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ADD ENTHUSIASM TODAY

January 14, 2024 by

Go ahead and add enthusiasm to your day. Start from the beginning. “But Master Blogger D, I don’t feel enthusiastic.” Well, neither does anyone else, but they still show it. Here’s how:

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FRAGILE MASCULINITY, OR LOST ‘MAN CARD’

August 5, 2022 by

Fragile masculinity needs help. And it requires wearing kid gloves, the softer the better Also, try and be agreeable. About everything. No one wants to see Superman crash.

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MANLY MEN WHO FORGET TO BE MEN FIRST

July 28, 2022 by

The manly men where I grew up were loggers and truckers and fishermen. They were hard men doing hard jobs. One of them liked to visit with my dad and tease my older brother. There may have been tears. But it’s different now. What changed?

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MAN JUNK FOR THE HE-MAN

May 10, 2022 by

Man junk is a taboo topic to bring up. Especially broken junk. Vasectomy? Same thing. It cuts a little too close to home. HPV neck cancer? Hush your mouth. Or not. Yesterday I wrote about vasectomy, which some men consider less than manly. Today, let’s take it a little further.

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MALE IDENTIFICATION: BASIC OR FUNDAMENTAL

March 30, 2021 by

Male identification is more than name, rank, and serial number, or social security, birthday, driver’s license number. Why? “Because men evolve, man. Like, we’re not who you think we are.” Unfortunately, especially for men, we are who they think we are based on media portrayal. Even if we’re not, we get painted with the same […]

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MASCULINITY DISPLAYED: WHO IS OLD ENOUGH FOR OLD SCHOOL SPORTS

May 21, 2020 by

I heard masculinity displayed on sports talk radio. It wasn’t the same version shared by Kareem and Coach Wooden. (Do you know their story?) Jason Whitlock recently explained how the Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance appealed to him: Jordan was just an old school, manly, sort of guy doing old school and manly things. […]

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