The Editorial We

And Now, a Little Feminism

August 4, 2009 ~ Filed Under: Sermons From the Sofa

Too many critics see films like The Big Lebowski as somehow pandering to an audience uncomfortable with the female formula. Our roving reporter Chalupa stands up for the feminist-friendly among us Dudeists.

The Gospel According to the Hit Man and the Dude

May 30, 2009 ~ Filed Under: Sermons From the Sofa

Halledudeyeah! Arch Dudeship Dwayne Eutsey serves up a “Sermon from the Sofa” so durn innarestin’ it’ll make you laugh to beat the band. It’s an extended, thoughtful rumination on movies, religion and the transformative power of a profound tale told well. And he didn’t even use any cuss words, either.

Zen and the Art of Kidnapping Ourselves

May 13, 2009 ~ Filed Under: Sermons From the Sofa

Rev. Hugh Slesinger shows us how to catch ourselves further on down the trail on the paths of our lives — by kidnapping ourselves. Hasn’t that ever occurred to you man…sir? Rev. Hugh shows us how to find a trophy life, in the parlance of our times. Help is choppering out…

Surfer Dudeism: The Sacred Cowabunga

February 21, 2009 ~ Filed Under: The Tao of the Dude

Rev. Oliver Benjamin gets tubular as he explores surfing’s legacy on Dudeism, from La Jolla to Leo Carillo and beyond. Waves of the future, and the past, across the sands of time.

Great Dudes in History: Tom Hodgkinson

February 18, 2009 ~ Filed Under: Great Dudes in History

Attention Dudespapists: We have a compeer across the pond. The Idler magazine, published in the UK since 1993 is our ideological brother-in-armchairs. For creating and editing the magazine, and the fact that he’s written two excellent books on the subject of idling, Edward R. Mellow declares Tom Hodgkinson a “Great Dude in History.”