Nothing says “I’m a man’s man” like getting a tattoo, and as we all know, the most manly spot for a man’s tattoo is the lower back. He must have really hated his dignity.

“Jimmy, I know that lower-back tattoos are definitely a no-no, especially when it is on a dude! However, the Auburn tattoo has a funny story. That is a buddy of mine here in Cincinnati. He is a true Auburn alum. He took that tattoo as a dare in college and received decent compensation. I went to the West Virginia-Auburn football game with him last year (I am a WVU alum) and you would be surprised how many comments he gets on that thing! I thought in his honor I would at least mention the bet because 1) it is true and 2) it might help gain some of his self-respect back.” So I wrote back to T.J. to find out the compensation. He said, “The tattoo was paid for and he got $200 cash. Not a bad month of partying in college. You have to do a poll to see if people would take that bet to get a tramp stamp of their favorite college football team for $200 and the cost. As a very passionate Mountaineers fan, I would have a tough time making a decision on that.” –Sports Illustrated

$200 will get you somewhere between 10-15 cases of Natty Light these days, but he definitely needs to use some of that money for backne medication. Is $200 worth the looking like you’re engaged to your cousin for the rest of your life? The Abercrombie underwear isn’t helping, either. I see one of their stores at every mall I go to, but have never had the displeasure of going inside. You know when you’re about to pass one because you can smell the AXE from three stores down.

Have you ever wondered how Mr. Olympia competitor JJ Marsh gets his calves so big?  Sure you have.  And today we learn the simple answer from the video below: he rides another bodybuilder.  Gosh, everything about these guys is so masculine and not at all gay that it’s easy to see why they’re the masculine ideal. RAWR FEEL THE BURN!!! MUSCLES POPPING! SPANDEX! EXPLORE FEELINGS OF CURIOSITY!!!

(Thanks for this goes to Everything Is Terrible, the Internet’s premier source for delightfully outdated videos.)

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I try not to get too synergistic here at With Leather, which means that I don't like to use my full-time gig to promote Kissing Suzy Kolber, where I contribute in my free time. But some things just need to be shared.

For example, is your football columnist showering a certain player with just a little too much praise? Well, today Monday Morning Punter — one of KSK's experts in NFL homoeroticism — debuted the Peter King Manlove Translator (PKMT), which screens writers' columns for hidden subtext like the one you see pictured.

I strongly recommend this for any readers of King's Monday Morning Quarterback, and I look forward to future editions of the PKMT. Perhaps they can reveal (again) that Gregg Easterbrook loves himself, or that Mitch Albom gets off on aspartame.

Not that I'm judging. I look fucking sexy doused in aspartame.