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The 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America

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Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Harry R. Burger. Mr. Burger joined the Cubs Scouts at six years old and has now been involved with Scouting for 20 years. He earned his Eagle in 2001.
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America. For the past century, the [...]

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A Valentine’s Day Gift Worth Framing: Frame the Date Giveaway

by Brett & Kate McKay

If you haven’t checked your calendar lately, there’s less than two weeks until Valentine’s Day. I’ll be honest. I’ve never been good at Valentine’s Day gifts. I usually do flowers because, well, it’s safe. But I’ve always envied the man who could come up with a Valentine’s Day gift that’s both romantic and creative.
Well, I [...]

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Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man Is Available Once Again!

by Brett & Kate McKay

As explained last month, our publisher was not prepared for the popularity of the our first book, The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man. Two weeks before Christmas the first print run of books sold out.
It takes awhile for a publisher to print another run, but the second print run [...]

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The Burpee: The One Exercise to Rule Them All

by Brett & Kate McKay

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When I played football in high school, my offensive line coach had an exercise he liked to use on us for punishment. When we were caught screwing around or didn’t respond with “sir” or didn’t hustle in-between plays, Coach Chamlee had to say just four words to elicit an audible groan from the offensive line: [...]

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Manliest Big Game Ritual: Win Two Tickets to the Pro Football Championship on Behalf of Dockers®

by Brett & Kate McKay

In just one short month, the biggest game in professional football will take place. (Because the league that sponsors this game strictly enforces its trademark on the name of this game I can’t actually say the name of the game in this post (the name of the game does rhyme with “Cooper Dole”). For decades, [...]

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Best of Art of Manliness 2009

by Brett & Kate McKay

Whew. Am I ever glad 2009 is over. For Kate and I, 2009 was a mixed bag. At the beginning of the year we suffered a family tragedy that put us in a funk for much of 2009. But I think the experience brought us closer to our families and helped us understand that you [...]

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Merry Christmas 2009 from the Art of Manliness

by Brett & Kate McKay

It’s Christmas Eve here in the United States and we’re signing off so we can spend time celebrating with family and friends. We’ll be back Monday with more manly tips and advice. Until then, check out this special Christmas Manvotional we posted last year called “The Night of Oranges.”
From all of us at The Art [...]

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What Can Manly Men Expect of Women?

by Brett & Kate McKay

Awhile back, Leo posted these delightfully nostalgic and funny “Marital Rating Scales” from 1939 in the Community:

After having a good laugh, what Kate and I both noticed after reading through these charts was that while we could imagine a modern day woman expecting her husband to live up to most of the standards on the [...]

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Update on the Availability of the Art of Manliness Book

by Brett & Kate McKay

I’ve been getting many emails about the availability of our recently published book, The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man. Those of you looking for the book may have noticed that it is out of stock on both Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. We are also out of the copies [...]

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Weekly Round-Up: December 11, 2009

by Brett & Kate McKay

Boy, we’ve got a lot going on here on AoM! Here’s a rundown of everything you need to know!
Book Signing in Tulsa, OK
Kate and I will be signing copies of our book, The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man, at the Borders Bookstore at 81rst and Yale from 2-4. If [...]

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Weekly Link Round-Up: November 28, 2009

by Brett & Kate McKay

Last Chance to Donate to Movember!
You have just two more days to punch prostate cancer in the throat. Movember ends this Monday. The Art of Manliness team has raised $6,400 so far. If you haven’t already, please consider donating a few dollars to The Art of Manliness Team. You can also help support Movember by [...]

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Announcing New Art of Manliness T-Shirt Designs!

by Brett & Kate McKay

As many of you know, we have been offering 6 Art of Manliness t-shirts, designed by the guys at TankFarm Clothing. Well, just in time for the holidays, Tankfarm graciously whipped us up 6 more uber-manly designs. Buy one to support the Art of Manliness and show your manly pride. Or buy one for the [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

by Brett & Kate McKay

From all of us at The Art of Manliness, we hope those of you here in America have a very Happy Thanksgiving. Eat some turkey, have a slice of pie (0r two), and make sure to get out and throw the football around to burn off some of that stuffing.
In between eating and watching the [...]

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Weekly Link Round-Up: November 14, 2009

by Brett & Kate McKay

Announcing the Winner of the Cigar/Beer of the Month Club Giveaway
Congratulations to Jim Rainwater for winning the Cigar/Beer of the Month Club Giveaway. For the next 3 months, Jim will be getting a monthly shipment of 12, 12-ounce microbrews from two lightly distributed domestic microbreweries with a total of 4 different varieties to try. He’ll [...]

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A Beginner’s Guide to The Art of Manliness: A Guided Tour

by Brett & Kate McKay

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While many of you have been following The Art of Manliness since we started back in 2008, some of you are fairly new readers. To help you new arrivals get the most out of AoM and navigate around our extensive archives and community section, we’ve compiled this beginner’s guide.
First a note: There’s a TON of [...]

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