Hey, didn't you have some luck hanging out at the Home Depot before? Might work again to find men who actually do things.

Johnathan Hillstrand wrote a book! Did you know? You can find it on Amazon.

Am I first?!!

Oh, wait - I didn't mean *hanging out* like you went there specifically to meet someone... but... you *could*. ;)

but sig hansen is the cutest. ever.

:)

Isn't it sad when I guy has better hair or nails then you? Is there just something about estrogen that prevents me from having luscious locks like the guys I know?

Sig and Edgar crack me up they way they rib each other. Johnathan reminds me of my uncle (sorry ladies, married)and I am praying for Phil and his health.

Maybe I'm too involved with this show......

congrats to the weiners?

I've always vowed to never date a guy who spends more time on his hair than I do. And I mean on a normal day - not a ponytail Monday!

The Hillstrand brothers are my favorites too....I love the goofiness; but there is something about those Hanson boys too.....

Now I just want to know what PTSD is? Am i being all innocent and naive? Or just stupid?

I missed a Deadliest Catch marathon? crapola. I watched the last few...literally did not move for hours and hours. My kids are starting to talk like the sailors!
I like Jonathon a lot, but Sig is totally the cutest. And I have a soft spot for Phil.

I'm a Sig and Edgar fan...mainly Edgar.

Phil is worrying me with his complete disregard for his health.

totally agree with you. It is amazing how "wimpy" men have become. IMO.

Don't forget what they say about Alaskan men--"the odds are good, but the goods are odd."

I watched waaay too much Deadliest Catch this weekend, too! I like Johnathan the best, but I kinda like Edgar. Should we just pick the captains for our favorites, or are deckhands up for grabs, too?!

I did the Deadliest Catch this weekend too. I like those Hillstrand brothers - they are my favorites. I also like Sig and Edgar (mostly Edgar). Have you seen After the Catch, where they all sit around and tell stories about fishing? Edgar is very cute all cleaned up - if it wasn't for the voice, I wouldn't have even recognized him.

Jonathan Hillstrand is seriously HOT.

9 out of 10 women in Nashville also agree.

When he got hit in the head with the grapling (sp?) hook, my best friend called me and we WORRIED about it together.

I, too, spent a great deal of time watching that show this weekend. Obviously.

I saw the name "Liz" in the winners you listed, and my heart skipped a beat - - but alas, it was not to be. Another Liz is the lucky winner. *sigh*

I have never watched "Deadliest Catch", and I'm afraid to because I'll probably get addicted to it and not get anything else accomplished! :-)

As for the "prissy" guys, well - - I married a blue collar man, who is not afraid to get his hands dirty, and he's the best there is!

Laurie, I LOVE how you have to put disclaimers in your posts, asking people not to share their "wisdom". I am pretty sure we all have our own problems (which may be why we bother you - always easier to fix someone else!). I was amazed when you got s*%t for "Liquor Bank". That was just plain funny and had to be posted. So, run out to the liquor bank and find your mullet-man and to heck with everyone else! Or maybe don't - whatever bakes your cake. :)

trashalou--You know it, it's just escaping you at the moment. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

I don't know how you can watch Deadliest Catch. There is a real problem happening with the ocean and over fishing. I hope you do some reading on this and perhaps you won't enjoy the show so much. I can't stand to see people destroying the earth and this show glorifies it.

Laura -- I have discovered through this here website that advice is surely something better given than received ;)

OK - Bone to pick
Virginia was the SECOND capital of the Confederacy - the first was in Montgomery, Alabama, my birthplace. We get mighty pissy that those Virginians claim they are true southerner's when really, they are just a few acres short of Yankee. (And then there is the proximity to DC and those poly-ticians.)

:)

Also - huge Deadliest fan - my favs are Andy Hillstrand and Edgar - both are totally too sexy for words - I'd wait at home for them while they fished, you can be sure!!!

I've got them as "friends" on myspace - you should see their pages. I love how during "after the catch" a few weeks ago, Phil's boys were justifying buying expensive clothes because they were "world famous" and had to "represent" the Cornelia Marie. Or something like that.

happy monday, Laurie and peeps!

Discovery Channel is the best way to cope with disagreeable weather... 100 degrees in the shade? Watch Deadliest Catch, and vicariously experience the sensation of imminent frostbite!
Cold, gloomy, seems like spring will never come? Watch Shark Week, as reseachers and tourists explore the beaches of the world to find our predaceous friend and film her in balsam warm waters.
I love me some discovery channel.

I love me some Edgar! Yummy stuff and he is just so good at everything. I almost lost it in a recent episode when he was leaning over to get the anchor chain and told one of the guys to "hold me feet"! I just had this horrible feeling he was going over. And I grew up with Crosby, he is on the Wizard. It's fun watching someone I know but haven't seen in 5 years or so on tv!

Sig is hot!

Knitting request: Would you please list your favorite knitting books. Especially those for us not so talented knitters (i.e. like myself). :)

thanks

My teenage daughter was making fun of me for crushing on those Deadliest Catch guys. It's nice to find like minds!

Not many manicured and coiffed gents up this way. I think that would be a little weird if I had to fight my man for that spot that just opened at the manicurist. How would you know who the woman was without checking for nuts?

do you watch man vs. wild on discovery??? you should - set your TIVO! and you can bet you won't find any dudues in LA like the star of that show

You should try Vermont farmers. They're as manly as fishermen. I watched a tractor pull this weekend... no manicures, no guyliner, no scripts... just tight jeans and t-shirts.

How did that dress come out anyway? Whenever I've tried sewing clothes, they came out looking like... well, something those Vermont farmers would put their grain in. I'll stick to pillows and curtains.

Hi Laurie!

Have you heard this song? Maybe you should hire out on of those buses with the megaphone on top and drive around LA playing it...
http://www.cmt.com/lyrics/brad-paisley/im-still-a-guy/14696558/lyrics.jhtml

Here's a youtube of it which I can't verify because it's blocked at work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbk1DQIvjCw

Ooh-- I got to meet Captains Jonathan and Andy at a book signing. I had them autograph it as part of my nephew's 8th grade graduation present. They are the same in person as you think they'd be. My nephew actually asked me if they smelled. Thankfully, they did not, but were super nice to chat with!

I'm a weiner? I've never been a weiner before! (even though my husband may say otherwise) (but who listens to him, right?) Thanks so much Laurie and Allison!

Here in Virginia the natives are still fighting the War of Northern Aggression. (Not the Civil War as we carpetbaggers call it!) Why do you think they do those battle re-enactions? They're hoping every time they do it again perhaps this time the South will finally win!

Can you tell that I'm not originally from VA?

Thanks again, Laurie. I'm so excited!!!

Hey Deadliest Catch fans... how jealous are you that I live mere blocks away from the bar where many of the crews hang out? :) :) :) The bar nicknamed itself "Deadliest Bar" Hee.

He is totally my favourite too.

Camelama: Deadliest Bar! Too funny! Say hi to all the dudes there from all us crazy internet chicks. :)

camelmama, "Deadliest Bar" ... that's funny!

I don't think I want to meet *anyone* from TV in person (I prefer the illusion) (also I am horribly shy like that) but I like knowing you can drink up in the Deadliest Bar! LOL

I think the only person I like from TV/news/etc. that I want to meet in person is my next husband, Al Gore. I have already seen him in person three times but haven't met him yet to inform him he's my next future ex-husband ... heh.

I can't believe you, too, are addicted to Deadliest Catch! My husband and I have gotten hooked on these marathons, the last one was Memorial Day weekend! I like Edgar, but have you checked out Russell Newbery on Jonathon's boat? Very cute. I used to like Edgar until he bit the head off of a Haddock for good luck. Not sure there's enough toothpaste to get the stink out of his mouth!

This weekend on Sunday I was hooked on BRAVO, catching up on Flipping Out and Kathy Griffin! It was histerical! Kathy makes me laugh out loud! Love her.

Have a wonderful week!

Congrats to the weiners! Even though I entered I'd have felt bad if I won -- like I was the only blonde in a mousy-haired family. (Which let me assure you is not the case.) Also, when I win something I always wonder if the universe is winding up to whammy me hard.

All the good men I know seem to fall into one of two categories, or occasionally, I do live in MA after all, both, so you'll get no dating advice from me.

Also, Anna, your Alaskan man comment cracked me up to no end. I am still chuckling over that one.

Screw the dating advice, I wanna see evidence of sewing!

I LOVE the Hillstrand brothers too! Johnathon cracks me up every time, and I'm really glad to hear I wasn't the only one glued to my TV.

Also, I discovered a seafood restaurant up here on the Central Coast that's got a restaurant with a poster that proudly proclaims that "This reastuarant serves Alskan King Crab caught by the fishing vessel 'Time Bandit'" with a photo fo the ship and the brothers. I was excited past normal and acceptable bounds.

How have I lived and missed watching even one episode of this show? I'll have to check netflix, cuz, big burly men and seafood all in one -- meOW!

I still love Sig and Phil! But you gotta give Johnathan Hillstand kudos for that mullot he sports.

I read this blog all the time, bought the book, click the links, and laugh my head off all the time.

I CANNOT believe that here is a group of women who watch "The Deadliest Catch." While waiting for my Mini to be repaired at the mechanic's place, I sat talking to a CRAB FISHERMAN, I kid you not, who was here in Dallas visiting family. We talking "Deadliest Catch" for an hour, and I was so disappointed when the car was finished.

I wish I lived someplace that served seafood caught by the "Time Bandit."

I seriously love that show. My DH thinks I'm crazy. (And he claims to be a manly man!)

Laurie - re: men in LA. It only takes one. There's bound to be one.

My boyfriend is from Brazil. He owns a company which requires that he is present much of the time in a completely male work environment full of much testosterone. And sweat. His nails are always manicured and always look a lot better than mine. It's kind of sad that since I sit in an air conditioned building all day working at a law firm my nails are worse than his but it's true.

All of the women in my family comment about how cool it is that he takes such good care of himself. And we all comment about how jealous we are of his nice nails. Luckily he draws the line at his nails. His hair is wash and wear and full of beautiful curls. I'm kind of jealous of his hair too if I'm being honest.

When the Seattle Times TV reporter met Jonathan Hillstrand, she thought he was super polite but with filthy language. She described him as "a salty Tim Gunn"!!! Even now when I see him on the show I think of that description...

I love me some Deadliest Catch - brilliant knitting tv.

And you've just gotta love the mullet! How sweet was he with the funny bird in the cardboard box? Awwww.

Somebody mentioned Deadliest Catch at a 4th of July picnic, and I was SO disappointed that it didn't lead to a 30-minute convo about the caps and the greehorns and the boats! My 23-year-old son actually called me at work last week to ask if I'd remembered to watch "crab" (our shorthand title) 'cause now he had the scoop on Phil's health situation. We talked about it like we knew these people! I'm sure my co-workers thought we were talking about family.

So...my favorite guy would have to be Sig. There's something about those eyes...you know the one shot during opening credits where you see just his eyes in the shadows? Be still, my little heart!

But...if I were being real truthy, I'd have to admit to having a thang for Mike Rowe. Have you SEEN him without a shirt?! And I lurves me a man what can sing!

deadlliest catch? dating advice? who cares? Let's see the sewing!!

Oh, and that Alaska man thing "goods/odd" -- VERY funny, and also, I believe true of most native Southern men (especially Texans, as I have married one!)

Ya just gotta love a real man! Seriously! ~~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFDv3_2kaiY&feature=related

We do know these sea-faring people (at least in MY dreams), and yes, totally jealous that Liz R lives within scenting distance of these males. Well, most of them.

My favorite is John Hillstrand, also. Especially when he does his "On the Crab" Jig!

Phil may be the luckiest human on land or sea to have survived the blood clot. Spooky!

Okay, Sig and bros. are hot, too. Especially in the main title when they show the waves breaking across the front of the Northwestern and the streaking sea blends into his (always perfectly) feathered hair--good stuff!

Sig's the man! Was I the only one got grossed out by the deck hand chomping the head off a fish? I mean honestly I think I'd take my chances on the bad luck first.

Sig's my favorite. He rocks the denim on denim like no one else. And the blond feathers? Awesome!

Ok, I just wanted to share that with someone. Go NorthWestern!

Ok, so really now you have to come to Alaska. Just think of all the handknits you can pile on. The Time bandit is across the bay(Homer) from our little fishing town. You could visit Homer and then come to Seldovia for our Stitch and Bitch on Tuesday nights! And yes, the quote is funny about the men: odds are good, but the goods are odd, but also true..haha. Anyhow, our knitting group would welcome you any day and I have a friend who has hung out with the time bandit crew. Check out our little town: Seldovia.com

Read Janet Evanovich's book "Manhunt" on the subject of finding Alaskan men. It's funny.

I've checked your blog compulsively all weekend because I want to see how the dress turned out.

So???

Yes, this is a funny place. I was feeling bad that you love it here so much and I, well, I sort of don't. I thought I was missing something. Funny is a good word. Not funny-haha either!

Love Deadliest Catch! My 4 yr old daughter takes horseback riding lessons at Andy Hillstrand's farm---great people---his wife is just so sweet. www.hobbyhorseacres.net
Shut up and fish!

The next show you HAVE to watch is "Ice Road Truckers" on the History Channel. It's full of manly Canadians driving on the ice in the Arctic. 'Nuf said....watch it!

Doesn't it give you a whole new appreciation for delicious crab legs and crab louis and crab-stuffed mushrooms and mushroom-stuffed crabs and all that stuff? Also, watching those guys running around on those icy boats with water splashing all over them and freezing them right on their very faces and stuff -- makes me just want SO **terribly** to make huge vats of my exceptional Jewish Bubbeh's Chicken Soup (even with carrots) and barrels and barrels of matzoh balls, and then put on my galoshes and babushka and go straight up to the Bering Straits and give it to them. And maybe take proper mufflers and mittens and even TOQUES! And then go have some crablegs and melted butter. You know how it is.

I am totally a Northwestern gal myself. Love me some Sig and Edgar.

I swear I kept an eye out for some lobster fishermen for you this weekend while in Maine.

I only caught one episode of the marathon which brought raised eyebrows of my whole family. So glad to come here where I can find like-minded people.

If it's Alaskan men you admire, perhaps you'd find the magazine called "Alaska Men" interesting. I was born and raised in Anchorage, and I swear to you there is a magazine that specializes in showing off Alaska's finest in men to ration them out, I guess, to the seekers of such men. I once read that there were more men than women in Alaska, which is totally different than the south, where women rule the world. Just so you know.

Crab adventure: Love, love, love "Deadliest Catch"!!! I love Russ on the Time Bandit and I think Crosby on the Wizard is a cutee pie!

Sewing adventure: can't wait to see the finished garment. I've got some decluttering to do in my sewing/craft room before I can get "hummin'" on my machine.
Have a great day!!

Metrosexual males are becoming the scourge of urban areas. They nauseate me. I hate the fact that I'm more manly than most men these days. Sad.

At least in Iraq there is plenty of testosterone. Gotta love it for that!

Congrats to the winners and thanks for the contest :)

Girly men are icky.

I am so glad I'm not the only one who is hooked on Deadliest Catch! I was glued to the TV too.

Have you read Jonathan and Andy's book yet?

I work in the construction industry. No metrosexuals here. They're all blue collar guys with blue collar ways. And when I have a home repair project I know I can ask the guys and one of them will know exactly what to do. I had a flat tire last week and two of my coworkers changed it for me because a) they were able to and b) they would have felt bad leaving me to do it myself.

If you're looking for cute single men then you have to watch Mike Rowe on Dirty Jobs (Discovery Channel in Canada) I have spent many minutes watching him muck out stalls, skin fish and deal with mould. My kids think I'm a little weird but a gal can dream, right?

Yeah, Deadliest Catch is a guilty pleasure of mine too. (if I have to pick a cute one, it is Andy Hillstrand) And I CAN'T believe someone had to shake a finger about this one too. Laurie, I swear, you do seem to attract "helpy" people.

Here in Oregon, you will find many like the Deadliest Catch guys (loggers and fishermen). I guess I'm still trying to find a way to get you up here to relax (aka paint my garage).

Love the Deadliest Catch! I have to agree with Sarah, though, i'm a Northwestern girl. I like Jonathan, but he seems like someone who would walk into a wall when he's had a few too many drinks. Just sayin'.

I loved that car - wow... A strange word picture about scripts and buses; I guess I had not thought that people who read scripts also ride buses. However, before someone is famous and has a chauffeur/limo, they probably ride the bus and study their lines or script... with a great manicure, which I can never keep going because I put my hands in dirt and there go the nails.

What exactly is it about "The Deadliest Catch?" I refer to it as my crab show and gawd help anyone who calls me on a Tuesday night between 9 and 10pm.

Keep in mind that the only other thing I watch on TV is 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.' Talk about a contradiction in subject matter and format?

So last night I sat down and watched my first episode of "Deadliest Catch". I gotta say it sucked me in. It's kind of like a soap opera/reality show with realy burly men. Plus I was born in Alaska, so when that one guy goes to the hospital in Anchorage, I was like hey! I was born there!