A gentleman not yet twenty, on the yokes of masculinity, maturity, and civility.
I Hate Miami: Does Sports Teach Hostility?
June 22, 2012 by 5 Comments
Andy Hinds fears that sports culture may be teaching our kids aggression, based upon a cultish and arbitrary legacy.
My First R-Rated Movie with My Dad
June 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Jamie Reidy shares the funny story of the first time he and his father watched an R-Rated movie together: “Animal House.”
5 Steps for Dads to Make it Through Prom Season
April 28, 2012 by 4 Comments
Prom season can pose a threat to a father’s sanity if he allows it. Here’s help coping.
“I never wanted that desperate have-sex-with-whoever-is-willing-just-so you’re-not-a-virgin act.”
April 25, 2012 by 4 Comments
This comment is from Jake on the open thread discussion “How Did You Learn About the Birds and the Bees?”
Remembering 12 Anxious Men for Final Four Week
March 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
JP Pelosi remembers a locker room filled with fear as he was coached to play mistake-free basketball.
“Ya know…you’re not like black…you’re cool.”
March 24, 2012 by 1 Comment
This comment was by Krishnabrodhi on the post by Jackie Summers “You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught.”
The Shifting Definition of Adulthood
March 6, 2012 by 16 Comments
Nick Maviglia asks what adulthood means for twentysomethings in a post-baby boomer world.
“An unpublished recollection of my short football career.”
March 3, 2012 by 4 Comments
This comment was by Tom Matlack, on Jamie Reidy’s post Bad Sports: NFL’s Saints Pay for Pain
Boys to Men: The NFL Scouting Combine
March 1, 2012 by 1 Comment
Deanna Ogle explains that to watch the NFL Combine is to watch boys become men.
Boyish Curiosity
January 29, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Megan Rosker sees the movie Tree of Life and is left with the idea that curiosity is what answers our darkest questions and spurs us forward as a collective community of thinkers.
Storm Damage
November 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Raymond Bechard has a confrontation with his 87-year old mother, which reminds him of how much memories — even 42-year-old memories — can shape us.
A Lesson on Manhood Courtesy of a Special Olympian
September 18, 2011 by 8 Comments
“Will you be my girlfriend?” he beamed, smiling as wide as the sky. My jaw dropped. “But Carl, I’m a boy. Not a girl.”
1929, 1941, 2001. On coming of age and hope, despite all
August 20, 2011 by Leave a Comment
My daughter is coming of age in a society struggling to overcome its own shortsightedness, greed, and failure. But in her eyes, I see no condemnation and no angst for the future.
“I remember when I was a young lad, my hero was Stephen Hawking.”
This is a comment by Jake on the post “Who Are Your Real-Life Heroes”.