Have you ever noticed how shy American men are about displaying their feet?  About displaying any part of their bodies, really?  Go to any shoe department or store at any mall, and watch as men go through what appears to be - for them - a painful experience equal only to the yearly proctological exam.

They sit there, their shoeless feet curled in a fetal position under the chair or bench upon which they sit, scanning the room to see if anyone is looking at them or their feet.  It's as if seeing them shoeless makes them, like Clark Kent after a healthy dose of kryptonite, completely powerless.  And watch them when the salesman returns with the shoes.  How many actually allow the clerk to slip the shoes on?  Probably 1 in 100 - and that one is definitely a candidate for our club!

Why do you suppose that is?  And why do you suppose that it's not the same way in Europe, where men seem willing to bare their soles and other bodily organs at the drop of their pants?  Is it that European men are just more liscivious?  Or, is it simply that they are more comfortable with their bodies?

Europe, existing in some form for thousands of years, has been through it's puritanical period.  Many of them, in fact.  Just look at the Spanish Inquisition.  They've had their moments of censureship in the name of piety.  But, they got over it.  And fact it, Europeans have been looking at the naked body for as long as there have been naked bodies.  The Greeks conducted the first Olympic games in the buff, and one can't stroll a street or a square without finding at least one naked man or woman crafted in stone or plaster adorning a building or monument.  And with plumbing being what it is in some of the older cities, it's not uncommon for both men and women to be seen in the courtyard, performing their morning ablutions in the fountain.  With all of that nudity going on all around you, who has time to be embarrassed by bare feet.  Hell, European men will strip down to nothing to try on shoes - if that's what they'll be wearing when they put on that particular shoe.

Not so, in America, which was founded by Puritans (pure people) who were trying to escape the randiness of the homeland.  Actually, the less pure in Europe just got tired of the bullshit and kicked them off the Continent, but that's another story alltogether.  The fact of the matter is, though, that America was founded as the conservative alternative to the hedonistic lifestyles of the Europeans.  And, as we see with Mr. Bush, nothing has changed.  We are still a nation of prudes and perditionists, all incapable of displaying even the most basic of human body parts - the foot - without screaming "pervert!"

Fortunately, the Internet has allowed us access to our European cousins across the big pond, and we need not be denied the feet that are so important to our brotherhood.  As the attached photos prove, the European male has no problem baring his soles and other tasty tidbits because it's simply the way that it's always been.....

Well, I'm really at a loss - which, if you knew me, would leave you similarly non-plussed.  I just don't know what to talk about.  I mean, the pope is dead - nothing.  Old GW is telling everyone how saddened he is by it - usually, that's enough for me to go ballistic.  Nothing.  So, I guess we're stuck talking about my favorite subject - men's feet!  Darn...I hate having to do that....LOL.

So, what to talk about?  Well, you already know that I love them.  You already know that I don't know why...so, why not show you the one's that make me crazy...the one's that knock my socks off, as it were....what type I find the sexiest...

Well, the most important thing is that the feet and toes be long.  Can't stand the stubby, fat ones.  Sorry, guys...don't mean to discount you that have the stubby, fat ones.  They're just not my cup o' tea...Long toes, yessiree, that's what I love....they look so damn hot in flip-flops, don't they?  Like the ones that the cutie in the first photo is wearing....

They should also be clean, as the ones our handsome businessman in the second photo has.  Notice - not a stain, not a smudge on them.  Nice and soft and clean....They could also be encased in socks - that's always a turn-on, too.

It doesn't hurt if they belong to a celebrity, particularly a hot Latin celebrity, such as Aaron Diaz, show modeling flip-flops in photo number 3.  Hot man, gorgeous feet - what more could a footer want?

They should also be tanned.  Long toes, clean and soft, tanned - those three things make up for the fact that the hunk in photo number 4 isn't a celebrity.  Who cares if he's a celebrity...look at those legs and those feet!

Now, in summation:  Long toes, tanned, clean and soft, celebrity (if possible,) and showcased in flip-flops....So, photo number 5 pretty much represents the perfect male feet.  Our friend in photo number six shows the perfect Perfect 10's off without flip-flops.  So, class - 5 and 6 represent the feet that I really get-off on....

So, what else?

Well, sometimes it makes it even hotter if the feet belong to a certain kind of man.  You know...maybe a cop, as shown in photo number 7.  So, if they're clean and soft and tanned and the toes are long and they belong to a cop - well, that's really hot, too!  Yeah, really hot....

Another factor that makes men's feet even sexier is the situational factor; in other words, where the feet are and why they're bare.  Bare feet on a guy in a towel in a hotel room are really hot.  Like the dude in photo number 8.  It's like you know there's going to be something going on because the guy's in a towel in a hotel room and his feet are bare....

Hair sometimes helps, too.  Not a lot...maybe just hairy ankles above the feet, or a soft dusting of hair on the instep and toes - you know, like Chris O'Donnell has in photo number 9.  So, clean and soft, tanned with long toes, a light dusting of hair and belonging to a celebrity lying on a bed in a hotel room are all really hot.  Imagine if it was a celebrity cop, like Mark Fuhrman - that would be totally hot!

French feet are super hot, in a situational and kind of person sort of way.  The fact that they're on a French celebrity - such as Christopher Lambert in photo number 10 - evokes images of French sex in a hotel room overlooking the Seine.  And we all know how great that kind of sex is....

Finally, if they're a bit boney and veiny, as the gorgeous stud in the final photo possesses, they're the ultimate feet.  There is just something so incredibly sexy about the bones and the veins - masculinity? - on tanned, clean, lean soft, situationally sexy, type of man feet are the best. 

To sum it all up:  Number 11.  Definitely number 11.  I could make a meal for a lifetime on the feet of number 11.

And there you have it....

Well, since the entire world is calm and quiet (sort of) on this day before Easter Sunday, I thought to myself, "Self, why not get everyone involved in some fun activities?"  So, I dashed over to Quizilla and created a little quiz for all of my friendly footers.  It's called HomoSOXuality, and I think you're going to like it - especially if you're reading this, which means that you get off to men's feet which means that you'll probably actually take the quiz!

And, since I'm sure that one of the many reasons that you came here was to be thrilled and otherwise titillated by the sight of some hot feet, let me provide just a few photos of that ilk for your viewing pleasure.  Since the quiz is entitled "HomoSOXuality," we'll do socked photos, shall we?

Enjoy!

Mathieu, this beautiful hunk currently living in Africa, has excellent taste in photographs.  His link can be found in the Footed Blogs list, and his photo is below for your enjoyment.  He may not be a celebrity, yet - but I know some Perfect 10's when I seem them!

So, now that you're properly stunned and amazed, I'd like to provide you with my personal choices for the Top 10 Perfect Tens in celebrityville.  They are, in no definite order:

Chad Nittler, Model

Chris Carmack, Model-turned-Actor

David Charvet, Actor-turned-Musician

Eduardo Verastegui, Actor-turned-god

Jude Law, Actor

The Karshner Triplets, Spokesmodels-turned-gay icons

Matt Salinger, Actor and son of J.D. Salinger

Paul Walker, god-turned-Actor

Reynaldo Gianecchini, Actor

Shawn Christian, god

Oh, there are more - some of them with hotter feet, others with better bodies, sill others with more fame or celebrity.  But, these ten possess the benchmarks against which all other feet will be compared. 

You're welcome to send us photos of yours...let us see how they stock-up against the pantheon of pedile perfection.  I look forward to that...

And, all together now....

This little piggy...

So, here we are...at my blog...The Search for the Perfect 10!  Which isn't about Bo Derek....

So, what exactly do you think it's about?

Surfing?  Well, pretty close.  The 10 best something or other?  Getting warmer.  The ten best-looking men?  Oh, you're really close now....Try combining the first one with the last one....The best looking surfers? 

Oh, for cryin' out loud...it's about the hottest feet!  Male celebrity feet, to be exact.  You know...ten toes, perfect 10!  It's really a simple concept...And, I can hear it now:

"You are one sick f*#ker, you know it?  Blogging about men's feet.  That's just sick..."

"You must be one of them fags...Are you a fag, mister?"

"God, man...I'm gay, too - but I don't go around creating a blog for male celebrity feet.  You wanna give us all a bad name?"

"Hey, faggot...wanna smell mine?"

And on it will go...

To all of you I say:  Then move along, please.  This is my blog, I can do with it what I will - and you don't have to look at it.  But, I'm willing to bet that at least a few of you keep coming back to see what I've got going on.  Some of you may even become devoted fans.  We'll see....

A little background, if you don't mind.  I have been into men's feet since I was...oh, about three.  I used to get pre-pubescent erections whenever I saw a man's feet in a magazine or newspaper or on TV.  I think it's because my father, God rest his soul, used to play with me with his feet whenever I lay on the ground nearby.  I suppose I started to associate men's feet with affection and love and attention.  So, as I grew up, they naturally became something sought-after, both sexually and as a comfort thing.

Of course, it hasn't been easy.  It's not as if there are a whole lot of heterosexual foot fetish things going on, let alone homosexual ones.  And in the gay community - where virtually everything that one does different than the clones of West Hollywood or the Castro or Christopher Street or Montrose or Oak Lawn is suspect - I was just considered a greater freak among lesser freaks. 

A good friend of mine, Michael Andrews (God rest his soul,) who was a former Miss Gay USA and a former La Cage regular in West Hollywood, had a foot fetish - and the things that were said about him backstage were just horrific.  So, it's no wonder that I don't exactly fly my fetish from a banner, as it were.

The fact is, in New Age thought, feet represent our understanding of others.  Our empathy, our sympathy, our compassion.  Based on that fact, I am a charitable organization unto myself.

All of that notwithstanding, this blog will be about male celebrity feet.  Obviously, because the feet are just a part of the body, there will be other body parts FEETured in the photos that I upload.  So, for those that aren't too thrilled with the concept of podophilia (foot fetishism,) just ignore the writings and enjoy the pictures.  We'll all get along much better that way....