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Weekends Are Not for Errands

May

12

Weekends Are Not for Errands

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I was out running errands last Saturday, just happy to get out of the house after being cooped up inside with nasty weather all week, and on the drive I called my brother — hands-free headset, of course. He asked what I was up to. “Running errands,” I said. “Whoah, man,” he said, the tone [...]

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Mayweather vs Guerrero: Thoughts on the Fight and Future of Boxing

May

5

Mayweather vs Guerrero: Thoughts on the Fight and Future of Boxing

Boxing is a storied and notoriously tough sport. I wonder though, if it weren’t for Showtime and Pay Per View, would the sport continue to survive or die off? Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fights are often more exciting and fast paced. Boxers no longer have the bare knuckle battles of old and the last heavyweight [...]

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Jack Reacher Fighting Rules

Dec

22

Jack Reacher Fighting Rules

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What’s running through Jack Reacher’s mind just before and during a fight? His rules of combat, of course — unless they are so ingrained that they are truly second nature. For most of us, the thoughts go something like this: Oh shit, this really going down. I’ve been in a few fights in my time, [...]

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Rock Star Adventure Series — Bargain Hunting for Gear

Dec

18

Rock Star Adventure Series — Bargain Hunting for Gear

No epic rock star story starts out, “My mom bought me this great Gibson Les Paul Studio Deluxe Electric Guitar ($1400) and I knew right away I was born to rock.”  Jimi Hendrix’s first guitar was a broom which he carried around relentlessly until at the age of fifteen he bought his first guitar from a [...]

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Rock Star Adventure Series – The Backyard

Dec

7

Rock Star Adventure Series – The Backyard

Micro-adventuring is the corner stone of adventuring like a rock star. Becoming a rock star doesn’t happen overnight. There is the constant practice in the garage. Learning to sing or to play an instrument has a cost associated with it that is so high only mothers can calculate it. Once a budding rock star has [...]

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Rock Star Adventure Series

Nov

20

Rock Star Adventure Series

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Adventure costs, and if you believe the travel sites, it costs a lot; however, here at Man MakesFire we don’t agree that the costs have to be high. In response to the idea that rock star adventure has to empty your savings and retirement accounts, we are starting the “Rock Star Adventure Series” where we [...]

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