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VIEW EMAIL IN BROWSERAoMGET STYLEGET AHEADGET STRONGGET SOCIALefi “Do “Hard Thjngs. STRENUOUS JOIN THE STRENUOUS LIFE. LIFEODDS & ENDS: NOVEMBER 22, 2024Brett & Kate McKay • November 22, 2024A vintage metal box labeled "Odds & Ends" with a blurred background, photographed on April 14, 2023.Coke Zero Oreo. When our family made a recent trip to QuickTrip, we noticed a new product on the shelves: Coke Zero Oreo. Yes,that’s right, Oreo-flavored Coke Zero. Do we live in the greatest country in the world, or what? We couldn’t not try it, and itturned out to be dang good. The cookies-and-cream flavor melds surprisingly well with Coke Zero’s base, creating something thattastes like a pleasing dessert, minus the calories. While most of these limited-edition sodas feel like marketing gimmicks, thisone’s earned a spot in my regular rotation. Hope they keep it around.“Bright Lights” by the Killers. You all know I’m a Killers fan. They dropped a new single a few months ago in conjunction withtheir Las Vegas residency, and it’s still getting regular play in my rotation. It’s a song about homecoming and keeping the firesof ambition burning even in midlife. At least, that’s my interpretation of it. This song is a definite arena anthem that startsoff with a nod to Springsteen, but ends with a full-on Las-Vegas-era-Elvis tribute, punched up with gospel swells and horns.Muscletown USA: Bob Hoffman and the Manly Culture of York by John D. Fair. I recently finished this fascinating dive intoAmerica’s strength culture that chronicles how Bob Hoffman turned York, Pennsylvania into a weightlifting Mecca through his YorkBarbell Company. The most interesting aspect of the story, to me, was York’s rivalry with Joe Weider. While Hoffman championedOlympic weightlifting as the pure pursuit of strength, Weider saw the future in bodybuilding’s aesthetic appeal. Their battlewasn’t just business — it was philosophical and incredibly personal. They defamed and sued each other for years. Hoffman dismissedbodybuilders as “muscle heads” and “pretty boys,” while Weider’s Muscle & Fitness empire helped launch Arnold Schwarzenegger intostardom. If you’re a disciple of the iron, this is a must-read for understanding the strength-training world today.“The Road Less Traveled” from History This Week. One of the interesting tidbits that’s stuck with me from reading OliverBurkeman’s Meditations for Mortals and talking to him about it on the podcast is the idea that most people misread Robert Frost’sfamous poem “The Road Not Taken.” While it’s typically interpreted to be a poem about choosing individuality and nonconformity —going one’s own way — literary scholars like David Orr have argued that it’s really a poem about how we make choices in general,that we decide a certain path was the best one to take after the fact. In this short and interesting episode of the History ThisWeek podcast, Orr and a Frost biographer unpack this idea further and provide the real context for this classic entry in theAmerican literary canon.Quote of the Week> Lord help the man who has no resources for his leisure hours but to exercise his emotions instead of his legs.> > —John BallardHelp support independent publishing. Make a donation to The Art of Manliness! Thanks for the support!PODCASTS FROM THE ARCHIVESPODCAST #114: BECOMING A KABUKI WARRIOR WITH CHRIS DUFFINTHE ART OF MANLINESS PODCAST EPISODE #26: BEING THE STRONG MAN A WOMAN WANTS WITH ELLIOT KATZPODCAST #201: RULES FOR MY NEWBORN DAUGHTERARTICLES FROM THE ARCHIVESHOW TO DISAPPEAR IN THE WILDERNESS: A NATURAL CAMOUFLAGE TUTORIALAnatomy of a Dopp Kit Deodorant $20 Bill Comb Band-Aids Travel Bottle of Shampoo Aspirin or Tylenol Shaving Cream Sewing‘Kif - 1=.: . = == “ Toothbrush / PR 2 / S | safety Razor — Bar of Soap Digestive Medicines Extra Pair of Nail Clippers Contact Lenses e eMANL!&ESS — =PANATOMY OF A DOPP KIT10 TESTS, EXERCISES, AND GAMES TO HEIGHTEN YOUR SENSES AND SITUATIONAL AWARENESSThe Illustrated ART of MANLINESS BRETT McKAY and TED SLAMPYAKCONTACTSUPPORTLEGALArt of Manliness, LLCCopyright © 2024 All Rights Reserved.You're receiving this email because you signed up for it at artofmanliness.comOUR MAILING ADDRESS:Art of Manliness, LLCPO Box 978Jenks, OK 74037Add us to your address bookWant to change how you receive these emails?You can or .
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