However what is really cool is that while being sick all my friends, no matter where they are, have all been sharing their remedies to help me feel better.

I could not even begin to count how many variations of recipes for a Hot Toddy I have gotten but I am sure if I tried them all, and we all know the turnipHed likes to drink ^↩, but I am sure without a doubt if I tried them all I would have to pre-sign up to be on the liver transplant list.

Really at the heart of it all, it warms me insides up to know that I have friends around the corner and across the globe that actually care and want me to feel better.

OK enough of that mushy shit – let’s drink up bitches!

Chop chop!

Oh and while I am enjoying my ## hot toddy I do wanna send out another Happy Birthday wish to Big Licky ^↩ ↩

1.  ↩ probably not as much as Big Fatty
2.  ↩ ↩ fuck that was hard to type – ah maybe one more Hot Toddy and I will be over served

However, I kind of feel like my intelligence has been insulted here, or rather maybe my basic sense of humanity which in turn makes me want to say “Fuck you” and piss, errr excuse me PEE, on the plastic bag anyway….just saying.

This is a really cool idea that came across my desk today. Andrew Christian has started an “Underwear of the Month Club” wherein you can purchase a membership for either 6 months or 12 months,  for yourself or for someone you care about.

Each month the member will receive a pair of underwear that are hand picked by Andrew himself and this month’s selection comes with a signed photo of Andrew Christian.

The really cool part is that the selection of underwear that will be sent includes “fan favourites” ^↩ as well as new styles that have not even been released to the general public yet!

Sounds really good and I know you are dying to sign up for it!  It will be like Christmas every month!

Pick up your 1 year membership for $199 here or try it out for 6 months at $114 here.

FreshPair is offering you $20 off your next order of $100 or more with free shipping to all US customers. Go ahead and check them out for full details.

Nuwear is offering you 45% off the Private Structure collection, plus free shipping to all US customers on orders of $75 or more. Private Structure brings you some hot unique undies with flair based on classic cuts and styles but tailored to fit you just right – I wouldn’t argue with you if you picked up a few pair or 10.

Skiviez has got some new pieces in already for the Spring Collections and I gotta say it, “Bring it ON!” They have new pieces from Puma, are offering 25% off the discontinued items from Pikante, have added the new Shock Jock colours from Andrew Christian and are boasting (pun intended) their Skiviez Boast line.

If you are at work right now and do not have an office door, I would suggest that you wait until later to check out Skiviez website – you might find yourself getting a bit uncomfortable – wink wink nudge nudge.

1.  ↩ talk about your buying power speaking

I have had these briefs for a few months now and I have to say that they are right up there, not only in my top favourite undies to wear but also can be ranked in with the most unique undies that I own.

The material composition, a single ply, 100% moisture wicking polyester mesh, with a dual layer that forms the fly front, is unlike anything I can recall ever wearing.

Not only am I attracted to these briefs because of the material I really love the aesthetics in the way these were cut as well as the sexy piping around the legs and the fly in the front.

Add to that these are really a comfortable pair of briefs, yet you have to be careful to get the right size for you because the material does not offer and stretch or give and if you get them too small you might find your “junk” getting squished in pretty tight.

So having said that if you got more junk than the average dude you might want to entertain the idea of going up a size.

Now when you throw on these briefs you are going to immediately notice the different fit, from the cut and the way the fabric feels against your skin and you might ask yourself, “what did I get myself into here?”

Trust me and ride it out.  Soon you will discover that these are soon to be your favourites.

Some of the features that Andrew Christian brags about in these briefs are even more reasons why I love these briefs;

• The moisture wicking technology within the fabric makes these a great option for traveling and working out.
• The briefs are machine washable, however while traveling you can quickly rinse them out in your hotel room, use the hook in the back of the waistband to hang them up and they will be dry in no time.
• The inclusion of the “Anti-Muffin Top” technology in the waistband reduces the appearance of love-handles, for those of us that have them.
• Full coverage on your bottom so you don’t ever feel exposed ^↩ or like your loosing your undies.

Also available is the Andrew Christian Sports Mesh Jock as well as the Andrew Christian Super Mesh Jock with Show-It Technology.

1.  ↩ more than you do with the mesh showing off a hint of your goods

While I was at work today 2 women pushing baggage carts full of luggage approached our check in counters, they stopped to organise themselves ^↩ and then one proceeded through the line while the other one waited.

I had over heard them talking and I could tell by their accent they were African but even though their accent sounded a little bit familiar I could not place it completely.

I had a few other passengers that needed help so I was busy with them and lost track of these 2 African women. Until I had a free moment and was just standing around and I noticed that the one woman that was waiting for the other to check in had reached into her bag and pulled out something. It was a foil wrapped chocolate bar.

As I walked by her I glanced at the package and just about fell over. It was a wrapper that I had not seen in 22 years. It was a MAMBO chocolate bar. I thought I was going to fall over.

I piped up and said to her ^↩ ↩, “I no go for see one like dat for 22 years!”

She looked up at me, almost choking on the bite she had just taken, her eyes got really wide and she said to me, “What did you just say?”

So I repeated myself.

She then said to me, “How you go know about dis?”

So I told her that I had been to Cameroon with my grandparents and how when I was in a little town called NDU I would go to the market every day after finishing my chores and buy myself a Mambo chocolate bar for 25 CAF ^{↩ ↩ ↩}, which at the time was about 10 cents CAD. ^{↩ ↩ ↩ ↩}

Just as a side note NDU is not far from LAKE NYOS which was the site of a natural disaster involving the volcanic gases and the deaths of many people and livestock in 1986. This story actually was featured in National Geographic.

So she started to inquire about why I was there and where I was and all that stuff because she had grown up in the same town.

We discovered that we were both the same age and that she had been born in the mission hospital in the next town.

I burst out laughing because I had visited that mission hospital and met the mission doctor that had been there, well um forever, so I was pretty sure I knew who had delivered here and in fact had even spent a day in the operating theatre one day and witnessed a lot of things other 13 year old guys couldn’t even imagine.

She had inquired as to why my grandparents had been there and I told her that they were teaching at the seminary there for a a number of years, and then she asked me who my grandparents were. I told her and she said to me “Oh that name sounds so familiar” and just at that moment the other woman that she was waiting for had finished checking in and walked over to meet up with the woman I was talking to.

The woman I had been talking to said to her friend ^{↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩}, ‘this man has lived in NDU.’”

Well I never seen that much white in a black woman’s eyes.  I thought she was going to pass out. Turns out that NDU was her home village.

I mean think about it.  A white boy in Toronto’s airport had lived in her village.

BANG – the world just got smaller.

But wait for it…

When she found out who my grandparents were, her face lit up and she stood so tall and told me that she had been one of my Grandmother’s students.

We talked about this and that, she even asked me which house I lived in and when I told her she joked about how far out it was from the rest of the compound.  ^{↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩}

This woman then asked me how my Grandmother was and asked me to “Greet Her” on her behalf.

I felt my heart stop.

I had to look at this woman, who was smiling from ear to ear, eyes all a bright and tell her that my Grandmother had passed away in December.

She looked right into my eyes, deep into my eyes and grabbed my hand and started shaking my hand ^{↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩} and as a tear rolled down her cheek she said to me, “She done walka fine, oh yes, she done walka fine.”

Here I am just thinking how cool is it that I was in this obscure little village and I ran across someone that lived there.  I mean, yes my job affords me some excellent opportunities but this was beyond anything imaginable.

Well a tear hit my cheek, after all there I was standing there, face to face, eye to eye and hand in hand with a stranger I had never met yet we had tread the same soil and my Grandmother had touched her life.

2 people from half way around the world from each other meeting now.

She had to leave to go catch her flight and as she gripped my hand tightly she said to me, “walka fine, walka strong and stay fine.”

I had to go and hide in the washroom for a bit, that was way more than I had ever expected when I went to work today.

1.  ↩ something a few people might want to consider when at the airport – just a thought
2.  ↩ ↩ slipping into a bit of the local vernacular
3.  ↩ ↩ ↩ Central African Francs
4.  ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ They are now 125 CAF
5.  ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ I should point out that this other woman was much older, probably closer to my Mother’s age or older
6.  ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ The picture you see above is pretty much what I saw out of my front door every day – surrounded by tea plantations. Oh and the house had been built by German Missionaries in the early to mid 1800s
7.  ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ ↩ Cameroonians are big on shaking hands and holding hands, it is a sign of friendship and companionship

I hope this one doesn’t get pulled from YouTube…

Since getting injured at work and losing the 100% use and strength in my arms I have broken a lot of glasses.  My arm will just give out on me when I move in a certain way and well ya smash and there is a mess for me to clean up with gimped up arms.

It had gotten to the point where I pretty much had to wash a glass out after using it so I could pour myself something else to drink.  There was no way I would be able to have people over and offer them even a glass of water.

Well I did have company come and visit me this last weekend and my partner ^↩ ↩ really helped me out and showed me how much he really loves me.

Not only did he completely take over cleaning up my apartment on his vacation time, he went out shopping while I was at work and bought me glasses.

Now here is the way I see it and why this hit me so hard tonight.

He loves me and that is always obvious but he loves me so much that he takes care of the little things, like making sure I have glasses in the cupboard so I can pour a soda ^{↩ ↩ ↩} for my company.

That is love.

I cannot pass by the fact that he turned my apartment into an actual home and made it a comfortable, clean and cozy living space and with just a little imagination he totally focused on my passion for travel.

My TV stand is made out of old suitcases, my coffee table is a trunk and my bedroom looks like a luxurious hotel room — it is like he was in my head.

But the glasses are the exclamation. That little bit extra that really showed me how much he cares, his dedication and his love and what puts that smile on my face in the morning — even when I am in excruciating pain doing the exercises my physiotherapist makes me do!

I gotta say – I love the shortBus!

1.  ↩ which is not an easy task for me right now, especially since my physiotherapist has been beating me up daily and has my shoulders taped up to pull them back where they should be — yes she is helping and yes this does feel better but leaning over a sink to wash dishes is hard
2.  ↩ ↩ affectionately known as shortBus
3.  ↩ ↩ ↩ that is for you Brad T

Andrew Christian’s Shock Jock Trunk adds up to 2” onto your frontal measurement.

Features a removable and invisible contouring pad to create the perfectly shaped bulge.

Removable pad can be hand washed as needed.

A super comfortable and amazing looking pair of underwear. Make sure you grab yours today!

Take a look at the Andrew Christian Shock Jock Trunk for yourself at Skiviez.com

Who is Skiviez.com?

Skiviez has been providing quality men’s underwear to the world for the past seven years. They rode the dot com boom and subsequent bust because they knew that a successful business runs on customer service and satisfaction, not gimmicks or venture capital. As always, they value your privacy. They also have a forgiving return policy.

Skiviez is a small company with less than 10 employees, they produce all of their own marketing materials and graphics, as well as design and host their website in house. They have written their own e-commerce software to ensure they deliver their high level of customer service. They even design and manage their own Skiviez underwear label.

That translates into them being picky perfectionists who are in direct control of what makes for an excellent shopping experience. There are no middle men there; if you have a problem with their Web site or a problem with your order? Simply contact them. Just got a question about your undies? In case you haven’t noticed, we’re oddly fanatical about underwear.

Skiviez is your men’s underwear headquarters for stylish and sexy underwear such as low rise briefs, mens thongs, jock straps. They carry all of the top brands including Diesel Underwear, 2xist Men’s Underwear, Calvin Klein Men’s Underwear and DKNY.

If you’re looking for quality men’s underwear and service, Skiviez is here to aid in covering your best assets. They have the top brands at the price you’re looking for.

They have everything from Tommy Underwear with its classic American style to Hanro underwear with its high end fabric and price. If you’ve got a tight budget, they are still your store with our huge selection of discounts in our sale section. They even carry underwear that’s made in USA.

Features a removable and invisible contouring pad to create the perfectly shaped bulge.

Removable pad can be hand washed as needed.

A super comfortable and amazing looking brief. Make sure you grab yours today!

Take a look at the Andrew Christian Shock Jock Brief for yourself at Skiviez.com

Who is Skiviez.com?

Skiviez has been providing quality men’s underwear to the world for the past seven years. They rode the dot com boom and subsequent bust because they knew that a successful business runs on customer service and satisfaction, not gimmicks or venture capital. As always, they value your privacy. They also have a forgiving return policy.

Skiviez is a small company with less than 10 employees, they produce all of their own marketing materials and graphics, as well as design and host their website in house. They have written their own e-commerce software to ensure they deliver their high level of customer service. They even design and manage their own Skiviez underwear label.

That translates into them being picky perfectionists who are in direct control of what makes for an excellent shopping experience. There are no middle men there; if you have a problem with their Web site or a problem with your order? Simply contact them. Just got a question about your undies? In case you haven’t noticed, we’re oddly fanatical about underwear.

Skiviez is your men’s underwear headquarters for stylish and sexy underwear such as low rise briefs, mens thongs, jock straps. They carry all of the top brands including Diesel Underwear, 2xist Men’s Underwear, Calvin Klein Men’s Underwear and DKNY.

If you’re looking for quality men’s underwear and service, Skiviez is here to aid in covering your best assets. They have the top brands at the price you’re looking for.

They have everything from Tommy Underwear with its classic American style to Hanro underwear with its high end fabric and price. If you’ve got a tight budget, they are still your store with our huge selection of discounts in our sale section. They even carry underwear that’s made in USA.

Andrew Christian’s Shock Jock Jockstrap adds up to 2” onto your frontal measurement.

Features a removable and invisible contouring pad to create the perfectly shaped bulge.

Removable pad can be hand washed as needed.

A super comfortable and amazing looking jockstrap. Make sure you grab yours today!

Take a look at the Andrew Christian Shock Jock Jockstrap for yourself at Skiviez.com

Who is Skiviez.com?

Skiviez has been providing quality men’s underwear to the world for the past seven years. They rode the dot com boom and subsequent bust because they knew that a successful business runs on customer service and satisfaction, not gimmicks or venture capital. As always, they value your privacy. They also have a forgiving return policy.

Skiviez is a small company with less than 10 employees, they produce all of their own marketing materials and graphics, as well as design and host their website in house. They have written their own e-commerce software to ensure they deliver their high level of customer service. They even design and manage their own Skiviez underwear label.

That translates into them being picky perfectionists who are in direct control of what makes for an excellent shopping experience. There are no middle men there; if you have a problem with their Web site or a problem with your order? Simply contact them. Just got a question about your undies? In case you haven’t noticed, we’re oddly fanatical about underwear.

Skiviez is your men’s underwear headquarters for stylish and sexy underwear such as low rise briefs, mens thongs, jock straps. They carry all of the top brands including Diesel Underwear, 2xist Men’s Underwear, Calvin Klein Men’s Underwear and DKNY.

If you’re looking for quality men’s underwear and service, Skiviez is here to aid in covering your best assets. They have the top brands at the price you’re looking for.

They have everything from Tommy Underwear with its classic American style to Hanro underwear with its high end fabric and price. If you’ve got a tight budget, they are still your store with our huge selection of discounts in our sale section. They even carry underwear that’s made in USA.

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