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HATEFUL MAN: WHEN IT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE YOU KNOW

August 16, 2020 by

Does a nice man turn into a hateful man overnight? Or does it take time. Older men feel a certain pressure, a weight building. When it all goes wrong, when negative experiences stack up and fall over, hate splatters everything around them. Maybe you know a hateful man? Used to know a hateful man?

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FRIGHTENED MAN: WHAT SCARES THEM THE MOST

August 15, 2020 by

One thing about frightened man is they make lots of noise. They’re loud, yet never ask, “Can you hear me?” Instead, they keep the volume turned to eleven. How can you tell, besides the noise, if a frightened man is also nutty as hell?

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HARD MEN TEACH GENTLENESS, BUT IS IT ENOUGH

June 20, 2020 by

Hard men get that way by going through tough times. The good ones don’t let bad times turn them bad. Instead, they use the suffering they experienced as a teaching tool. The main lesson they teach? “Here’s what I did; here’s what I should have done.”

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ART HISTORY BASED ON THE GYM HUSTLE

July 31, 2019 by

Art history is a funny place to start a post, especially when it’s not about art or history. A man working out with women said: Nude male bodies are sort of gross, all hairy and lumpy, not like women who are smooth and sleek. The guy got some kudos from the ladies for his observation, […]

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MANPLAINING MAN CODE FOR NON-MAN CODE TALKERS

February 28, 2019 by

Man code isn’t the same as secret encryption, but they share a common aim: communication by means other than normal language. A secret encryption message gets deciphered, then delivered; a man code message gets interpreted and acted on. For example:

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WOMEN STEER LOVE BOAT, THE REST OF US JUST SHOVEL COAL

June 4, 2018 by

    An unmarried man can have a great idea, work through problems, and it will either fail of succeed in some measure. Work hard enough and things get changed.   A married man knows this will never happen.   Instead of a great idea to dive into to, the idea becomes a conversation. If […]

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COLLECTING EARLY PORTLAND CAR: THE BENSON

January 24, 2018 by

    Things don’t get much earlier when it’s called The First of anything, like the first car built in Portland.   That’s it in the picture. Nice car. Getting it from the donor to the museum was the job.   My job. Listening to an older man cuss about everything was part of the […]

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AGING MEN WITH LADY ISSUES

July 8, 2016 by

Talk about aging men. Aging men need to listen. Women of a certain age say they’re invisible, that they’ve lost the power of attraction. With Sophia Loren is in the crowd there’s doubt about that. Aging men are different. They’ve lost the same power to attract the attention from the people they used to attract, […]

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HOW NEW SUITS EMPOWER MEN

January 25, 2016 by

It is true? Do new suits empower men? I felt like all empowered men the moment I walked into the custom clothing store. “These are fabric samples,” started just inside the front door. “Sharkskin? From real sharks?” I asked. From the start they knew they had their man. “No, not real sharks, but doesn’t it […]

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THE FIGHT FOR LOVE?

October 13, 2015 by

Not All Relationships Start In The Sunshine When You Fight For Love. What happens in the dark eventually determines how things work out in the long run. Be sure that’s what you want. 1. The guy dates a lot of women. He’s in his late twenties and still dates high school girls. He went to […]

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