“They don’t give you gold medals for beating somebody. They give you gold medals for beating everybody.”
In the spirit of the Olympics, thanks to GQ.com.
This guest post was written by Peter Cailloux, who writes most of the time at Pete Just Happened.
Being a man means being honest with yourself, with your family, with others – even strangers. Especially when those strangers are driving cars and you’re [...]
I’m a man. I know I’m a man. I’m manly. I feel manly. I own the manliness I feel. It defines me.
What I’ve been trying to figure out, though, is what it is that makes me a man. What makes me feel manly. That sense of manliness that I own – what is it? [...]
Real quick post today, that, although originally unrelated to today’s festivities, felt appropriate to hold over the weekend for this morning. Have had a song running through my head just about daily for the last week or two.
Try a Little Tenderness was originally by the inimitable Otis Redding, though, to be [...]
This entry is the final in a series of twelve daily posts, reflecting on the twelve days of my trip with my father to Israel in September 2011…
“Day 12… or, the long trip home”
Stayed at the kibbutz, at Rina’s last night, though didn’t sleep. Drove to the airport [...]
This entry is the eleventh in a series of twelve daily posts, reflecting on the twelve days of my trip with my father to Israel in September 2011…
Following the theme for much of the trip so far, this morning consisted of a lavish breakfast at Yosi’s followed by more coffee with [...]
This entry is the tenth in a series of twelve daily posts, reflecting on the twelve days of my trip with my father to Israel in September 2011…
Spent this afternoon in Tel Aviv finally. Yosi helped us find (led us to) the Benjamin Station Market – the most quintessential [...]
This entry is the ninth in a series of twelve daily posts, reflecting on the twelve days of my trip with my father to Israel in September 2011…
There’s something a bit surreal about driving through the Israeli countryside, listening to the radio play “Sweet Home Alabama.” Wonder whether folks here [...]
This entry is the eighth in a series of twelve daily posts, reflecting on the twelve days of my trip with my father to Israel in September 2011…
Wound up scrapping our plans to catch a tour-bus this morning, instead driving over to the Yad Vashem – the official Holocaust Museum/Memorial [...]
This entry is the seventh in a series of twelve daily posts, reflecting on the twelve days of my trip with my father to Israel in September 2011…
“Day 7… or, the one in which I sort of live-tweet the day”
Quick update on today. More like a series of tweets than [...]
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