Everybody has a tender side.

Because it's the holidays, and because as of 2010 I'll have lived in this crazy town for a full decade and this realization has put me in a good mood, here's an el sensitivo shot of my friend Eric (aka "faux Joe"). He is not remotely affiliated with Trader Joe's. He just happens to own a glorious assortment of tropical shirts and award-winning facial hair.

His visage and those carnations are my little gift to the internet. Happy holidays.