Following orders seems simple at face value: Someone tells someone what to do and the second someone does it. Done deal? Not so fast.
EXCITABLE BOY, THEY ALL SAID
March 5, 2025 by 2 Comments
An excitable boy at age eighteen is a good thing. I had a great year at that age. Graduated from high school, got a summer job, hitch-hiked to Iowa and back. I left town for college, then turned nineteen and joined the Army the next fall like it was school. That’s where I saw older […]
EXCELLENCE EXPLAINED FOR THE NFL
February 11, 2025 by
The NFL is excellence explained. It’s the best place in the world for young men with a particular skill set to work. It’s where other men teach them how to refine their skill set. Together, they are The National Football League in a nut shell.
BETTER MEN? BETTER THAN WHAT?
October 11, 2024 by
The idea of better men is different than Best Man. If you’ve ever been selected as a Best Man, you know what better feels like. Somehow, someone valued your friendship, in spite of how you might value yourself. Can anyone be a better man? Let’s not get carried away.
YOUNG MEN LEARNING TO VOTE
September 22, 2024 by
Young men can do their own math on voting, but I’ll help: One man, one vote; one woman, one vote. You have one vote, bro, and it may not seem like much, but that’s what it is. One. Vote. Does it even matter enough to bother with? One vote may not seem like much, but […]
HOW TO NOT SEE THE EVIDENCE
August 17, 2017 by
Stare and compare the evidence. That’s what a telecom pro called the first key to success. Is something wrong? Look at it. Look hard. Stare a hole in it, then compare it to normal. Normal works across the board. Abnormal, like the brain from Abby Normal in Young Frankenstein, doesn’t work for everyone. […]
