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August 2012

August 17, 2012

Do You Tell Your Kids When You’re Struggling?

I’ve blogged in the past about being careful to not make our children deal...

August 15, 2012

Charlie Peacock’s New Song Reminds Me of Van

This will be a bit like a child who never mastered finger painting trying to...

August 11, 2012

Hmmmm…A Sportsman Vice President

In three months we might have a sportsman for our vice president, and that thought...

August 07, 2012

Finding A Piglet Voice

A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay...

August 02, 2012

Shame and Shock Collars

Shame makes the world go round, but I'm starting to feel motion sickness. Shame is...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Broken Down Men

I drove a 1975 Chrysler Cordoba when I was in college. I bought it in...

July 28, 2012

Teaching Kids To Be Busy

What's the main thing we're passing on to our children? A conversation I had with...

July 24, 2012

Let Them See You Sweat

It’s strange what I remember from my childhood, and what I’ve forgotten. For example, I...

July 21, 2012

Hyper-Hobbied, Pursuit-Driven Men

Do you have a work-a-holic or a hyper-hobbied man in your life? Do you want...

July 20, 2012

Where is God in Wicked Times?

I’m particularly thankful for a blogging platform on days like today. All of us feel...

July 18, 2012

Porn, Predators, and Unsafe People

“It’s just a little porn…what’s the big deal?” A man asked me that question a...

July 16, 2012

Put the Pliers Down!

I live on the plains of the Midwest...in hard-working territory. I’m surrounded by determined men...

July 11, 2012

The Sour Dish of Competition

“You did not shoot that bird. I did! He was already dropping by the time...

July 08, 2012

Does Your Family Want You Home?

“The kids…and I, to be honest…like it when he’s gone.” Michelle was at the end...

July 05, 2012

When A + 2 = Turnips

We want a formula for parenting. The problem is…it’s just not there. I knew a...

July 02, 2012

Water Melancholia

I’m staring at a glass of iced water. It’s 100-degrees outside and I’m sitting at...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Book Giveaway: “Man on the Run”

We’re giving away a signed copy of "Man on the Run: Helping Hyper-Hobbied Men Recognize...

June 26, 2012

Laying The Smack Down

My nine-year-old son, Aidan, already has a few solid friendships. He and his buddies love...

June 24, 2012

Between Prison Cells and Pedestals

If any normal person has a bad moment and, say, yells at someone in public,...

June 20, 2012

Dead As A Beaver Hat

When I was a kid, I didn’t just watch John Wayne movies—I entered into them....