We’ve gone to a few birthing classes at this point. A lot of it is pretty unnecessary (“Really? She shouldn’t be using street drugs while pregnant? Not even meth?”), but there’s some good information and exercises, as well as going a long way to piercing the denial bubble the Byronic Wife has carefully maintained regarding […]
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100% Guaranteed True Horoscope Predictions* (*not a guarantee)
September 26, 2012
The Byronic Man is a certified astrologer. He has a Masters degree in Zodiacry from the University of Nehru, and a PhD in Astronomy and Astro-Physics from The Louvre. Capricorn: Today you will meet a Pisces and fall wildly in love and live passionately, and ecstatically. Unless you miss your opportunity. Talk to every person […]
Behold! We Shall Call These New Leg Coverings: Jeans.
September 24, 2012
I was flipping through a magazine earlier and it had this article with several New York movers & shakers who have discovered wearing jeans. Even to work. I know! Jeans! Just…. wearing them! I realize this is a little more unusual in the Northeast. I wore jeans once in Massachusetts and people looked at me […]
This Is Why Fluffy Bear/Cuddle Cat Would Be Such Good Candidates: They Can’t Talk.
September 23, 2012
Well, it’s Sunday, and it’s time to announce the winner of the caption contest, and for another Weekly Question of the Week*! (* title does not intend to suggest weekly appearance) First was the caption contest, which I probably ruined by telling the back story of Muschi and Mauschen – the cat and bear who […]
The Romney Campaign: Defying Expectations!
September 19, 2012
A couple of weeks ago the Romney campaign, admitting that things had been rocky, announced its intentions to revamp its campaign. Sure enough, since then Romney’s campaign has been in the headlines nearly every day. Now, revealed for the first time here at The Byronic Man, we present the memo outlining the revised plan for […]
How, Really, To Fold A Fitted Sheet
September 17, 2012
Elegance At Home, With Your Host: The Byronic Man!
When Kitty Met Bear…
September 16, 2012
First thing’s first: voting on the caption contest! I was worried that I’d put up a sub-par photo for you, in terms of being caption-worthy. I was also worried too many people would know the back-story. But even if I did, the entries were awesome, thus establishing one of my goals: to be able to […]
I Reject Your Appeal of My Rejection of Your, Uh, Rejection, Um… Where Was I?
September 14, 2012
A quick Friday story of why you just have to love the state of Oregon. Meet Governor John Kitzhaber. Governor, everyone. Everyone, the Governor. Now, Kitzhaber is a doctor with serious moral issues with the death penalty, which is still legal in Oregon (it’s been outlawed twice and made legal twice). When he was governor […]



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