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What Our (Straight, Married) Best Man Taught Me About the Value of Family

May 24, 2013 by Justin Cascio Leave a Comment

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A best man supports the marriage of his friends, long after the reception.

Filed Under: Best Men, Featured Content, The Good Life Tagged With: adopted uncles, adult survivors of abuse, backyard parties, Best Man, birthday parties, blessings, celebrating milestones, character, disability, dissociation, family gatherings, family men, friends of the family, Friendships, gay men straight friends, gay uncles, gay weddings, gratitude, making families, male friendships, mental illness, raising families, role models, settling down, Social Anxiety, supporting gay marriage, supporting marriage equality, talking to children, trans allies, trauma survivors, what makes a good man, wild people settling down

What Good Is Gratitude When the World Is Tearing Apart?

May 18, 2013 by Kelly Flanagan 5 Comments

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When destruction threatens our ability to hope, gratitude is a balm.

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Is Cooking a Moral Act?

May 11, 2013 by Jeremy John 11 Comments

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Jeremy John on why men should consider taking responsibility for the cooking necessary: for health, hospitality, and justice.

Filed Under: Ethics & Values, Featured Content, Food, Green Politics, The Good Life Tagged With: agriculture, appreciation, Betty Friedan, capitalism, caregiving, Christian stewardship, Christian values, conspicuous domesticity, cookbooks, cooking, devaluation of women's work, domestic chores, domesticity, eating together, everyday life, expressions of love, Families, farm to table, feeding friends, feeding guests, feeding the family, fellowship, feminism, feminist men, femivore, femivores, Foodies, GAPS diet, gender roles, glory, gratitude, health, homemaking, hospitality, household chores, industrial agriculture, industrial foodways, Margaret Kim Peterson, Men's Health, miracles, morality, nurturance, patriarchy, Peg Bracken, Poppy Cannon, processed foods, Robert Farrar Capon, stay-at-home-parents, The Can-Opener Cookbook, The I Hate to Cook Book, voluntary simplicity, why cook, why men should cook, women's work

‘Gatsby,’ F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the Murphys: Amanda Vaill Connects the Dots

May 7, 2013 by Jesse Kornbluth Leave a Comment

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Who was Gatsby? A neighbor of the Fitzgeralds reports on the lifestyles of the young and beautiful Golden Couple in the 1920s.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, The Good Life Tagged With: 1920s, Amanda Vaill, Antibes, avant-garde, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Lurhmann, Beyoncé, classic novels, Cole Porter, creative life, entertainment, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, film adaptation, friendship, friendships among writers, Gatz, gay masculinity, gay men, Gerald Murphy, gratitude, Great Gatsby movie, homosexuality, interview, Jay Gatsby, Jay-Z, Kanye West, leonardo dicaprio, life of artists, Long Island socialites, Louis Armstrong, male friendship, male friendships, masculinity, men in movies, movies, New York culture, novels, socialites, Success Myth, The Great Gatsby, The Great Gatsby movie, The Great Gatsby movie 3 D, Tobey Maguire

A Good Feeling

April 23, 2013 by Adam Olenn 1 Comment

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On a beautiful spring day in Boston, Adam Olenn is reminded why he’s glad to be alive.

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Cool Deed of the Day: The Chicago Tribune Bought the Boston Globe Lunch (PHOTO)

April 23, 2013 by Deanna Ogle 1 Comment

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We all know the Globe had a rough week. The Tribune decided to do something nice about it.

Filed Under: Bits & Pieces, Uncategorized Tagged With: Boston, citizens, friendship, gratitude, Jennifer Peters, journalism, journalists, letter, lunch, mens news, newspapers, note, pizza, Sex and Relationships, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, thoughtful, touching

Why Pain Is a Wonderful Thing

April 1, 2013 by Wendy Lynne 5 Comments

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Don’t kill the messenger: pain is also the source of compassion.

Filed Under: Featured Content, Health, Psych, & Addiction, Male Toughness, Pain, The Good Life Tagged With: bodies, body, change, communication, Compassion, crisis, emergency, emotional pain, empathy, exercise, gratitude, health, human body owner's manual, injury, pain, pain signals, scars, Suffering, survival, Training, trauma, wellness

I’m Grateful for the Suburbs (and the Internet)

March 20, 2013 by Erik Crosier Leave a Comment

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Erik Crosier is thankful for the speed with which we can connect, thanks to modern technology.

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Spring Dew

March 3, 2013 by Spoon Jackson Leave a Comment

I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

Spoon Jackson welcomes Spring with the declaration that “There is still beauty in cell bars.”

Filed Under: Poet Behind Bars, Prison, The Good Life Tagged With: being present, black male poets in prison, california department of corrections, consciousness, end of winter, Freedom, gratitude, imprisonment, incarceration, justice, life without parole, living in the moment, March, nature, new year, pardon, poet behind bars, prison life, serving a life sentence, Sex and Relationships, spring, spring comes in like a lion, writers in prison

18 Suggestions for Thriving in College

February 25, 2013 by Markus Beyer 3 Comments

Markus Beyer’s wisdom on making these years the foundation of your successful adult life.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions, Featured Content, Lists, Quarter-Life Crisis, The Good Life Tagged With: advice to high school seniors, advice to prospective college students, advice to undergrads, college experience, college freshmen, college life, college sobriety, dating, drinking, expanding horizons, flexibility, getting the most out of college, gratitude, Liberal Arts, library, meeting people, mentors, new experiences, partying, professors, student life, student organizations, studying, studying abroad, The Good Life, undergraduate experience, university culture, university life

Advice to My Kids: You Are Good Enough

February 9, 2013 by Leo Babauta 2 Comments

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Leo Babauta has some advice for his kids. And yes, it’s a little zen.

Filed Under: Families, Featured Content Tagged With: advice, Compassion, Daughter, father, fatherhood, good enough, gratitude, Leo Babauta, mindfulness, son, zen, zen habits

Kid Weekends

February 8, 2013 by Thomas G. Fiffer 1 Comment

Thomas Fiffer anticipates the beginning of a weekend with his boys.

Filed Under: Divorce, RealFatherhood, The Good Life Tagged With: anticipation, child care, child custody arrangements, Divorce, Families, father and sons, fatherhood, gratitude, routines, Sex and Relationships, solitude

Joseph L. Galloway, Combat Journalist, on Vietnam [Video]

February 2, 2013 by Open Road Media 2 Comments

Galloway speaks with respect for both the enemy and his fellow soldiers in the war in Vietnam.

Filed Under: Historical Perspectives on Goodness, The Good Life, War Tagged With: combat, combat journalists, gratitude, grief, Ia Drang, Joseph Galloway, Open Road Media, video, Vietnam veterans, Vietnam War, War, war veterans, We Were Soldiers Once And Young

The New Lucky

December 26, 2012 by Kenny Bodanis Leave a Comment

After tragedy, we develop new regard for our everyday blessings.

Filed Under: Gratitude, The Good Life Tagged With: blessings, children, Christmas, Christmas pageants, elementary school, fatherhood, gratitude, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, The Good Life

Watching Time Pass Over the Vineyard Game

December 24, 2012 by Robert Barsanti 1 Comment

You can’t buy Christmas spirit, but you can make it.

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Sailing with Bob

December 24, 2012 by Jake DiMare Leave a Comment

Jake DiMare went looking for sailing and found so much more.

Filed Under: Advice & Confessions Tagged With: advice and confessions, Boston Harbor, cape cod, coastal Maine, Courageous Sailing, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, friendship, gratitude, healthy habits, healthy hobbies, Jake DiMare, Martha's Vinyard, men and friendship, Navy, New England, sailing, Team Gratitude, USS Franklin D Roosevelt

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