{"id":140,"date":"2008-03-25T01:58:22","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T08:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/archives\/140"},"modified":"2009-09-12T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2009-09-12T23:22:09","slug":"sexiest-man-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/sexiest-man-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexiest Man Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" style=\"width: 96px; height: 128px;\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/matt.jpg\" alt=\"Matt Damon - NOT the sexiest man alive\" width=\"96\" height=\"128\" \/>Every year People magazine chooses the sexiest man alive.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes I wholeheartedly agree <em>(George Clooney &#8211; 1997 &amp; 2006) <\/em>&#8211; and others, it seems a bit of a miss <em>(Nick Nolte &#8211; 1991)<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 This year their choice was <strong>Matt Damon<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, Matt is a handsome young buck and a terrific actor &#8211; but <em>sexiest man alive??? <\/em><em class=\"b\">I think not<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While in Salt Lake last week, Ashley, Kathleen\u00c2\u00a0and I took a stroll through the covers of all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/package\/gallery\/0,,20154290_20154495,00.html\" target=\"resource_window\">previous years of Sexiest Man Alive issues <\/a>and gave them our own 1 &#8211; 10 ratings (and for the most part, were in agreement).\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 As we were oggling the pics at People.com, we commented on how a person&#8217;s behavior impacts their sexiness.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>George Clooney<\/strong>: humanitarian\/political activist = sexy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Brad Pitt<\/strong>: humanitarian = sexy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mel Gibson<\/strong>: anti-semetism\u00c2\u00a0= not\u00c2\u00a0sexy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sean Connery<\/strong>: wife beater = not sexy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatleft\" src=\"http:\/\/nworiginals.com\/clams\/sh3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>This year I have painstakingly reviewed potential candidates (it was quite a chore, as you can well imagine), and have selected my own honoree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I\u00c2\u00a0present to you now my choice for the 2007 Sexiest Man Alive:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Shemar Moore<\/h3>\n<p>Gaze upon his countenance and drool.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatright\" src=\"http:\/\/nworiginals.com\/clams\/sh2a.jpg\" alt=\"Shemar Moore - Sexiest Man Alive\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This man is simply gorgeous.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know much about him or his personality, but I&#8217;m a fan of his character on Criminal Minds.<\/p>\n<p>At some point I may learn of some unsavory detail about his life that reduces his sexiness &#8211; but for now, this is my dream boy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is your pick?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year People magazine chooses the sexiest man alive.\u00c2\u00a0 Sometimes I wholeheartedly agree (George Clooney &#8211; 1997 &amp; 2006) &#8211; and others, it seems a bit of a miss (Nick Nolte &#8211; 1991).\u00c2\u00a0 This year their choice was Matt Damon.\u00c2\u00a0 Now, Matt is a handsome young buck and a terrific actor &#8211; but sexiest man &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/sexiest-man-alive\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sexiest Man Alive<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}