I was never in the Boy Scouts. I was, still am, and most likely forever will be, a city slicker. But I always admired the Scouts. I have always wanted to be a Goonie. And I’ve always, always wanted a Junior Woodchuck Guidebook. Wait, you don’t remember the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook? Let me refresh your Read More
The Art of Manliness
There is a meme out in the memosphere that men these days do not know how to be “real men”. Every generation has their own definition of what it means to be a man, and I like to think that some of the progress we’ve made since the days of Mad Men are a good Read More
Fatherly.com
We fathers sometimes get a bum rap. We’re often the butt of sitcom jokes where we’re portrayed as benignly incompetent parents who are lucky not to burn the house down when the mothers leave the house for a few hours, who’s idea of feeding the kids is pizza and Doritos (not that there’s anything Read More
Isla Bikes
When I was growing up, I learned to ride a bike using training wheels. A couple of things that stick in my mind. First, the bike was HEAVY. It was a pain in the butt to walk that thing anywhere and having the training wheel made the bike doubly cumbersome to manipulate. Second, I remember Read More
Fathering With Style
Part of being an awesome human being, in my not-so-humble opinion, is having your own style. And to a certain extent, walking the path of awesomeness means figuring out one’s own style and developing it. On a personal level, I want to develop myself not just for myself, but also because I want to role Read More
No Drama Discipline
May 5 is Children’s Day in many parts of the world and it seems fitting to me that that this is the day I post a recommendation about a great book. It’s a book for parents, on how to be better parents by letting kids be kids, by understanding what kids do and why they Read More
Practice Out Loud
I am going to try something different. I am going to try to blog every day. These are bold words but I am putting it out there into the Aether so that the Universe will hold me accountable. I have read, and read, and heard the blogging every single day, at least 500 words or Read More
Reach For The Stars…Crazy Or Crazy Like A Fox?
Recently I listened to a podcast on Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income interviewing Michael Hyatt. Michael Hyatt is a best selling author and a writer who also helps people figure out how to be successful. The podcast was about goal setting (for the new year – 2017) and in it Michael mentions how in order Read More
Outside The Comfort Zone
I have a confession to make. I don’t like writing blogs. No, that’s not right. What I don’t like, or rather, what I’m not that comfortable with is writing my thoughts down on paper for all the world to see. It’s true that I’ve entertained the thought of writing books and stories, but those were Read More
Embrace the suck
Cross-posted with PRACTICEMARTIALARTS.COM There’s an old Chinese proverb that if I were to paraphrase rather badly, goes something like this: “In order to do learn kung fu, you must be prepared to eat bitter”. Now here, “kung fu” refers to the literal meaning of the word – skilled attained through time, study, and hard work. Read More