You knew it was coming. Especially the smokers; you could sense it, the fine hairs on your upper lips humming like wires in the cold blast that the rest of the world sent your way. And now, it has become a reality:

Langley RCMP hand out first ticket for smoking in car with child

A driver in Langley may be fuming over receiving that community’s first ticket for smoking in a car with a child present.  The RCMP say they spotted the man with a cigarette in his mouth at a roadblock on Zero Avenue on Sunday and there was a child inside his car.  He was given a $109 ticket. The Mounties also took away his licence for 24 hours because he appeared to be under the influence.

You’d have to be, to make such a trailer park choice in public, eh?

We wouldn’t be able to enjoy our little darlings if it wasn’t for the dads, right?

I have been so very blessed to have wonderful, wonderful men in my life.

From my grandfather, always there to share his wisdom and his wealth of common sense. He is one of the most universally admired, honorable men I have ever had the privilege of knowing.

I have a great relationship with my father, who was always there for me, whether it be coaching me in softball or driving my friends and I to the movies. And slipping me a twenty on the sly. Thanks dad!

It seems those men greatly influenced my choice of husband, because he is just as fantastic as they are. He is a wonderful, involved father that my son is lucky to have as his dad. In fact, it was my husband who taught me how to bathe our infant son, as I was afraid I would drown him. He never shirked diaper duty or staying up with the Munchkin in the wee hours of the morning. He is, and always will be, one of the best dads I’ve ever encountered.

So, to all the men out there who play that most important role of father, we salute you!

And the world gives a collective yawn.

You would have thought that there would have been a bigger hoopla, but I think the first time the headline of “pregnant man” came out, people were caught off guard.  Because of the way the story was framed, it sounded like some sort of major scientific breakthrough had been made, that an actual biologically born male was going to give birth.

Turns out it was a former woman who decided to become transgender, but yet kept all of his lady reproductive equipment.  Not quite the same thing, methinks.   

In fact, it got kind of annoying because it seemed the media wanted to make a big deal out of it, when to me it wasn’t really a big deal at all.  Although I have to say it was confusing, because most who opt for transgender surgery and legal reassignment are usually very insistent upon being the sex they wish to be.  Which I totally understand. But to cross back over that line when you have done everything possible to not live that particular life any more seems very contradictory to me, and I am someone who is comfortable with whole transgender concept.

I respect his right to have a baby if he wishes, but I just wonder if perhaps there were some ulterior financial/attention issues going on there.  There are thousands of adoptable children out there, after all.

Cynic, thy name is Glinda.

Who would have thunk that the King himself would be rejected by the voters at Teeny Manolo, peanut- butter and banana sandwiches and all. I guess you guys are having some major “rugged man” moments lately.

Uh, that sounded faintly dirty. Sorry.

But, I’m not sorry to present today’s challenger. We’ve been going rugged, so how do you feel about hairy?

VERSUS

I want to begin this piece by saying unequivocally I am not out of make fun of the children featured in this post. Which is why I pixelated their faces and will not inform you of the magazine which did such unfortunate things to these kids.

No, I am making fun of the parents and the stylists who are so desperate to make you go out and get your kid’s hair cut in these “cool new styles” that they made the kids look fairly ridiculous. Which is a damn shame, because they were all indeed very adorable.

And I am well aware that it is, after all, just hair. It will grow back into the semblance of a decent haircut at some point. But why, why would you do this to your kids because some magazine told you it was fashionable to pay to have your kid look like they took the scissors to their hair themselves?

This child is touted as an example of “asymmetrical bangs.” Bangs that look like a stylist with a serious alcohol impairment had their way with them. Seriously, if I paid good money and had someone cut the Munchkin’s bangs like that, I would demand my money back.

This cut is called an “cutting-edge mullet” for kids with fine hair. There is no such thing as a good mullet.

Now this one I thought long and hard about. I don’t know if you can tell as much with the pixelation, but this lovely child has a very prominent forehead. There is nothing wrong with that, but I’m just not sure I would choose to highlight it so, well, prominently.

Love the necklace, love the shirt, love the glasses. Hate, hate, hate, the “microbangs.” The magazine said that microbangs weren’t good if your kid did it themselves, but perfectly fine when a trained professional purposely did them. Pray tell, how is anyone to know the difference?

Blimey! In the battle of the Brits, poor Mick Jagger definitely realized he certainly can’t always get what he wants. So if barely twenty percent of you think he’s good looking, who are all those girls screaming at the Rolling Stones concerts?

As for today’s challenger, we’ve got someone who in his heyday was labeled “Mr. Cool.” He is known as a rough and tumble rider of motorcycles, and most famously, a green Mustang.

VERSUS

After all the weirdness of the Manolosphere lately, I’m not even slightly tempted to post anything fancy. So, naturally, I found this cool quiz and couldn’t wait to post it. Hopefully it won’t bring the server crashing down, however popular it may turn out to be.

Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

I am happy to see you.

No, there is not a gun in there at all. You caught me (see also: sidepipe).

Take the quiz on BuzzFeed.com

Seriously, Paul McCartney had no chance. British invasion, British inshmasion. Paul was given a complete and utter drubbing by none other than Paul Newman.

And with this next challenger, I think that if the inimitable Mr. Newman wins again, I will retire him to the CDF Hall of Fame. Because he is indeed one delectable bit of man candy to be sure.

So, here goes…

VERSUS