This site has not grown as I had hoped and even though my postings have been far and few this month, traffic has basically stayed the same over the last several months… this means either my readers are so damn loyal, they’ll read old posts over and over again or most people are coming here looking for hot lady pictures that were removed over a year ago.

That tells me interest in thought-provoking diatribes about bacon and other manly type things just aren’t as compelling to the masses as they are to me. So, with a heavy heart and even heavier gut, I think it’s time to shut this site down. I thank all of my loyal readers (all 2 of you) for sticking around so long and who knows, maybe LiveManly will live again.

As if the president elect didn’t have enough to worry about (Iraq, US economy, what color to paint the oval office…) he mentioned last night on 60 minutes that he planned on leveraging his executive powers to encourage NCAA football to adopt an 8-team playoff bracket to determine the nation’s top college football team. Finally, a political talking point that I’m interested in. Here’s the clip:

I bet you didn’t know the Beastie Boys produced a movie and obviously you didn’t know they put out some new tunes to go along with the film. Sure, the name “Gunnin’ for that #1 Spot” is a bit lame, but the 4 new Beastie (instrumental) tracks sound pretty damn funky. If the studios would only green light my screen play for “Brass Monkey: The Musical”…

Not that I needed much help in wanting Guitar Hero World Tour…