December 2010

10 Holiday Date Ideas

by Brett

Not to toot my own horn, but I think I’m pretty good at a lot of relationship stuff. According to Kate, I’m very supportive, respectful, and trustworthy, am able to be the rock in a crisis, and have achieved the tricky balance between being nice and being a wiener. But, as Kate can also attest, I struggle [...]

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The 2010 Movember Results

by Brett & Kate McKay

During the month of November, the Art of Manliness participated in Movember, an annual fundraiser in which participants grow mustaches while raising money for men’s health issues. The 426-man Art of Manliness Movember Team raised a whopping $31,337 during November. Holy-freaking-cow! That’s truly astounding! It’s stuff like this that makes me proud to be a [...]

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Amateur Boxing for Beginners: A How-to Guide Part II

by A Manly Guest Contributor

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Martin Schatz. Last time, we discussed what to look for when selecting a place to train. We went through some of the positive and negative attributes of the common gym type. Today in Part II, we will look at the training environment and explore the etiquette and [...]

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So You Want My Job: Coast Guard Helicopter Flight Mechanic

by Brett & Kate McKay

Once again we return to our So You Want My Job series, in which we interview men who are employed in desirable jobs and ask them about the reality of their work and for advice on how men can live their dream. Well we’ve covered the Air Force, the Army, the Navy, and the Marines. [...]

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The Ultimate Gift: The Saddleback Leather Company Holiday Giveaway

by Brett

I’ve received a lot of great Christmas presents through the years. When I was six I got the Ghostbusters Proton Pack and Ghost Popper. When I was eight I saw Gleaming the Cube and my life was changed. I had to get a skateboard just like Christian Slater. Santa came through with an awesome pro [...]

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Iron Sharpens Iron: The Power of Master Mind Groups

by Brett & Kate McKay

When success guru Napoleon Hill interviewed Andrew Carnegie, inquiring as to the secret of his success, Carnegie replied that it could be traced to the “sum total of the minds” of his business associates–his managers, accountants, chemists and so on. He called this combined brain power a “master mind,” and attributed to it the power [...]

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