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This past Father’s Day was rad. Not only did my wife bring a rad omlet to feast on in bed, but the kids made Father’s Day cards and got me a very special gift, a Merkur 1904 Safety Razor complete with mug, sop, brush and bay rum aftershave.
After my recent trip to the barber for a proper wet shave, I’d been talking up safety razors and the whole process to Hannah. I guess I dropped a hint somewhere that Hannah and the kids picked up.
When I got the razor I was both overjoyed with excitement and horrified that I slash my throat and bleed out with the family looking on as I tried it all out for the first time. So, to prepare myself I visited YouTube for some instruction. If you have not utilized YouTube for instructional videos yet, do it! In addition to learning how not to make a Pez dispenser of myself, I’ve learned how to confidently fix my kitchen faucet and Hannah learned how to put beads in Little Girl’s hair.
My search for instructional videos led me to the work of Mantic59. Mantic has 30+ videos related to shaving from the basics to advanced techniques. Not only do these videos deliver priceless information and demonstrations but they are also quite funny. Mantic seems to have a good sense of humor and his editing and commentary show it. Also, keep an eye out for his upcoming website, shavetutor.com.
The Art of Manliness
A couple of weeks ago I came across the website that I think I’ve been looking for as long as I’ve been surfing the web. The Art of Manliness (artofmanliness.com) is a website that is, in its own words, “a blog dedicated to uncovering the lost art of being a man.” The website’s about page goes on to say:
Generation X and Y is a generation of Lost Boys. We live in a Never-Never-Land where boys stay boys and never become men. More and more males today are putting off college, family, and adult responsibilities in order to play video games and do keg stands. Don’t believe me that today’s man is lost? How about some numbers?
- 2/3 of men in the U.S. are overweight or obese.
- Men only make up 42 percent of U.S. college students.
- The average male carries around $2,369 in credit-card debt.
- Three out of ten drink too much
- A majority of males between the ages of 30 and 18 receive greater financial support from their parents and has more debt than previous generations.
- The average adult man plays video games 7.6 hours per week.
The Art of Manliness is dedicated to helping men uncover what manliness means in the 21st century. What skills and knowledge should a 21st Century man acquire? What traits should they develop?
In our search to uncover the lost art of manliness, we’ll look to the past to find examples of manliness in action. We’ll analyze the lives of great men who knew what it meant to “man up” and hopefully learn from them.
This site has it all covering topics like health, lifestyle, fashion and grooming, money and more. I’m a subscriber and if you’re a man under 40, chances are you should be too.
Recently J.D. over at GetRichSlowly.com announced that his new blog, GetFitSlowly.com will officially launch on January 1st. This excites me because J.D.’s financial blog is great. He’s a good writer and a very successful blogger who just recently decided to make blogging his full time gig.
Content at the new blog is sparse but then, it doesn not really launch for another month and a half. Good luck J.D.