THE NEW MAN

MEN HAVE LATELY DISCOVERED COLOR ASSISTED BY THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY WHO NEED MORE BUSINESS, MORE DOLLARS ROLLING IN. NO LONGER DO THE COLORS OF WHITE, BLACK AND BROWN DOMINATE.

SOCKS, SHIRTS, TIES, SLACKS, JEANS, SHOES, CAPS AND FEDORAS ARE ALIVE WITH
BRIGHT SHADES.  HERE ARE JUST SOME TO PLEASE YOUR EYES.  FOLLOW ME.
SCREAMIN' GREEN, VIOLET, YELLOW, SALMON, HOT MAGENTA, OLIVE, GRANNY SMITH APPLE, AIR-FORCE BLUE, PINK, RED, ORANGE, GINGER, HOOKER'S GREEN, ECRU, EGGPLANT AND  TONS MORE. 

GROOMING IS IN WITH A PLUS.  FINGER AND TOE NAILS ARE NO LONGER DONE AT HOME, HEAVEN FORBID.  FACIALS ARE IN VOGUE,  BODY WASH IS THE TICKET, WHAT HAPPENED TO GOOD OLD SOAP? SHAVING CREAM NOW RUNS AT 35 SMACKERS FOR
THE SUCKERS WHO BELIEVE THAT MORE IS BETTER.  MINE COSTS AROUND ONE OR TWO BUCKS AND MY FACE SMILES.

IN THE WINGS WE HAVE THE COSMETIC GIANTS: CALVIN KLEIN, KENNETH COLE, JACK BLACK, MARC ECKO AND HANS DE FUKO, TO NAME A FEW.  THEY INSIST THAT MEN SHOULD SMELL NICE AT A PRICE.  EAU DE COLOGNE HAS ARRIVED WITH A VENGEANCE.  ADS USE FRENCH NAMES FOR SOME OF THEIR PRODUCTS.  POUR LES HOMME IS A COMMON LEAD-IN AS WELL AS SEDUCTIVE HOMME. AMERICANS GO GAGA OVER ZEE FRENCH. PRICES RANGE  FROM $35 TO $75 FOR THREE OUNCES.  BY THE WAY, DON'T FORGET ZEE SCRUBS, I SPEAK OF LES EXFOLIATING SCRUBS. RUB, SCRUB IN A TUB.

GOT TO SING ALONG WITH ME; HERE COMES THE GROOM  SMELLING BETTER THAN
THE BRIDE.
 

THE CLOCK IS TICKING, MARCH 2012

I HAVE DONATED, MY BODY FOR PURPOSES OF MEDICAL  EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.
MY BODY WILL BE OF SOME USE.  CONSIGNING MY BODY FOR BURIAL WAS NOT AN OPTION. MAKING FAT WORMS FATTER DID NOT APPEAL TO ME.

MY BODY SPEAKS TO ME LOUDLY AND CLEARLY ---  IT SAYS YOU'VE GOT WEEKS, MONTHS, OR AT MOST A YEAR.  I AM NOT SUICIDAL, ALTHOUGH MANY IN MY PAINFUL CONDITION WOULD OPT FOR IT.  EVERY PART OF MY TORN BODY WANTS OUT BUT THERE ARE SOME UNFINISHED TASKS I MUST ATTEND TO FIRST.

I AM NOT A  RICH MAN BUT I CAN LEAVE A LEGACY OF WORDS AND I MUST TRY TO BROADEN THIS LEGACY BY ADDING MORE  BLOG POSTS AND COMPLETING ANOTHER STORY, A TRUE STORY OF ARMY DAYS PRIOR TO BASIC TRAINING.  I CAN VISUALIZE MY FAMILY GATHERED AROUND THE LIVING ROOM, CELEBRATING  MY SCRIBBLINGS WITH LAUGHTER MIXED WITH SOME TEARS PERHAPS.

I LEAVE YOU MY WORDS, AND ALL MY LOVE