Masculinity on Christopher Carter

The Mountains Call

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 11:47:49 -0400

The top three killers of the American people are heart disease, cancer, and medical error. That means the top three killers of Americans are largely preventable illnesses and conditions.

Our food is one problem. The staples of the American diet are seed-oil filled, ultra-processed, ultra-pasteurized, double-hybridized, geneticially modified, nutritionally depleted post-war consumer slop, with added sugar. These foods are addictive and unable to be processed by our bodies. Our fathers drank raw milk and ate homegrown meat and vegetables. Big Food and Big Pharma are to blame here, along with the government organizations who enable and tolerate them. But that’s a topic for another time.

Pick Your Path

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The first lesson about success in life is that it is path dependent.

Where you arrive depends on the path you took to get there. When you’re young, many paths lie before you. You can be anything, because you aren’t anything yet. When you make decisions to take your life in a certain direction, other paths, and therefore other destinations, close off. When you’ve chosen to be a software engineer, it’s hard to pivot to becoming a plumber when you’re 40 (and vice versa). If you’ve just started learning chess at 27, you’ll likely never be a grandmaster. The longer you’ve lived someplace, the harder it is to move somewhere else.

Heed the Wail of the Geat Woman

Sat, 22 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

The land of the Geats was peaceful, ruled and guarded by king Beowulf, now an old man. All was well, until a lowly thief, a man of weak constitution, stole from the treasure collection of a dragon. That old hoard guard was awakened to human footsteps, and accounted among his vast wealth that one piece small piece was missing. Enraged, that winged demon began to terrorize the Geats, relentless in his fury, killing them one by one and burning their homes, their crops, and their livestock. Darkness fell upon the Geats, and terror gripped their hearts.

It's Supposed to Feel Like This

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Thomas Cole’s brilliant insight into the nature of manhood.

Stop Being Nice

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t want nice men, I want kind men.

The astute among you will turn to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary and note that the words “nice” and “kind” are synonyms. The even more astute among you will also remember that Merriam-Webster actually changed the definition of “racism” this past year. It’s 2021, and redefining words and ideas is the trendy thing to do now, like making TikTok videos and becoming a Marxist. The good old days, when words like “truth”, “gender”, and “vaccine” actually meant what they stood for, and when people acted according to the meanings of these words, are over. I think that “nice” and “kind” mean different things, and this is my blog post, on my website, so I get to say whatever I want regardless of whatever Jack Dorsey or any other technocrat thinks about it.