Jimmy V is keeping his dream alive with his V Foundation for cancer research.  Currently there is a live aucion going on that raises money for his very worthwhile cause.  If you haven’t yet, I suggest you check it out:  http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/show?showId=vfoundation2009

Be A Man.

-The Founding Father

Call me crazy, but woman are not designed to band together for a common purpose.  Its simply not in their makeup.  Woman are too petty and find too many issues with their piers that more times than not, breakup what could otherwise be the foundations for a solid friendship or organization.  Guys on the other hand don’t give a shit.  Give me any two guys and I can find some common thread between them that can muster into a friendship.  Said another way, toss any 2 guys in a room with a 6′er and they’ll figure out a way to be friends for life.  Yet you typically don’t find this with woman.  Woman have an amazing ability to find tiny flaws in each other that break these bonds and retard any solid friendship from forming.  Think about it: guys are the backbone to most social gatherings.   From fire halls to rock bands, home-brewers to BBQ teams, Fraternities to The Mantuary we Men have an acute sense of bonding. 

Over the years woman have tried to emulate Man’s ability to gather, but with little success.  More times than not their gatherings are centered around negativity like gossip, overspending and unnecessary pampering.  One woman’s group exemplary of this (yet has managed to remain together for over 40 years) is N.O.W., the National Organization of Woman: A bunch of feminists that banned together in 1966 and recently celebrated the anniversary of their “founding”.  While I would never condone the abolition of specific people or groups from gathering, the whole notion of this woman’s group still getting all fired up makes me chuckle.  Isn’t this game over?  Aren’t you woman now CEO’s, breastfeeding in public and running for President?  What more do you want?  Why are you still so bitter?  If you want your “group” to really thrive, may I suggest you take a page from the guys.  After all, we’ve been “gathering” for a lot longer then 1966 and more successfully I might add.  The Founding Father says, chill the F out, quit being so damn petty trying to find the negative bias to everything you encounter in life.  Try just for a second to sit back, crack open a beer and gather under less caustic conditions… like us guys do.  And while this advise may be tough to swollow at first, why dont you mull it over while you get me a beer… N.O.W.!

Be A Man.

-The Founding Father

Be A Man.

-The Founding Father

Be A Man.

-The Founding Father

Being a Man 101 was a nice little introduction for our 2 year olds but even that became a little too cutesy for BIL and I.  By lunchtime our attention spans were all but spent yet we still had about 2 hours to kill before we would end the day with a relaxing trainride with the kids.  Thats when BIL and I stepped up Being a Man 101 to a more advanced level.  Cameras in hand, for the remainder of the day, we challenged each other to capture those stupid little events only a guy could love.  It was our first go at this and we had the wife and kids in tow so we laid out some groundrules.  Originally our pictures were not to include direct cleavage shots from other hot moms.  We quickly got caught (story for another time) and subsequently banned any and all pictures of hot moms.  Ultimately, we settled on capturing only inanimant objects. 

Needless to say, my imagination soared as we walked the grounds taking pictures of anything a guy might appreciate.  It was a heated battle, but in the end, I proved victorious with the following pictures:

Somewhat weak, but it got the game rolling:

Clearly this was cropped from a bigger word. That means extra points for creativity:

How does the guy working the line let you know he has room for 3 more? He gives you the shocker:

Simple, pure, timeless:

The picture of the day.  I outright won our game of eye spy with this one.  Some mechanics were working on the engine when I came across:

So, the next time you’re bored as hell but need to forge ahead like a Man, start your own Manly game of Eye Spy.  Sure its simple, dumb and pointless, but what better way to pass the time while showing the world you are not afraid to…

Be A Man.

-The Founding Father