Bobby Flay, eh

I’ve been house-sitting for the past two months, and while this palatial abode comes with Netflix, wifi, and a couple of hundred tv channels, I’ve got Food Network on basically 24/7. Can’t imagine why…

I like a man who knows how to handle his condiments

Leather-clad, badass ginger with fondness for the ponies, a possible attitude problem and an affinity for feats of athleticism? I’m signing up for THAT tasting menu!

We can’t pretend that bowling has exactly the macho appeal of, say, running with the bulls, but it still has a lot going for it. Like these guys: Team Nerdist vs Team Mad Men.

Tom of Finland clothing

We’ve been neglecting you. We’re sorry; the Easter Lindt hangover went on far too long this year (that’s what happens when you combine premium chocolate with allergy meds and wash them down with Jack Daniels WHO KNEW???). Here, to make up for it, are a bevy of brawnies from the Tom of Finland clothing line‘s fall/winter 1998 show, inspired by the (in)famous and iconic gay illustrator. What’s surprising to me is how good these clothes are; not jokey (except Mister Hot Pants and Earflap Hat) and essentially classics cut with an eye to enhancing a sexy silhouette.

Enjoy.

Michael Fassbender

Dapper just always works. Dapper plus Irish really works. Dapper plus Irish plus physical perfection…well, excuse us a minute. We need some “alone time.”

Yes, yes, we’ve had him before, but are any of you Cumberbitches really complaining?

Benedict_Cumberbatch

You may or may not be fans of the new Sherlock series (and we here at Ayyyy most certainly are) but did you know that Benedict Cumberbatch could do a wicked Alan Rickman impersonation? Well, now you do.

You’re welcome.

We deeply heart the utterly shameless and completely adorable George Takei. In this video he celebrates raising $158,000 to stage a musical on the Internment of Japanese-Americans by doing his “happy dance.”

From the looks of things, this does not take his husband Brad to his happy place.

Over at the DailyDot I’ve gotten the job of supplying the Morning GIF every weekday, and many and varied are the delights of the GIFosphere. Not infrequently I find one that is intrinsically delightful, yet unsuited for the Dot through no fault of its own, and in that category is this truly faultless set of animated (extremely animated!) DanRads.

Have Kids Daniel1

Have Kids Daniel2

Have Kids Daniel3

Have Kids Daniel4

Ladies, please form an orderly line to the right.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Don’t say I never did nuthin’ for ya…that is, if ya are an Anglophilic Sherlock Holmes fan who just can’t get enough of your literate and literary pin-up boy. Here he is, keepin’ it real in the Inner City.

Moriarty, by the way, is also real, or so we hear.