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I don't have a smartphone. I sorta feel like it's time to talk about that fact. I own a phone manufactured by LG that slides out to reveal a lovely QWERTY keyboard. I can make phone calls with it, and I can set up to seven different alarms. And that's about it. I'll get to …
By KYLE MONTGOMERY In commemoration of the anniversary of my father going home to our Lord, please allow me to share a story adapted from stories told in his last days, at his funeral, and each year since. I tell you this story gripping a handful of items I carry in my pocket, items my …
If you missed the first post about my experimentation with Intermittent Fasting, read about it here. The following will make a lot more sense after you read that. I was told from the start that the first few days would be the hardest. I was also lied to. Don't get me wrong, the first few …
Despite eating a relatively balanced and healthy diet, I've continued to gain weight over the last three years. I attribute this to a number of causes: switching to a sedentary job, becoming a father, getting older (and thus my metabolism going from "slow" to "sleeping"), a variety of minor injuries (knee, ankle), and consuming waaaaaaaay too …
Continue reading Getting Right: My Foray Into Intermittent Fasting
Monday mornings. If you want, you could spend hours looking through countless memes describing just how horrific Monday mornings can be. Weekends never last long enough, and somehow you always find things to fill up the time you thought you'd have to recharge. But one Monday morning in August of 2015, I sat at home …
by GABE MACALUSO On March 18, 2019, I found myself walking into an office to start my work day like I had done for the past 5 months and was greeted with the most evident sign today was going to be my last, a for-hire security guard sitting awkwardly and wondering where everyone was. We …
Continue reading Unemployment: How To Deal With It Successfully
by BOB POLIACHIK I'm different today. But not because I woke at 4:50am. And not because I sweat through my shirt this morning. It's because of who I sweat with. Who I saw, what they told me and what I shared with them. I'm talking about men from a workout group called F3. The difference is …
I have always enjoyed studying statistics. So as I wondered how to go about writing a year in review-type post looking at this site's first year of existence, naturally I was curious about the measurables. 21,613. 11,051. 89. 195. 87. 184. 105. 37. That's a list of the number of total views, visitors, likes, comments, and …
Just a couple quick housekeeping notes to finally put a bow on the first ever TMWC. Thanks again to all the guys who participated!
He remembers staring out the window thinking he was seeing icebergs floating in the ocean. Thirty-Five thousand feet below, Adam was simply seeing the whitecaps from gigantic waves in the Atlantic. He and his family were flying from Katowice, Poland to Chicago, Illinois. Adam was seven years old. The country they were leaving and the …
