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What’s the Best Soundtrack for Lifting?
I was in a battle for my life. There was nothing in my world except me and that bar. And the music blasting out of those speakers was the soundtrack of battle. My battle. I was going to war.When I first started lifting, I didn't know my own physical limits. So I started...
The Care and Feeding of Enemies
The year is 1517. A fat, quarrelsome monk faces the door of the the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Saxony. In one hand he holds a hammer and a nail. In the other hand, a handwritten screed condemning the church for its corruption. He raises paper to door, pins it in place with...
Why Neo-Traditional Relationships are the Future
Six decades. Two generations of feminists devoted to subverting traditional gender roles. My entire lifetime. I used to believe that women & men were interchangeable in every role, within biological limits. So, I tried to live out that belief in my two long-term...
Bare Feet on Holy Ground
Sometimes, when I am quiet and approaching a deep meditative state, I am overcome with an emotion that feels like grief or sadness. Because I am a guy, I don't really cry. (It is a fact that men have larger tear ducts and fewer tear-producing cells than women, which is the main...
I Am the Unexpected Patriarch
My motivation has always been simple: to be the best father I could possibly be. To give my time, love, attention, wisdom, guidance and my heart to my offspring. It has turned out far better than I imagined.
In Praise of Polarity
"I love him, but when I kiss him, I feel nothing." Eve is one of my favorite people in the world. I've known her for years. And I think Adam is perfect for her. yet the relationship was failing. Up until that comment, I thought I knew why: Eve is flighty, indecisive. maybe a...