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!
Read the articleSection: 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!
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | January 7th, 2010

It’s been a while since the Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey treated us to a No Frame of Reference, but the good Reverend has a New Year’s present for the assembled Dudeocracy. This gem of a ramble discusses the nature of the Sabbath and his recent appearance on a radio show. Auld Lang Shit yeah!
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | October 12th, 2009

One of the things Dudeism teaches us is how to roll with the gut-punches. Well Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey rolled out nauseous the other day when he tried to attend his first ever Lebowskifest and contracted food poisoning only minutes before making it to the finals. There’s an unspoken message here, and Rev. Eutsey is just the fellah to speak it. He’s feeling better now, so no need to send flowers (dead or otherwise).
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | August 30th, 2009

Number three in a series of resources to help us Abide, Arch-Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey suggests another funny but deep film with a chewy moral center — Dazed and Confused. In a day and age where everyone is an extremist, Richard Linkater’s 1993 film helps remind us that the middle path is the one where the groove is.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | July 3rd, 2009
After a nice vacation the Arch Dudeship has returned to town bearing gifts both amusing and heartfelt. After several months The Brotherhood Shamus has amassed a large repository of prayers and he shares some of them with us. It offers a glimpse into the collective Dudeist consciousness. The parlance of our sighs.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | March 31st, 2009

Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey wishes us all a belated Day of the Dude — a holiday so relaxed The Dudespaper forgot to celebrate it. And he looks further into that terrific transcendental token, “abide.” Pretty far out stuff, if we understand it correctly.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | March 4th, 2009
Arch-Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey takes a thoughtful look at that kingpin of Dudeist words: Abide. What does it mean to abide? How do we do it? Well, this here thesis he’s about to unfold will tell you. In this first of a series, he looks at how music helps us abide.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | February 14th, 2009
Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey shares the love this Valentine’s Day and provides a fabulous example of how to administer a Dudeist Wedding ceremony. Makes us feel all warm inside.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | January 29th, 2009
In this year of new beginnings, Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey looks back on some key elements of the 60s cultural/political revolution, notably the Port Huron Statement, and tries to reconstruct the Dude’s original, uncompromised first draft. Consider it part of Dudeism’s Take it Easy Manifesto.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | January 2nd, 2009
Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey chimes in the New Year with suggestions, benedictions, concerns and plenty of good cheer. All this despite the hangover - now that’s dudeication.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | December 12th, 2008
Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey pleasantly ponders the improbable relationship between The Dude and Walter in The Big Lebowski. It seems that they’re each two halves of a greater whole. And we’re not just talking about the movie here.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | December 8th, 2008
Our man with the soul-ution to our troubles, Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey discusses the tough times ahead, and the Dudeist approach to dealing with all the new shit that has come to light.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | December 2nd, 2008
Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey muses wistfully on the 10-year anniversary of The Big Lebowski. Down through the ages, it still continues to be the movie for its time and place. Fits right in there.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | November 17th, 2008
Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey muses on the holiday season - the good, the bad, and the not-on-the-rugly. How to avoid the commercialized hype? Look to history for the answers. And do it through mulled-cider colored glasses.
Read the articleSection: No Frame of Reference | October 31st, 2008
Archdudeship Dwayne Eutsey introduces his new column and also makes a clarion call for Dudes everywhere to unite under Dudeism’s suitably broken-in banner.
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