I discuss:
– How hard (or easy) it is to buy a home today
– A throwaway thought on USA’s “marriage”
– Childhood summer vacations and family road trips
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I have a new essay published over at Masculine Geek on authenticity.
Here’s an excerpt:
For most of the population, more and more of life will be spent online. However, the rise of digital avatars and other innovations means it will become more and more difficult to determine real from false people. Also, the behavior of real people right now is actively undermining the natural trust that many people in my generation had when they joined the Internet. Even if you are like me and dislike the Internet and use it out of necessity, pretending that technological advances haven’t occurred is foolish. With all its curses, the Internet still provides you with the greatest exposure to like-minded individuals than anything prior. But the challenge to effectively bringing them into your social circle or collaborating with them, will be gaining their trust.
Masculine Geek will be livestreaming again July 3 after a two-week hiatus. Tune in every Wednesday at 6 p.m. Pacific time.
I discuss
– Ready Player One, avatars, and online charlatans
– Childhood driving memories
– My college days working at the Home Depot in 105 degree weather
Directly download the mp3 here.
Tim Keefe and I continue our examination of the American identity and its transformation following the War of 1812 until 1890 when the Old West officially ended.
Among our topics
– The Scots-Irish in Appalachia
– Are the Amish and Mormons ‘American’?
– The American Civil War and its relation to the English Civil War
– How the pioneer mindset is still in effect within regions such as the Pacific Northwest
Listen it on YouTube here.
Terror House Magazine has published my essay reflecting on my trip to France.
An excerpt:
Notre Dame caught on fire one month before I visited. Because of that, I only got a look at the cathedral’s exterior, and from a distance. Though much of it was salvaged or preserved, there are parts of it I will never see even if it one day opens again to the public.
You can read it here.
I discuss:
– My trip to France and Normandy
– Reflecting on the 75th anniversary of D-Day
– Identity and heritage
– Why young men should travel
Watch the podcast on YouTube here.
After a long hiatus, I chat on the latest episode of Masculine Geek about my trip to France that included Normandy just weeks before the 75th Anniversary of D-Day. Topics included history of the battle, visits to Omaha beach and other war sites.
Listen to it on YouTube here.
Check out our other episodes here.
In this limited podcast series, Tim Keefe and I examine the American identity. What is an American, and what does it mean to be American?
We begin with the Founding Americans between 1620 and 1815 when the War of 1812 ended. Who were they? What were their beliefs, convictions, traditions, customs and narrative as a people?
Rob, Vince and I are joined by Rian Stone for a great discussion on geek stuff. Sam Botta, voice of the Rational Male audiobooks, later comes in the comment section with some inspiring words.
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I discuss:
– Losing power and writing with a fountain pen
– Reflecting on a five-year anniversary coming to Leavenworth for hiking
– Censorship and why you need to finally buy The Stringers
– My upcoming novella and how we already live under a (secular) theocracy
– My advice to young men