We just got back from a week at P-Town, where we…

It’s that time of year, folks: time to squeeze in…

In case you haven’t consulted that sexy fireman/priest/dishwasher calendar lately, it’s July already, folks, which can mean only one thing: exuberant displays of half-naked nationalism! Canadian readers got their dose on Tuesday, the French get theirs the week after next—and we, like the Baby Bears that we are, are just right in the middle. (Brits, for reasons still unclear, got their special day back in June. Which seems a little antisocial to us. Just sayin’!) In preparation for our staff trip to the beach pool lawn sprinkler, we looked high and low for skimpy swimwear to express our true Inner American. And what do you know? There’s a heck of a lot of Old Glory-inspired beachwear out there than we ever would have imagined. (Or would ever wear ourselves, but that’s another story.)

Apparently, the advertising geniuses at swimwear and underthingie company IQONIQ are on a mission to help (presumably straight) guys lose the board shorts and get over their fear of ball-and ass-hugging micro briefs.

Butch Swimwear debuts its newly revamped site to go along with its new 2008 spring and summer collection, just in time for holiday giving. (Or for staying inside looking at photos of ridiculously hot Brazilian swimwear models while everyone else is out going to holiday parties. The choice is yours!)

· Recent runway developments during Rio’s Fashion Week remind us that Brazilian swimwear basically comes in just two varieties: hot and hotter. Funny how the same can be said of Brazilian models. (adventuresofagayboy.blogspot.com)

· Bolton is spending $2500 and six months in his quest for the body beautiful, but thanks to these motivational pictures he posted today we’re reminded that total physical fitness includes well-developed wrist muscles too. (getboltonbuff.blogspot.com)

· Meanwhile, having Geri Halliwell’s trainer standing over us is all the motivation we’d need to stay on the bench to squeeze out a couple of extra presses. In fact, we probably couldn’t think of any good reasons ever to get up. (dlisted.com)

· Question: If one twin fucks a watermelon at one end and the other twin fucks it from the other end, does it still count as incest? (someonefamous.blogspot.com)

· Meanwhile, one can only hope that no one was cutting up raw chicken breasts on that kitchen counter where new Randy Blue model Tyler Johnson was rolling around on. We’ve seen the tragic affects of salmonella poisoning on perfectly buff amateur porn models, and it’s not pretty. (randyblue.com)

· Remember Marcus Allen, the former Falcon star who was indicted for murder late last year? Turns out he’s pleading insanity, which seems like it’d be worth talking about if an even bigger gay porn murder story hadn’t come along this week and stolen all the headlines. (gaysexblog.net)

· We’re still not sure what distinguishes Butch Swimwear from the not-so-butch kind, unless it’s a more generous use of see-through material. (acausedesgarcons.com)

· Thongs, however, are most definitely not butch. They are, however, a lot of fun to look at. (nakedtokyo.blogspot.com)