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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Crossing a New Threshold

I have an article entitled "How to Call 911" published on The Art of Manliness website. This is the first non-Masonic article that I've had published anywhere, so I'm kind of excited about it. I'm not quite ready to quit the night job and buy a house in the New England woods. I rather doubt that an article telling people how to call the cops, which any six-year-old can do, will result in the editors of the New Yorker and Esquire racing each other to my door.

The Art of Manliness is an online men's magazine and blog that is published by Brett and Kate McKay of Tulsa, OK. The website has 130,000 subscribers and has 2.5 million unique visitors and 7.5 million pageviews per month. All the articles are archived and you can learn everything from how to tie the perfect four-in-hand knot to how to sharpen a knife to what to carry in your bug-out bag and everything in between. You can tell that Brett and Kate have struck a real chord with with a lot of men, including me, who scoff at what passes for manliness in our current society. I'm very honored to be published on their website and I'm grateful for the opportunity. I had occasion to meet Brett when I invited him to speak at a Masonic banquet at a conference in Alexandria, VA last February. He's a really bright young guy and is enjoying great success with The Art of Manliness. Bookmark the site and make it one of your regular stops.

That, an article for a Masonic magazine, and a myriad of other things have kept me very busy of late. I still intend to post on the blog more regularly than I have been. I'm determined not to let this blog get pushed to the back burner like the others.