Manhood

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 14:39

Written by eyesofbabes

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I fold balloons on weekends at kids’ birthday parties. Girls usually choose flowers, hearts or butterflies. Boys – you guessed it – like swords. I have also had boys request guns, bombs and once, a grenade! Actually, as soon as I make one balloon weapon, everyone wants one, including most of the girls. On the rare occasion when a boy does ask for a flower, heart or pink balloon of any shape, the parent will usually step in and say “no, he wants a black sword or he really wants a different color.” In fact, mothers do this as much as fathers. Why is that? What’s wrong with a boy expressing a desire for something beautiful? I love to trip them up. Once in a while when a kid asks for a balloon weapon, I also make them a pink heart and tell them their dad asked for it.

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The Blizzard of 2010: How not to shovel snow

Friday, 05 February 2010 22:12

Written by Joeprah

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There aren't a lot of things more manly than shoveling snow. You can actually have a heart attack shoveling snow because it's just that demanding. But just because something is difficult doesn't mean we should seek to accomplish it. For instance, it's next to impossible to watch an entire episode of the Everyone Loves Raymond without wanting to uppercut yourself, but that doesn't mean we should ever put ourselves through that as an individual. Using our minds to overcome things is part of the dadly way. We are ingenious. That doesn't mean all of our ideas are great though. Some ideas are just bad--but my idea is just brilliant.

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The Art of Commando: A Quick Reader Letter

Saturday, 30 January 2010 00:17

Written by Spuds

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Neil Peart of Rush live in concert at the Xcel...

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I've got Metallica pounding my gray matter like a Japanese Drum while I write this so you will have to excuse me if I get a little rowdy. I've even pulled out "air" drumsticks. ("Air 'Sticks" are what we used before Rock Band, the game.)

That's right… I'm jammin' OLD SCHOOL this morning! Neil Peart don't got NUTHIN' on me when I pull the air 'sticks out! (I'm spinning a drumstick above my head with one hand while I type this…) Quick! Somebody grab their air guitar!

Seriously... well, not so serious, I guess... I'm in a mood.

Might as well take some Reader Mail…

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Spud's Stonely Message...Manhood!

Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:09

Written by Spuds

(7 votes, average 4.43 out of 5)

f40dd10ed7f1f0eb994010e9 I don’t normally begin my posts with a scripture. Some may ask “why not” and some may ask “why now”. Trust me… it fits!

Deuteronomy 23:1- "He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord." (I will pause here so you can go find your Bible to make sure I'm not just making this verse up.)

So you may be asking yourselves at this point, “What kind of a man would stand up in a group of men, DADS no less, and announce that he has a few things to say about being manly?” Yeah, that’s me! I’m Spuds! I’m a forty one year old father of six children. I stand 5’11” with my tennis shoes on, but my ego puts me right around 6’5”. I’ve got swagger for days, despite the numerous attempts to humble or “bring me down a few notches”.

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