How to remove a splinter
There is a story in my family about my great, great, grandfather — or maybe he was a great, great,...
How to build a Hobo Stove
If you are under the age of eighty, then you — like most of us — have not lived through a...
The five things our grandfathers would kick our tails for
There is an old story about two frogs. The first frog was tossed into a pot of boiling water. He...
How to smoke a cigar
In 1492, during the famed Christopher Columbus expedition, there was a young crewman on board by the name...
How to Create a Budget
When my wife Debbie and I were first married, we were on a very strict budget — I mean a death grip...
How to build a bugout bag
A few years ago, The National Geographic Channel introduced a new reality series entitled, Doomsday...
The payday loan trap
A few weeks ago, a reader e-mailed me — let’s call him Leopold, because that’s not his real...
The unexpected
On January 9, 2011 — on the day The Philadelphia Eagles were scheduled to beat The Green Bay...
The 10 books that every man needs to read before he dies
Catcher in the Rye is not on this list. Nor is Catch 22 — or The Grapes of Wrath, To Kill a...
The return of business non-casual
In the 1990’s, the stodgy American business world created a weekly event called Casual Friday. Casual...
The need for one good thermos
There are a handful of items that every man needs to own — not should own, but needs to own. These...
FOOD & RECIPES
REVIEW: The Anchor Bar, Home of the Original Chicken Wing
Dover, Delaware — the smack-dab center of The First State — is a small city of about 40,000...
The world’s greatest venison roast recipe — ever!
The first thing I need to mention is, I don’t hunt. Not at all. And that’s not because I’m against...
REVIEW: Texas Roadhouse Restaurant
In 1993, a man named Kent Taylor opened a restaurant named Texas Roadhouse in Clarksville, Indiana. His...
How to make homemade chili
In March of 1519, when Cortes landed in what is now Veracruz, Mexico, to conquer the Aztec Empire, he...
How to plan a family reunion
When it comes to how men view family gatherings — specifically, how men view extended family...
Rum oatmeal energy bars
When I was fourteen years old and my sister was twelve, my mother went back to college full time to get...
How to clean a fish
The Colonel — his real name is Frank but we all know him as The Colonel — lives across the...
How to make jerky
Origins Tracing the history of jerky is somewhat difficult because people have been salting and drying...
The bomb shelter diet
Klaus Fuchs was extremely smart. He was born in 1911, in Rüsselsheim, Germany, and from a very young age...
SAVINGS & DEALS
10 free things to do this weekend
When the kids were little — probably around age 7 and 9 — we had this Saturday tradition....
10 things to never buy from a dollar store
Dollar Stores are amazing — and by Dollar Store I am referring to Dollar Tree or others like it...
How to Create a Budget
When my wife Debbie and I were first married, we were on a very strict budget — I mean a death grip...
Take the 30-day, buy used, challenge
actually Okay, here is an exercise. Let’s say that something bad happens — some financial...
How to make homemade soup
The concept of soup is as old and established as the act of cooking itself. In fact, the very first item...
Debt Think
At one time, it went like this: Something catastrophic occurred — a crop failed, there was a fire,...
The power of the bagged lunch
In the early 1800’s, almost 70% of all American families lived on farms. Most of these were subsistence...
No knead bread
In November 2006, New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman wrote an article for his Sunday feature—it...
The smart way to spend your tax return money
Around early October — this is when the stores are full of pumpkin carving kits and bite...
Thirty Three Cecils by Everett De Morier
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