How Do You Maintain Your Manhood and Dignity While Living Underemployed?

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A lot of things haven’t fallen the right way for Brian E., but failure isn’t an option.

Hard Work Is Faith

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Men and women of every belief have been praying their whole lives, writes Paul Leroux, whether they’ve known it or not.

The Morning I Sh*t Myself

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When you gotta go, sometimes you still don’t go.

Every Office Has a Creepy ‘Sex Dude’

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Oh, OK. You’d ‘hit that thing hard?’ Thanks for letting me know.

Black Boy in a White Land

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Jackie Summers didn’t realize he was black until first grade.

The Losers’ Club

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“Our kids may be smart people, they may be creative people, but they don’t have any skills to succeed in life. These must be taught and it is our job as parents, teachers, and mentors to do that.”

The 10 at 10

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The educational system needs an overhaul, the last space shuttle comes home, and Russia decides that beer is alcohol.

Waiting for the Email That Will Change My Life

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When you are unemployed, waiting for Gmail is a lot like waiting for Godot.

Triple-Nay

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Why are Patrick Smith’s clients lying to him about playing minor league baseball?

Bird Sh-t, Locker Nazis, and Epic Sweating

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A day like this calls for a hazmat crew.

NFL Players Are Enjoying the Lockout, and That’s Fine

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What’s the big deal?

Helping Ex-Convicts Reintegrate

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Good Men Project contributor Juilo Medina knows how hard it is for an ex-convict to get work. He was one.

5 Ways to Keep Fit at Your Desk

Keep your body from dying a slow office-chair death with these five at-your-desk workouts.

5 Ways to Keep Fit at Your Desk

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Keep your body from dying a slow office-chair death with these five at-your-desk workouts.

Why I Love My Blue-Collar Guy

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Some might say Blixa Scott, an attorney, is a real loser in the game of love: her boyfriend of four years gets paid by the hour to do physically demanding work. But she wouldn’t have it any other way.

In Defense of Dating Your Coworker

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It goes against traditional wisdom and hackneyed clichés—fishing from the company pond, crapping where you eat, dipping the pen in the company ink—but the truth is, it can be kind of awesome.