Why are you gay?

Sunday in the South: Brunch with the best bud and his BF ... hosing all the fckin pollen off the porch ... and now kickin' back with a stick, some mellow tunes and a Dr Pepper #cigarsocial

Pits but no cigar 😉 (A certain Deutscher Bär saw 'em first ... and seemed to approve)

And to think some people freaked out the first time Barker said "spayed or neutered" 😅

Parkin' it and sparkin' it after a solid pull day at the gym. With this T-shirt, I think we've now satisfied the curiosity of the trainers there 😉 #cigarsocial #goodboy

Back home after six days on the road. Wolf dad's decompressin' with some wine, a midnight smoke (and maybe a paw in the pants 😉) #cigarsocial

First shirtless afternoon of the year. 80°F (27°C) in north Georgia. We springin' forward y'all 🌞

Me and ... somebody 😉💛

Really, Home Depot? You interrupt the chorus of "Moonlight Feels Right" with an in-store promotional announcement? Sacrilege!

Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19. Was a Dan Fan for years -- so after they split, I lunged for this LP (a surprise Christmas gift from my aunt). Retro lyrics full of atomic age promise ("I.G.Y.", "New Frontier") -- with a smoky late-night DJ vibe

"Was today years old ..." 🤷‍♂️ Cheers, @excalibear.bsky.social! Thanks for the pairing lesson 🐺🥤💨 #cigarsocial

Men of a Certain Age thread. 40+ besties drop a (non nude) selfie.

After two weeks of this Arctic crap ... 53°? LFG! 🐺🔥💨

Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy, but isn't a selfie

Perfect albums from when I was 16? Sure, I'll play. (It was the summer I got my first job in radio -- so it makes them all the more memorable)

Feeling seen 🐶🐺

Okay, not gonna start flooding my feed with gym pics (all y'all are a lot bigger and hotter) -- but feelin' a sense of accomplishment this week Hit a few PR's and up another half-pound in body weight. 20-year-old me would be impressed LOL 📈

A lifetime of insecurity and body image issues makes it hard to start lifting in your 60s. Credit to my encouraging, tough, understanding (and straight 😞) Trainer Bear for pushing me this past year. Confident enough to share a couple snaps from back-and-bi's day We're doubling down in 2026 💪

Weekend beard-trimmer accident.🤦‍♂️ First time in 30 years without the goat. Have planted chia seeds; watering them daily

2016 to 2026 (Same hoodie ... but +40 lbs)

Dad's rule: "Up on November 19th, down on January 6th." And that's a wrap on Christmas 🤠🐺💨

This stud. Anytime. 🥵💨

Peak holiday gay: Driving through my rural north Georgia town, truck windows down, blasting Judy Garland's "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" 🎄🐺

Wolf dad suckin' up some courage before diggin' in for a night of wrapping Christmas gifts

Post you from a different era Any hopes my dad had for me playing varsity football have been scuttled at this point 🏈🤷‍♂️

Peak Saturday Dad: Gym done, garage cleaned, Dawgs win. Now let's go grill up a couple steaks, sport

Current mood

Vacuumed and dusted ... lunch with my best bud ... made a peach cobbler for the hubs ... and still time to kick back for an hour 🙂 Happy Labor Day, gang!

-- Me: "So what muscles is this working?" -- Trainer Bear: "Muscles? Naw, dude -- I just thought it would be funny to see you in a harness" Fucker.

Now that I'm retired, I have to keep repeating: You're not "lazy." You're "pacing yourself"

How I flirt

What if we spent our Saturday sharing armpit pictures? 🥹

Call me Ribsy. At age 7, I followed the older kids around -- pretending I was the dog in Beverly Cleary's stories A sweet, closeted guy in college called me Puppy. I got a tribal dog tattoo. Bought the Big Dog t-shirts. To hubs, I've always been Mister Dog 🧵 1/2

Finally -- the rain stopped ... and I can get away from the other two dozen people at my week-long family reunion (I mean, I love 'em all ... but OMFG 🥴)

"Step right up! Fill yer dog's belly with balls!" (Feeling seen on the Rehoboth Beach boardwalk)

It's family reunion week -- Cousin: "So, what's your 'type'?" -- Me: "Here, I brought a PowerPoint" -- Other cousin: "Are some of those guys ... dogs??"

First time posting ass on social media 🤔 (Is it odd that the face-smoothing tool detected Sparky's but not mine?)

Dadferno wisdom: "Just because you're not attracted to yourself doesn't mean others aren't attracted to you."

Explaining to my (straight bear) trainer if he'd just called me "good boy", I could've benched that extra 5 pounds

✅Gym (this right pit's a little ripe, if yer interested) ✅Waffle House (made uncomfortably long eye contact with the big, tatted grill cook) ✅Food Lion (chatted up my favorite cashier; he asked about my Bearbottom t-shirt) ✅Kickin' back on the deck, watchin' the rain come in ✅(Oh yeah, I called mom)

Age yourself with your first computer HS computer class, 1979. A total of 4 terminals for us to share. Still remember my login password (jersey number and initials of my first 🏈🐻)

Dad aftercare

Saturday chores: cleanin' out the garage. Feeling very dad

Twink death? It was more like watching the glaciers melt. +40 years and +70 pounds

Nope, no smile this time. Shitty day at work. Wanna grab me another beer, sport?

Damn -- north Georgia went straight from winter to 85°. Was good for about an hour and a half of yard work -- and said "Fuck it; we huffin' in the shade" ☀️🐺💨

Hiked with my best bud @waltho.bsky.social down to the Swinging Bridge (it really does 😳) ... fell and skinned my knee on the way back up 🤬 ... and now kickin' it with a stick to celebrate #WorldBearDay 🐻

So they put me in the remedial curls class. (Apparently, this yoke is like training wheels to force your elbows forward)