For A New Internet
A video put out last year by a YouTuber and long-time internet user Glink laments the fall of the internet in a way that I really hadn't considered. His argument is that the world wide…
MG and Military Service, Part 2: Enlisted vs.…
Welcome back, troops. Stand at parade rest, please, as I have more information to pass along to you fine men. In my last article, I covered my story about why I enlisted in the military.…
I Spent My Weekend Near the Jersey Shore
But I didn't meet my mother in the USO. (Check the reference.) This past weekend, I was in the Philadelphia area and was interested in making another foray into southern New Jersey. I intended to…
Classical Bites: Charles Ives, “The Unanswered Question”
Note: I plan to do these here on MG going forward. These are quick, and somewhat random, selections that I want to share to the wider audience. They're obviously smaller, shorter, and more pointed than…
Life After the Red Pill — Some Thoughts
"If you meet a Buddha, kill the Buddha. If you meet a Ghost, kill the Ghost" -- Zen koan I listened to Rob and Jack Napier the other day, discussing life after the Red Pill.…
MG and Military Service, Part 1: Introduction
INTRODUCTION This is the first of a series of posts that I'm sending to the MGers. It follows the Salt Lake Sit-Downs that I did recently with Rob and Bullrush. I choose to do the…
Announcement – New Guest Essayist
We'll have a new guest essayist shortly. A warm welcome to him. His name is Charles Howard Fletcher - writer, gamer, zen master (and overall asshole). Be on the lookout for his work soon. Want…
A Man’s Masculine Edge, Part Two
Note: The photo is mine and of one of my girls. Many months ago I wrote an essay titled, ‘A Man’s Masculine Edge’. It’s been a fairly popular post thus far. Have not read it?…
The Strenuous Life – Scott Joplin & Theodore…
I enjoy listening to classical music in the mornings during my commute to work. This past week I had to go into work a few days (otherwise I have been working from home) to take…
A Book – “Digest” by Quintus Curtius
When you’re finished pondering eternity, its time for a nourishing book (which may prove to be of assistance in future eternity pondering). A few months ago I purchased "Digest" by Quintus Curtius. It's a hefty…
A Shopping Secret: Commissaries
If you've heard me on the MG shows before, I let slip out that I'm an Army veteran. I transitioned off of active duty more than ten years ago, in early 2010, and I plan…
May 6th – Talk Like a Prohibition Era…
That's right, May 6th, see? Myea. You heard it here first because we created it. The day before is May 5th, Cinco de Mayo. Fuck Cinco de Mayo. May 6th, baby, myea. Don't know what…
Masculine Geek and Classical Music, Part 6: Periods…
We now come to the final period in this cursory history. If you thought that the 19th century was interesting (not to mention innovative), buckle your seatbelts. I mentioned in my last post that the…
Life Lessons from Cowboy Bebop
I watched Cowboy Bebop for the first time last year, and I regret not doing so earlier. It is easily the best anime series out there, but also one of the best TV shows ever…
Hit the Reset Button
Everyone wants to talk about Nova 6 – I mean COVID-19. I want to instead use it to talk about something else: resetting something in your life. I don’t see this moment in time as…
Why the Subversion of Chivalry Matters
NOTE: TJ & Vincent will be discussing chivalry further in a podcast this upcoming Saturday (3/14) for our Patreons - accessible at all tiers -https://www.patreon.com/masculinegeek Everything most Westerners know about chivalry is wrong. This profound…
Some Books, Part Three
There are always more books to collect and read. It’s an addiction with no known (or wanted, for that matter) cure. Don’t forget, if you cannot find these on Amazon, there is always Ebay, Abebooks.com,…
Masculine Geek and Classical Music, Part 5: Periods…
In my previous posts on both the Baroque and Classical periods, I didn’t spend that much time on them and the content might seem thin in parts. Part of that is because, in my opinion,…