by the Night Writer
After a brief vacation (every man needs one from time to time), the Manival returned this week with edition #15, hosted by Discovering Dad. I didn’t notice it was up right away, but once I did I read through the week’s selections. Here are some of my faves:
A couple of decades ago I wrote some advertising and catalog copy for a mail-order steak business. I learned the ins and outs of great cuts of meat and what each cut was best suited for. After a morning of that exposure I was ready to throw down a couple of bacon-wrapped filet mignon, even though my budget could barely handle a quarter-pounder with cheese. Reading Know Thine Bovine at Primer Magazine brought back happy memories of those days, though.
The Reader Challenge: David post at I Am Husband was already familiar to me as I had read it (and commented) during a regular visit to that blog. It deals with the common issue of wives disliking their bodies and the effect this has on the relationship.
More happy memories were stirred by Dad of Divas’ Teaching Your Child Entrepreneurship as I recalled the early development of Tiger Lilly’s head for business. And if you’re going to teach your children how to succeed at business then you should also help them learn the important lessons about debt offered by The Common Man in his post, In Your Debt.
Finally, you know I’m going to be partial to posts by Tom at Being Michael’s Daddy — Levels of Understanding — and by Kevin at Return to Manliness — Never Use Eight Words When Four Will Do — because they are in a similar vein as my Fundamentals in Film series and my Manival #1 post on three-word sentences that will endear you to your wife.
I’m sure you’ll find your own favorites when you browse the rest of the submissions for yourself.
Thanks for the shout out and for the comment!!! It’s always great to see you around the divadom and your comments on the post were well taken and ones I will take to heart in the future…I liked the Loan idea!