Mission Statement: Herculodge: The Essential Guide to Saving Your Manhood in an Era of Shriveling Masculinity.
I can be e-mailed at herculodge@frontier.com
The short answer is yes. If you look like a tomato with four toothpicks sticking out of it, a Breitling Super Avenger or a Seiko Tuna is not going to wear well. I'm sad to say but a certain amount of body fascism is part of the manly watch aesthetic.
A Croatian website, Portalsatova, features a great wrist shot of the massive Seiko SUN023. I notice more black around the case than there is on the all stainless Seiko SUN019. Could the SUN023 be an affordable alternative to the Seiko SBDB009? Could someone viably have two kinetic watches in their collection to keep charged?
Yes, I did. To get my Grail, a Seiko SBDB009 Prospex Marine Master with 50mm case (approx.), I'd have to sell my Tuna, OSD, Benarus, and a few others just to defray 2K in costs from a watch that goes for about $ 2,900 or so. Will I actually do this? Talk to me in a year.
Enjoy local AM and FM stations, and listen to Shortwave broadcasts from around the world, with this RadioShack AM/FM/Shortwave Pocket Radio. It features a digital tuner for precise tuning and easy frequency identification, 57 station presets and Tuner Lock, which prevents you from accidentally changing stations while it's in your pocket. The backlit LCD display is easy to read and the built-in clock will help you keep track of time wherever you go.
Receives AM/FM signals and shortwave frequencies from around the world
Sleek, lightweight design
Digital tuner with 57 station presets (19 AM, 19 FM, 19 SW)
Integrated speaker and 1/8" (3.5mm) stereo headphone jack
15" telescopic antenna
Built-in clock
Convenient wrist strap
Backlit LCD display
Button Lock prevents you from accidentally changing the station
Requires 2 "AAA" batteries (sold separately)
Frequency: AM 520-1710kHz, FM 88-108MHz, SW 2.5-24MHz
One watch that I don't mention enough is the Seiko Black Monster SRP307 on the Super Engineer II bracelet. Only 43mm, it plays big enough on my wrist and looks very classy and bold. Apart from its cheap bracelet which I urge anyone to replace, the watch's build quality is stunning and holds its own againt the Tuna, which costs over 4 times as much. I wear the SRP307 around the house all the time but rarely out of the house because it's getting competition from my more expensive "show stoppers."
I got to thinking, the SRP307 should be in my rotation along with my Orient Saturation Diver, my Seiko Sumo, my Seiko Kinetic Diver, my Deep Blue Depthmaster, and my Seiko Tuna.
There's that part of me that craves a simpler life with less clutter in my brain. Even only I know that compulsion to trim the fat wouldn't be followed by the compulsion to "replace what was lost and find that sense of completeness again."
I bought this Chotovelli on Amazon for what I thought was the low price of $150. I had been coveting this watch for close to four years or so when I saw it for about $350. I love the big military design.
What a disappointment when I took this out of the box. The leather strap was over-layered with lacquer as if to conceal the cheapness of the leather. The build quality of the watch itself, a very light watch, screamed $20 watch from the kiosk at the mall.
Am I being too hard on this Chotovelli? Is it the worst watch I’ve ever bought? I’d say yes to the latter question.
Not wanting skunks or other creatures to live underneath my house, I was concerned to see that the grates that allow ventilation throughout the basement were in disarray. Some were torn as if an animal had sought refuge in the basement. My gardener Francisco replaced the torn grates.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that no animals get trapped underneath the house. One, I don't want them to starve to death. Two, I don't want to smell animal corpses under the house.
The prospect of crawling underneath the house to gather dead creatures sounds rather ghastly.
Because moods change, I wanted to avoid creating a tier system. But then I realized I do indeed have a hierarchy. As far as I can see, it can be divided into three parts. My favorite category is the Diver Lume Torch. Below that, is what I'll call the Sport Tools, a perhaps a bit more fashion minded with chronos and less than traditional designs. Readability is not the priority here. Below that are what I call my Military Fashion Assessories, large, bold watches that don't champion great lume but make a bold statement. They are all homages to the oversized military watches of yesteryear.
Out of 13 watches, 8 are in the Diver Lume Torch category and that doesn't include my two Zillas, which many would put in that category as well. I didn't because the lume is not as strong as I'd like it to be.
Diver Lume Torches
1. Seiko Kinetic Diver SUN019
2. Seiko Tuna SBBN017
3. Seiko Sumo
4. Orient Saturation Diver
5. Benarus Moray Dart
6. Deep Blue Depthmaster
7. Seiko Black Monster SRP307
8. Benarus Megalodon (pre-ordered; isn't supposed to arrive until after 2015)
Sport Tools
9. EcoZilla on Suppa
10. EcoZilla original
11. Seiko FieldMaster SBL021
12. Citizen Promaster 2029
Military Fashion Assessories (all on leather strap)
My California King bed with high coil count and all that good stuff currently has a 3-inch foam mattress pad. I sleep on my side and by 3AM or so my hips and sometimes my shoulders hurt from the pressure points. I turn on my other side and within a few hours I'm hurting there as well. I can't sleep on my back because of lower back pain and snoring.
My solution was to buy a 4-inch mattress pad (arriving tomorrow) and some extra deep pocketed sheets. One set of such sheets arrived today and while the pockets seem larger than the previous "deep" pocket sheets, they fit rather snug with the current 3-inch mattress pad and I can't imagine them fitting with the 4-incher that arrives tomorrow.
I'm beginning to wonder if there are sheets deep enough for a 4-inch mattress pad. Any recommendations?
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