Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Pretty low bar. Building a fire, running a mile, changing a car tire, dividing up a bill.
“But what about the people with asthma or polio or something?” you may be asking. “Does that preclude them from becoming real men?” And my answer is, of course, “No, but trying to piggyback on their disability so that you don’t have to run a mile is a decidedly unmanly thing to do. Now get going, Devon, or whatever your name is.”
That one’s like having an itch scratched. Why do some people work so hard at being losers? So sick of the “oh, but what about” thing…
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Split a bill? I’m thinking a man should be able to pay the GD bill.
And the bar is so freakin’ low now merely changing a tire qualifies? Not a tune up – plugs/wires, change oil/trans/rear differential fluid, install new brakes…a tire change?
OK, fine a mile is cool. But what about upper body strength? It certainly is something that is more likely to be an everyday necessity. To do something like…changing a tire. My rule, a man needs to bench press his body weight. And not one measly rep. He needs to do his weight for a full set of 10 – 12 reps.
Fire is good. But again, the low bar. What about catching/hunting something to cook on the fire?
Geez, let’s set the bar higher. I’m like a big ole stud on this low bar scale, and I’m don’t consider myself that extraordinary.
- tim | 07/03/2013 @ 05:41I think it’s meant as the entry-level bar. Not so much between pass and fail, as between a D- and an F. Such bars are useful in human self-assessment efforts: Crawl first, then learn to walk.
- mkfreeberg | 07/03/2013 @ 06:23“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” — Robert A. Heinlein
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