I’m a nerd. I am an extra nerdy nerd when it comes to shaving. My father never used shaving cream from a can or a bottle. He used a brush with shaving soap in a mug. Old school… is that the proper term? I started out with an electric razor but lost it somewhere and had to borrow his mug/soap/brush kit once and ever since then I have been a mug/soap/brush user too. Maybe the best way to describe it is a mug/soap/brush snob. Yeah, that works.

Years ago… I can’t remember when… 2008? 2010? Jen and I were on a weekend getaway in Manhattan and we stumbled across this super fancy, high end, shaving supply store. We went in because Jen wanted to feed my shaving snobbery because she loves me. We left with this super fancy brush and a super fancy razor handle and a groovy stand that held them both. The razor handle just used Gillette Mach 3 blades, which I was using at the time anyway. The last time I changed the blade the connection piece of the handle broke. I managed to piece it back together but I couldn’t take the blade off anymore. Today I needed a shave… badly… and I also needed a new blade. I tried to figure out how to get the blade off so I could change it, but as I feared the whole thing is broken in such a way that I cannot fix it anymore.

I’ve been a shaving snob with this snooty razor for all of these years. 10 years? 12 years? Something like that. I just ordered a less fancy, less snobby, but still kinda snobby new Mach 3 razor handle online. I am sad. Like… why am I sad? Because I am a snob, and also because Jen and I bought that razor together on a really great weekend trip to New York and that made it extra special.

The new razor is going to be fine. I think it will fit on my snooty, snobby razor and brush stand. It’ll be fine. It won’t, however, be the same. I am a sad snooty snob.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/05/09/rest-in-peace-razor/

#Family #fancyShavingKit #grooming #razor #shaving #shavingBrush #shavingKit #shavingSoap #skincare #snob #snobby #snooty

I took this last night just before I went to bed. I was going to post it but I forgot to.

Is it just me or does Robin look like she’s posing for a magazine add geared toward filthy rich people.

Pardon me, do you have any grey poupon?

https://robertjames1971.blog/2024/04/30/snooty-looking-cat/

#Cat #hipstaKitty #Hipstamatic #iphoneography #Kitty #photography #robin #snooty

I don't use a kickstand, but the amount of hate that people get over at #Reddit's /r/bicycling when people ask about kickstands is ridiculous.

"i PaID a MiLlIoN dOlLaRs FoR a BiKe ThAt Is OnE oUnCe LiGhTeR aNd NoW yOu hAvE tHe AuDaCiTy To AdD wEiGhT tO YoUr BiKe To MaKe It MoRe PrAcTiCaL???!!1!? I hAtE yOu NoW!!!!!1! ZOMG"

#Bike #BikeTooter #Bicycling #Kickstands #Rant #Snooty #Exclusion #Exclusionary #Kickstand #Practicality #Utility #Utilitarian

What is great #Art? What is a #Masterpiece? Who are the self-appointed arbiters of #culture and #taste?

"On Taste", Claremont Review Of Books (https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/on-taste/).

#Rembrandt #Painting #Critics #Hypocrisy #Pretentious #Snooty #Cubism #Impressionism #ModernArt