Ah men... I can’t keep away from the subject.
Manscaping can be defined as the removal of excess male body hair via waxing, shaving, plucking, lasering or trimming.

For me, manscaping calls to mind thoughts of heavy machinery being required, the possibility that it will turn into a long-term project, that it will most certainly be costly and physically arduous and with a definite chance that the final product won’t look as natural as you would like it to. At least not until the growth takes root and flourishes to once again recreate a lush and verdant environment.

Personally, I prefer my men less well manscaped. I mean, within reason I tend to be attracted to the disheveled types (usually with personalities to match)...

However, it seems there are plenty of people out there who think this is the be all and end all for the modern male and are more than willing to sell you a solution.
In the course of my research I came across some very forceful writing about the do's and dont's of manscaping techniques from the 'experts'. A few key pointers cropped up again and again:
DO NOT completely shave the armpits or the genital area - this is NOT what women want and will turn them right off. Three words: Trim, trim, trim!!
DO get rid of every bit of back and shoulder hair. This is a manscaping MUST.
Don't even THINK about having messy hair (on your head) or haircut growing out that looks all 'mangy' if you're going for the manscaped look.
Eyebrows? Pluck 'em.
Nose and ears? Trim or epilate.
Knuckles and toes? Tweezers again.

Yep it's probably gonna be painful, but apparently you're a bloke and you need to harden the fuck up if you want to end up soft all over.

Today readers, I’m going to touch on an alarming phenomenon - 'Moobs', or 'Chesticles'.

Thanks Nick, for requesting a discussion on this particular topic... What I will say straight away, is that if you decide to do a google image search on the above words, please have caution. Images may be disturbing to sensitive or younger viewers.

Whilst undoubtedly great conjoinulations, this particular topic is kinda creepy, so I’m prolly not gonna write about it for too long. Plus.. I’m on the train right now and I’m pretty sure the guy next to me is reading this…

Now, although breasts are, in some circumstances, certainly something to be proud of, this particular emotion (is pride an emotion?) would generally be left up to the women-folk of the species (and possibly certain possessive men-folk who may think of their Mrs’ bits and pieces as their ‘chattels’, and therefore something to be proud of). However, if you DO deign to perform a google image search for ‘moobs’ (man-boobs, if you en’t caught up yet) or ‘chesticles’ (self explanatory I hope, and kinda more manly-sounding, and less milk-producing-like than 'moobs', in my opinion) then I believe you will find some pictures of some very proud lil' fatties.

From time to time I have in-fact heard the odd man here and there, speaking fondly of their own mammaries.

It’s weird, it’s kinda like they feel they have won a special prize, been given a rare gift even, that allows them a rare glimpse into the women’s world – a guest membership to mysterious and magical club.

Lucky boys.

It's been months, I know. So in order to welcome myself back I'm themeing this week's writing (really, I'm kidding myself if I think I'm gonna write more than one post this week - probably should read "I'm themeing my next few posts around...") around what has partly been keeping me distracted and away from the computer: Men (or probably more accurately, boys, mentally at least... bitter? who, me?).

Well... now that I've pretty much sworn off them (for now), I have more time to sit back and reflect...

Make up for boys is everywhere you look at the moment. Superdrug has jumped on the band wagon and is stocking guyliner and manscara - I'm guessing it's just cheap and nasty products in manly packaging. (Oh, just a minute, stop the press, I just read that the 'Guy-liner' pencil is "chunkier than the female equivalent and therefore easier for men, who have bigger hands, to use"). Hehe... probably not the men most likely to be wearing it - can't quite see it catching on with the meaty-handed construction worker crowd just yet.

The whole (marketing) thing is a bit silly really - surely any self respecting male, if they've got the balls to wear make up, would be more than happy to just buy one of the many brands of girl cosmetics that aren't all pink and fluffy looking... either that or just borrow their girlfriends'. Still, I guess you can hardly blame those marketing folks for giving it a try.
Anyway, at least something good has come from all this (apart from a healthy profit for Superdrug) - two swell conjoinulations.