Roundup

Well we’re finished with yet another week of our 30 Days to a Better Man Project. We have only 10 tasks left! It’s time to dig in your heels and commit yourself to finishing strong. Here’s what we were working on this week:
Day 15: Make a Meal. Reading through your responses to this task made [...]

Well this was our very first week of the Art of Manliness 30 Days to a Better Man Project. All in all, it looks like you men are off to a fantastic start. I’ve really enjoyed hearing about the different aspects of your lives and what’s really important to you.
Did you fall off the wagon [...]

It’s finally done. After three long years, I graduated from law school last Saturday. It feels downright euphoric to be done with school,although I’m still having a hard time believing that I won’t be going back to class next fall. It’s just weird. But I’m certainly ready to start the next phase of my life.
Now [...]

Yesterday, I announced the launch of our new community section on the site. The response so far has been phenomenal. We already have 746 members and there has been a flurry of activity. Members have started groups for pipe smokers, hat wearers, and men who are all about the traditional wet shave. A few people [...]

This morning I had to take the MPRE. It’s a legal ethics exam all wannabe attorneys have to pass before they can practice. You’d think ethics would be pretty simple. Just do the right thing, right? Well, you’d be wrong. The Rules of Professional Ethics has exceptions to exceptions that you have to navigate through [...]

Here’s some interesting links I found while surfing the interwebs this week that might be of interest to AoM readers:
Specialization and Decline (@ financial sense) An interesting essay that compares today’s Western economies and culture to ancient Rome’s. The author argues that the more complex an economy becomes and the more decadent a culture becomes, [...]