pepper 10 that equate drinking diet Dr. Pepper to guns and being a Viking and smashing things with your bare hands and being in a rodeo and stuff?” Sure. “Those are awful. They make me want to burn things. How can those exist?” […]
The Byronic Man 
March 6, 2012
51 Comments