Ang Peregrino Recommends 30: The Art of Manliness

The Art of Man­li­ness
URL: http://​artof​man​li​ness​.com/

Manli­ness is an ART. More appro­pri­ately, it is a lost art. Con­sider these numbers:

These are really just ran­dom stats I found some­where on the net, but it makes the Art of Man­li­ness all the more impor­tant. The Art of Man­li­ness is ded­i­cated to help­ing men uncover what man­li­ness means in the 21^st cen­tury. What skills and knowl­edge should a 21^st Cen­tury man acquire? What traits should they develop? This is a good read for my guy friends, and to a cer­tain extent for my women friends who needs a low down on their men. At the very least–and know­ing how men can be so “lazy” about read­ing non-office stuff– my women friends can teach their men to read this site. hehe.

Some notable reads from the site and I sug­gest you begin with these: 100 Must Read Books for Men, The Great­est Speeches in His­tory–try to read Win­ston Churchill, John F. Kennedy, and Alexan­der the Great. And if you think those two arti­cles are too “nerdy”, you might like to check out How To Win A Street­fight in 8 Sim­ple Steps, The 15 Great­est Man Cries in His­tory (you really have to read this! An exam­ple: “In the hours before D-Day was to begin, Dwight D. Eisen­hower, Supreme Com­man­der of the Allied Forces, vis­ited with the para­troop­ers of the 101^st Air­borne Divi­sion to bol­ster their morale. As he moved amongst the troops, Eisenhower’s heart was heavy; he knew a 70% casu­alty rate was pos­si­ble for the men stand­ing before him. At 11:00 pm, Eisen­hower stood on the roof of the nearby head­quar­ters and saluted each plane as it took off en route to France. As these brave men soared past him, tears filled Eisenhower’s eyes. “I’ve done all I can,” he had told them. “Now it is up to you.”), or Grilling the Per­fect Steak.

And they even have a Bar­ber­shop Loca­tor! I tell you, this is such a man’s site.

Robert Heinlein–the great sci­ence fic­tion writer, and many time Hugo Award winner–used to say, ““A human being should be able to change a dia­per, plan an inva­sion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a build­ing, write a son­net, bal­ance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, com­fort the dying, take orders, give orders, coop­er­ate, act alone, solve equa­tions, ana­lyze a new prob­lem, pitch manure, pro­gram a com­puter, cook a tasty meal, fight effi­ciently, die gal­lantly. Spe­cial­iza­tion is for insects.”

For teach­ing us the Art of Manliness–which has become increas­ingly dif­fi­cult in this world and gen­er­a­tion of unend­ing and unfair expec­ta­tions, Ang Pere­grino Rec­om­mends The Art of Man­li­ness this week.