Men! What are they thinking? We can't always answer that, but we'll be posting our favorite glimpses into their world in this space every Thursday.



* Meyers Leonard had an emotional reaction when his brother, U.S. Marine Bailey Leonard, surprised him before a basketball game. After you watch this video, he won't be the only one. (YouTube via Andrew Sullivan)

* Here's a review of the fall collection by The Hill-Side, a men's accessories line, written in GIFs. (Well Spent)

* "Luca Pacioli was a monk, a mathemetician, a magician and possibly, the boyfriend of Leonardo da Vinci." Learn more about him from Planet Money. (NPR)

Men! What are they thinking? We can't always answer that, but we'll be posting our favorite glimpses into their world in this space every Thursday.

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* Dave Engledow just wanted to entertain his friends with his World's Best Father portraits (left)—little did he know they'd go viral. You can see some of the best on BuzzFeed and order a 2013 calendar of the images on Kickstarter. (BuzzFeed/Kickstarter)

* 50 years ago, James Bond strode onto the big screen. Shouldn't we all age so well? (Vanity Fair)

* Who knew Mitt Romney was such a romantic? Check out the photos declaring his love he sent to his future wife Ann in 1968. (Time)

* "The best use of imagination is creativity. The worst use of imagination is anxiety."—Deepak Chopra shares some great wisdom in under 140 characters. (Twitter)

Men! What are they thinking? We can't always answer that, but we'll be posting our favorite glimpses into their world in this space every Thursday.

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* In GQ's October issue, Denzel Washington shows readers how to rock a double-breasted suit—and teaches the rest of us a valuable lesson: "I don't take myself that seriously. I take what I do seriously, and I try to do a good job." (GQ)

* What do you do with 109,000 hats? Scott Legried has been trying to answer that question ever since his father died last year, leaving behind the world's largest cap collection. (WSJ)

* Watch the trailer for Knuckleball!, a documentary about baseball's most unpredictable pitch, which came out this week. (iTunes)

* Get out the tissues: This note from comedian Chris Gethard to an anonymous depressed fan is the most moving thing you will read all day. (The Chris Gethard Show)

Men! What are they thinking? We can't always answer that, but we'll be posting our favorite glimpses into their world in this space every Thursday.

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* This photo album of grooms seeing their brides for the first time will make you reach for the tissues. (imgur)

* Jerry Seinfeld and Alec Baldwin: just two comedians in a car getting coffee. (Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee)

* Alan Turing, the codebreaker and father of modern computing, will get a posthumous 100th birthday gift: A special edition of Monopoly, a game he loved, honoring him. (CNet)

* “I’d say the majority of players are siding with me, that all people have a right to live and love and be happy. That’s really amazing. I’m very happy to see the tides changing in the positive.”—Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo on how other NFL players are joining him in his support of marriage equality. (NYTimes)

Men! What are they thinking? We can't always answer that, but we'll be posting our favorite glimpses into their world in this space every Thursday.

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* "For the first time in my career I'm not sure what to say."—Andy Roddick retires from tennis after his fourth-round U.S. Open loss to Juan Martin del Potro. (Sports Illustrated)

* Recently, never-before-published photographs of Al Capone were discovered in the deepest of basement storage rooms of Chicago's Tribune Tower. The paper has assembled a few of them online, and they are spectacular. (Chicago Tribune)

* Curious drinkers have filed Freedom of Information Requests for the White House's beer recipe, but if you're really thirsty for presidential beer, try this one brewed for George Washington. (Lapham's Quarterly)

* "Some bromances are meant to last a lifetime. But for others, one night is enough." GQ tackles the thorny issue of 24-hour friendships between men. (GQ)

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* Artist Candace Millon photographs classic outfits from film history—and without their famous stars filling them out, they're a lot less instantly recognizable. How many can you figure out? (Vlamboyant)

* Maybe you're a fan of The BFG or you count yourself as more of a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory loyalist. Either way, these mugs featuring Roald Dahl quotes and illustrations are too good to pass up. (MSMugs)

* The Wall Street Journal goes in search of the perfect shave. (WSJ)

"As the video on the Jumbotron panned across the kids’ faces, all of whom looked to be between 8 and 12 years old, and as [United States Tennis Association president Jon] Vegosen talked of tennis as "the sport of opportunity," I couldn't help but shed every fiber of cynicism from my body."—Rembert Browne, who grew up in Atlanta occasionally dreaming of tennis stardom, makes his first trip to the U.S. Open. (Grantland)

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Raise your hand if you've ever wanted to write. Now raise your other hand if you've ever been held back from writing because you weren't sure how to go about it. Have you run out of hands yet? Whether you had no idea where to start, or you considered classes and found them too time-consuming or expensive—or even if you're suffering from some good, old-fashioned writers' block—the non-profit Academy for Achievement has good news for you: They are offering a free master class through iTunes, including an e-book as well as audio and video lectures from the likes of Nora Ephron, Toni Morrison and W.S. Merwin. And in case you need an extra push to get started, we've got 12 fantastic pieces of advice from the world's best writers to fill you with inspiration. (via Open Culture)

Above is a photo of La Tomatina, Spain's annual festival featuring music, parades, dancing and fireworks. Oh, and a giant battle involving about 30,000 people hurling tomatoes at one another. It's taking place today, but if you forgot to book your trip to Valencia, there's no law against staging a food fight in your own backyard tonight. And yes, tomatoes are in season, but you know what else is in season? Cake. Satisfying to throw, satisfying to get hit with, and definitely satisfying to scrape off your face and eat.

Men! What are they thinking? We can't always answer that, but we'll be posting our favorite glimpses into their world in this space every Thursday.

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* A week later, we are still mourning the death of writer David Rakoff. Revisit the stories he wrote for us about Elizabeth Bishop and pet ownership. It's also worth reading this lovely remembrance by comedian Dave Hill and watching Rakoff perform for This American Life. (O Magazine; Huffington Post; Open Culture)

* Four guys go fishing for albacore off the coast of Santa Cruz. They catch some tuna, but the real action must be seen to be believed. (Vimeo)

* Ernest Hemingway was a lousy spy. (Foreign Policy)

* Over at the Classical, Tom Breihan has written a terrific essay that is partly about the pro-wrestling's reigning giant, The Big Show, but mostly about what it is like to be really, really tall. (The Classical)

* Explore Tombstone, Arizona's Boot Hill cemetery, wild resting place for gunslingers and cowboys. (NPR)

Men! What are they thinking? We can't always answer that, but we'll be posting our favorite glimpses into their world in this space every Thursday.




* Yes, we know, this Call Me Maybe horse has been beaten past death, but still, Batman Maybe is pretty brilliant. (YouTube, via Coudal)

* There will be tears: A photographer captures a tender moment between a man and his dog in Lake Superior. (Huffington Post)


* “Maybe they just dropped something in my drink, I can’t say, but anything they wanted to do was fine with me.”—Bob Dylan, on his 1987 collaboration with the Grateful Dead. Open Culture's got audio of their rehearsal. (Open Culture)