The Blog for Men https://theblogformen.com/ A blog for men - career, health, women, humor, and more Tue, 30 Oct 2018 11:12:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The Throw Away Culture and a Day at the Market https://theblogformen.com/the-throw-away-culture-and-a-day-at-the-market/ https://theblogformen.com/the-throw-away-culture-and-a-day-at-the-market/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2018 02:01:50 +0000 http://theblogformen.com/?p=315 A couple weeks ago I took a stroll in a market of my current city of Cincinnati, Ohio. The market is named Findlay Market, it has been around since 1855! It’s what you would picture to be in a movie when you hear about a market. Starting with the center of the market, there is […]

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]]> How I Learned to Swim https://theblogformen.com/how-i-learned-to-swim/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 22:54:39 +0000 http://theblogformen.com/?p=292 I always knew how to “swim”.  But my version of knowing how to “swim” wasn’t quite the same as actually knowing how to swim. I could float for hours in any body of water, but my version of a freestyle stroke was closer to drowning than it was to the smooth long strokes you see […]

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]]> Finding a Career with Value and Worth https://theblogformen.com/finding-career-value-worth/ https://theblogformen.com/finding-career-value-worth/#comments Mon, 26 Jun 2017 02:35:28 +0000 http://theblogformen.com/?p=284 Over the last 50-100 years, jobs have changed a great deal. “Careers” have replaced jobs. We have traded manual work for desks. No longer do we make things, rather we make spreadsheets, sit in meetings, or make phone calls. Change is inevitable and these shifts come with both positives and negatives. Matthew Crawford wrote a […]

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]]> https://theblogformen.com/finding-career-value-worth/feed/ 1 The “yummy” factor – The Addiction to Comfort and Stimulation https://theblogformen.com/the-yummy-factor-the-addiction-to-comfort-and-stimulation/ https://theblogformen.com/the-yummy-factor-the-addiction-to-comfort-and-stimulation/#comments Tue, 23 Jul 2013 23:00:17 +0000 http://theblogformen.com/?p=265 If you flash back 50 years, men lived a different life. We wore suits to the office or to church, drank bourbon or scotch, didn’t have air conditioning, we read newspapers, and sometimes we just sat there and did nothing. Somewhere along the line we have traded it for sweat pants, sugary drinks, and constant […]

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]]> How to Shave – A Guide for men https://theblogformen.com/how-to-shave-a-guide-for-men/ https://theblogformen.com/how-to-shave-a-guide-for-men/#comments Mon, 08 Jul 2013 23:00:05 +0000 http://theblogformen.com/?p=223 There has been much debate over how to shave properly and what the right method for shaving is. There is even debate around whether or not to shave. There are Mach 3’s, safety razors, electric razors, disposable razors, straight razors, razor overkill. In this messed up world where you buy mach 3s out of a […]

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]]> The Mancation – A real man vacation https://theblogformen.com/the-mancation-a-real-man-vacation/ https://theblogformen.com/the-mancation-a-real-man-vacation/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 02:35:46 +0000 http://theblogformen.com/?p=201 A mancation is a trip including a manly activity to any given location for men only.  This is not simply going on vacation with some buddies.  It is not the cliché trip to Vegas.  It goes beyond the normal and the usual.  The mancation is a vacation with action.  It is for guys only…no drama, […]

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]]> https://theblogformen.com/the-mancation-a-real-man-vacation/feed/ 1 Damn, it Feels Good to be a Gangsta – 11 Lessons from Office Space https://theblogformen.com/damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-gangsta-11-lessons-from-office-space/ https://theblogformen.com/damn-it-feels-good-to-be-a-gangsta-11-lessons-from-office-space/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:51:21 +0000 http://theblogformen.com/?p=187 PETER Michael, we don’t have a lot of time on this earth. We weren’t meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computers all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements.   Office Space, Mike Judge’s […]

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