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Manhood

I Hate To Do It, But I Gotta Fire This Guy (and an important message at the end)

26 March 2013

I just bought a new lawn mower. So I have to fire the guy that has done my yard for the last few years. He has done a fine job for the last several years. He had done the work for me while I was working away from home. The weeding, cutting, planting that I [...]

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The Me in Me and the Me I See (From the DMM Archives)

7 June 2012

Today is my birthday, so I thought this classic post was appropriate for the occassion. This post was originally published on February 16, 2010. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed reading it again. I stumbled into the bathroom this morning, drunk from a restless sleep the night before. I walked gingerly across the cold, wood floors. I [...]

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Broke But Not Broken

9 August 2011

I need a break. There is too much going on in my life and it’s difficult to keep up. I haven’t had a real vacation since last year and the demands at work keep growing and growing. However, I’m not going to complain, especially when so many people are out of work. As a black [...]

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As That Wascally Wabbit Used To Say…(Mr. Man Goes Hunting Pt.2)

3 December 2009

Hunting is one way to inject yourself back into nature. As I mentioned in Part One of this post, it is the restoration of the natural order of things. I have become increasingly enamored with nature and the outdoors. Roughing it. Learning to live off the land. This is a facinating journey for me that [...]

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Superman’s Cape

30 November 2009

As we draw closer to the end of the first decade of the new millenia, I begin to reflect on my life to this point. There are so many subjects worth discussing, yet I am focused on the diminishing memories of my father. My parents were divorced by the time I turned nine. He held what was [...]

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Restoring The Natural Order of Things (Mr. Man Goes Hunting Pt.1)

17 November 2009

Earlier this year, dear readers, you have watched me go through a metamorphisis of sorts. Maybe you’ve read about my camping adventures with The Boy and Mocha Dad. Or maybe you were around when I discovered my innate redneckery. This city boy from the tough streets of Hiram Clarke, high school in South Park, TX (an [...]

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A Sports Page Full of Emotion

25 October 2009

I was sitting in my study reading the sports page, in it, a story about The San Francisco 49er’s visit to Houston this weekend (this is the Sunday morning edition, so the game had not been played yet). The reporter was writing about the Houston homegrown Mike Singletary, the legendary linebacker for the Chicago Bears, now [...]

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Joe. The Life (Not Death) of a Salesman

24 October 2009

Joe. On this beautiful Saturday afternoon in a Houston suburb, where the the humidity was low and the dragonflies hummed lazily through the air. We heard a knock on the door. Joe. My wife goes to answer the door, but I stop her. I have become more suspicious as of late. The world is a [...]

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What Women Want:100 Questions from Women To Men (My Five Favorites)

15 October 2009

Tonight I had the extreme privilege of being on a panel hosted by iluvblackwomen , an incredible individual that I met through Twitter. The topic of discussion was a three part series on Blog Spot Radio discussing 100 questions asked by women about men to be answered by men. In six hours over three weeks. I have [...]

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Fatherhood Friday:”I’ll Bust You In The Head ’til The White Meat Shows”

9 October 2009

Fatherhood Friday, a collection of awesome blogs by cool dads and moms, is hosted by Dad-Blogs. Stop by this site and check out some awesome reading material (among other wacky things). There have been some awesome TV dads over the years. Bill Cosby, Ward Cleaver, Homer Simpson (yes, Homer.), and Hank Hill immediately come to [...]

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