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Keep on the Sunny Side

Section: Dude Simple | July 24th, 2010

What season is this…is this a uh…? Indeed, it’s summertime, dudes. Time to put on the shades, shorts and minimal footwear and enjoy the dude times the sun has to offer. Rev. Ed Churchman weighs in on the Positive Mental Atta Dude that the fiery orb in the sky provides us for free.

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Dude Be Dude Be Dude

Section: Pin Dudeism | July 7th, 2010

Rev. Hieronymous Moondog presents a Dudeist koan of a piece for us to ponder. To do or to be. That is the question, one Frank Sinatra posed in idiosyncratic style. As Thoreau might have put it, the answer is simplicity itself.

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No Shirt, No Socks, No Stress

Section: Dude Simple | July 4th, 2010

Rev. Ed Churchman returns with a lighthearted Dudeist screed espousing our holy reverence for dressing casually, and when possible, not dressing at all. Human skin wasn’t meant to be covered up so much, so let’s enjoy the summer and let it all hang out. Rev. Ed helpfully suggests some ways you can do this and not get fired.

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Slow and Steady Wins The Race

Section: Dudeman Nature | June 17th, 2010

From his very dudely job out in the desert, Rev. Art Schaub draws a line in the sand, or an article, rather. Bringing an old story to light – Aesop’s “The Tortoise and the Hare” – he shows how it fits right into the Dudeist canon. Down through the ages, across the sands of the Mojave desert.

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Lazy Wisdom 3

Section: Pin Dudeism | June 2nd, 2010

In the latest installment of the Lazy Wisdom trilogy (which we hope will not remain a trilogy), Rev. Hieronymous Moondog serves up a bowl of beer nuggets of Dudeist Widsom. Touching on ideas and quotes from Dudeist saints both alive and recently passed, there’s plenty in here to help us get through the whole durn human comedy. Parts, anyway.

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No Frame of Reference #17

Section: No Frame of Reference | May 7th, 2010

Ups and downs, stubs and fractures. Arch-Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey recently broke his finger, but he also got to emcee a cool event and witness a far-out concert by the legendary Neil Innes. Now this fella, Innes, is high in the running for Dudeliest Monty Python member world-wide (he’s been called the 7th Python). Enjoy as Duderino Dwayne honors him before the assembled Dudeocracy.

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A Ray of Dude-Shine

Section: Notes on the Cycle | May 6th, 2010

Despite using the handle of a well-known mexican fast food franchise, our roving reporter Chalupa is also a fan of good burgers, dude. And so it was that on one lunch break at Wendy’s he had a sort of epiphany after meeting a young employee there, who despite having a less-than-enviable job expressed such enthusiasm for a certain brand of soda that it proved to be food for the soul. A very dude attitude indeed.

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Lazy Widsom 2

Section: Pin Dudeism | April 25th, 2010

Second in a series of investigative slackerology, Rev. Hieronymous Moondog takes a look at some more of the upstanding layabouts in the glorious history of Dudeism.

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Derby and the Dude

Section: Strongly Vaginal | April 16th, 2010

Now while Dudeists might be prone to periods of extreme inactivity, we’re also fond of a sporting good time: The Dude was an achieved bowler, after all. And patron saint Jeff Spicoli was an avid surfer. Now our very own Rev. Wendy sings the praises of Roller Derby! Unlike being a golfer, it may be the only sport that’s might be more fun to watch than to play. Cheer on Rev. Wendy and read her heartfelt article of faith. Sounds exhausting. And awesome.

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Your own Personal Genie Part 2

Section: Surprised at my Tears | April 5th, 2010

Italian Dudeship Andrea Favro inspired us all last December with his genius article “Your Own Personal Genie.” Now he revists the topic thurrahly to provide us with some practical tips on how to throw rocks tonight and every night.

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Lazy Wisdom

Section: Pin Dudeism | April 1st, 2010

Has the whole world gone fucking crazy? We sure hope so. Rev. Hieronymous Moondog introduces us to the Little Lebowski on the way that comes from a union of Wes Nisker (“Crazy Wisdom”) and Thaddeus Golas (“The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment”). Lazy Wisdom sounds like the wave of the future, dude.

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Keep it Limber, Dude

Section: Dude Simple | March 13th, 2010

Rev. Ed Churchman pours us a tall cool one in honor of St. Patrick’s Day — a look at what it truly means to keep your mind limber. Hint: getting totally wasted on whiskey does not make it limber, it makes it limp. But the other danger is that of a rigid mind. How do we move through life limberly, like those maligned snakes old Patty drove out of Ireland? The honorable Reverend explains.

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Dear Dudely #4

Section: Dear Dudely | March 7th, 2010

This just in: an elderly Dude ruminates on the way he’s planning to exit stage left from this whole durn human comedy. It’s an inspiring and funny letter that we all could learn something from, if we listened occasionally.

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No Frame of Reference #16

Section: No Frame of Reference | March 6th, 2010

Happy Day of the Dude everybody! Are you happy, you crazy fucks? Well, if you’re not, then this gem of a sermon by the Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey should take the edge off some. It is a paean to all Dudeist things, both great and small, strikes and gutters, ups and what-have-you. Aside from honoring several great dudes in history the good Rev. also points out some other innarestin’ things that have also happened on March 6th and which have a literal connection to Dudeism!

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Tao Soda, Man…

Section: Pin Dudeism | March 1st, 2010

Just in time for the Academy Awards, Rev. Hieronymous Moondog runs into a curious someone at the Duder Bar. It’s a feller who bears an incredible resemblance to Bad Blake, the character Jeff Bridges portrays in Crazy Heart — the performance we’re all hoping JB wins an award for. Some innerestin’ parallels between Crazy Heart and The Big Lebowski, and this wise feller enlightens us to them.

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Levelling – In Pursuit of the Spiritual Bungalow

Section: Dude Simple | February 22nd, 2010

Rev. Ed Churchman bowls another big one to us from old blighty, explaining how the Levellers movement helped usher in a much more Dudeist way of life for the British. Though their methods could be a bit on the Sobchak side, they paved the way for future Dude movements all over the world. Now every man’s bungalow is his mansion.

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No Frame of Reference #15

Section: No Frame of Reference | February 19th, 2010

Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey returns with a joyfully rambling rumination on a host of Dudeist topics, from George Carlin to the Port Huron Statement to the End of the World As We Know it. If the end is indeed near, then we all better take er easy as fast as we possibly can! And if it isn’t, well then, uh, same strategy. That about wraps er up!

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Dudeciples and the Pan-Dudeian Nation

Section: Dude Simple | February 6th, 2010

Rev. Ed Churchman looks at the relationship between Dudeist holy folks (Dudeciples) and the Dudeist lay population (Dudes). Just as with other religions, we need both the fully dudevout and the deeply casual — the Dudeist high-erarchy happily welcomes followers of varying dudegrees.

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Dolphins – This Aggression Will Not Stand

Section: Notes on the Cycle | January 21st, 2010

Our man on the cinematic scene, Chalupa from Lebowskipodcast chimes in with this heartfelt paean to the suffering of dolphins and current efforts to help them – including a dramatic activist movie called The Cove. The Dude minds too, man. Check out the clip of Jeff Bridges talking about dolphins on the Conan O’Brien show.

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Dude! Chick it out!

Section: Guest Columns | January 14th, 2010

Rev. Diana Diaz takes a look at the incredible (and powerful) vagueness of the word “dude”, making the point that since it can apply to everything, it should also apply to women. We couldn’t agree more, dude.

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