Just Strollin’ Along
So near my office (at the Air Force Academy), there’s a trail from the chapel parking lot over the hill to the visitor’s center. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people trek over this trail every week. Yesterday, as I was walking to my truck at the end of the day, I saw something that was NOT manly.
A man was strolling along, walking up the hill easily, without a care in the world… while the woman next to him (I’m assuming his wife) – in a skirt and 4 inch dress-shoe-heels, mind you – was struggling to push their stroller, with baby inside, up this trail! I couldn’t believe it! I wanted to yell out – “Hey, you there, the guy NOT BEING MANLY!!! Why don’t you help her out and push the stroller?! And oh yeah, I’m going to blog about you on www.TrueManhood.com” In an attempt to be civil, I decided not to. (It would have made a scene and would NOT have been the correct way of challenging this guy to be manly.) Oh, how I wish I had my camera.
Guys, whether the women around you are your wife or not, HELP THEM OUT! If it’s another guy, struggling to make it up the hill, you should offer to help him out too! Use common sense, be aware of what’s around you and be a man of action. Do something!
Man up!
Monday the Hero
I’ve been a sports fan my entire life and had never heard of this until today. Glad I saw it. This man, Rick Monday made a heroic choice to protect the flag, which stands for our freedom and liberties. Great job, Rick!
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What can you do to protect our freedom and liberties?
Man up!
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Man, This Woman Has Guts!
Check this video out… this woman has guts! To go onto a show like “The View” (all openly supportive of Obama and Abortion) and speak the truth. Good for her.
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Man up!
"Today’s Women are Expected to Pine Over Break-Dancers Who Own Hair Dryers & Wear Skinny Jeans”
I saw this on Facebook and had to post it:
Charlton Heston v. Zac Efron: Is ‘The Pill’ Making Masculinity a Thing of the Past?
by Katie Walker
Washington, D.C. (08 October 2009) – A British researcher has added to the growing body of evidence showing the link between the birth control pill and the rise of the effeminate heartthrob.
Dr. Alexandra Alvergne, of the University of Sheffield, says the hormones in the pill and other hormonal contraceptives suppress a woman’s interest in masculine men and make boyish men more attractive, reports the UK’s Daily Mail.
According to the theory, the Pill could contribute to the rising popularity of effeminate men in the last 40 years.
“We’ve gone from 1940s and 50s manly heroes Charlton Heston and Sean Connery to today’s baby-faced heartthrobs like Zac Efron and Johnny Depp,” said Katie Walker, American Life League’s communications director. “More reasons to never, ever go on the pill.”
The research confirms an August 2008 study from scientists at the University of Liverpool showing that “when the women started taking the pill, their preferences shifted towards the scent of men with more similar genes to their own.”
ALL’s project director for “The Pill Kills Day,” Marie Hahnenberg, reported on the potential hazards this places on relationships.
“There is mounting evidence that the pill can seriously disturb a woman’s healthy, natural tendency to be drawn toward a mate with different immune system genes. This, in turn, can lead to having a genetically similar mate, which increases the risk of infertility and miscarriages. It also means that the pill can change a woman’s love interest so much that she could end up in a relationship with someone to whom she normally wouldn’t be attracted.”
American Life League’s “Pill Kills” project is dedicated to exposing the hidden emotional and physical ramifications of the birth control pill. In August 2008, ALL’s Michael Hichborn also released a video reporting on the hormonal phenomenon of “Pill Googles.”
“While previous generations of women dreamt about rugged intellectuals carrying them off into the sunset, today’s women are expected to pine over break-dancers who own hair dryers and wear skinny jeans,” Walker said. “Give me Charlton Heston any day.”
American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death. Visit their website at www.all.org.
Man up!
Your Dad is Playing Arcade Games
The other day we took our kids to a local indoor entertainment center. This place has tons of cool stuff for kids… arcade games, go-carts, putt-putt golf, dress up rooms for little kids, a pirate ship with working air-canons, a bowling alley and so on. When we were in the “largest sandbox in Colorado”, which looks like a cave with stalactites, stalagmites and their version of dinosaur bones, we ran into another family. The family was made up of a 1-year-old girl, a 4-year-old boy, the mom and the dad. When I first walked in with my youngest daughter, the dad was sitting on a bench, nose buried in his iPhone. The mom was actively playing with the kids in the sand.
I cordially said hello to the mom and helped my daughter get situated in the sand. About a minute after I was in the room, the dad walked up to the mom, whispered something in her ear and walked out. As he rounded the corner, the wife asked him, “Why do you have to go?” No response.
Immediately, the young boy tried running after his dad. He wanted to be with him. The mom told the boy “Dad will be back in a minute, wait here.” The boy proceeded to ask his mom to go with his dad six more times over the course of the next ten minutes. Eventually, the mom called the dad on his cell phone to see where he was, although he didn’t appear to answer. This time, the boy asked “Mom, where’s Dad?” She said, “You Dad is playing arcade games.”
I couldn’t believe my ears. I was astonished! This dad was NOT manning up! He left his wife and kids to go play arcade games!?! The whole point of this type of place (other than for the owners to make lots and lots of money) is for families to be together. All his son wanted to do was be with his dad, all the dad wanted to do was be by himself. It was apparent, that even during the few short seconds that I observed their interaction, the mom and dad were having problems. It was apparent, that even during the few second that I observed their interaction, the dad wasn’t concerned with being with his family. I feel sorry for this entire family.
These kids are going to grow up thinking that their father acts the way a man should. It’s a sad thing really.
Man up!
That's What Makes You That Guy
So I was watching a movie tonight and got a great quote from it. The one character, a young, know-it-all punk-kid asked the older character, a long-time police officer, why he does it. Why does he put his life on the line and why does he continue to get that crap kicked out of him for people he doesn’t know, nor like? The older character simply said, “I’m doin’ it now because there’s no one else to do it.” The young guy replied, “That’s what makes you that guy.”
He wasn’t speaking to him based on the typical “that guy” connotation… he was saying it in a positive way. The young character was telling the older character that he was brave and heroic, and that he wished he was that way.
Do you live in a way that makes you that guy? Are you brave and heroic? Do you live your life in a way that encourages others to be brave and heroic? Do you encourage others to live outside themselves, to push their limits, so that they become brave and heroic?
Man up!
