Tuesday, May 6, 2008

The Manival #2

Welcome to the second edition of the Manival. The Manival is a blog carnival that brings together the best posts by man bloggers written with men in mind. I’m really excited about the response we got for the first edition. We received 21 great submissions for the second Manival.

If you're ready to man up, here ya go:


Editor's Pick:

Jeremy Neal presents Is it More Important to be a Good Dad or a Good Husband? posted at Discovering Dad.

On Manning Up

Brett McKay presents Lessons in Manliness: Theodore Roosevelt and the Spanish-American War posted at The Art of Manliness. As a history buff, and a huge AoM fan, this is a must read.

David Felts presents A Man's Word...or On a Handshake posted at All in a Knight's Work. Seriously, why can't we do business on a handshake anymore?

Dee Lauderdale presents Thou Shalt Get a Job posted at DeeLauderdale.com. If you need this advice, you're probably not reading this blog anyway, but if you are, good for you!

matthew presents iPandora » Blog Archive » We Don’t Want To Hear posted at iPandora. A little bit political, but a good point is made.

Rob O. presents Me, Metrosexual? posted at 2Dolphins. I wish I got pedicures.

Interesting thoughts on things slightly related to manliness

Joel Pagano presents Hello, and, Once Again, Welcome posted at Methodical Madness of a Mathematician.

Soo presents 8 Things That Will Not Score You A First Date - womopo.com posted at womopo - practical tips and advice for men.

Marriage Advice

a husband presents "Fine" Is Not Fine posted at iamhusband.com.

Ken presents What Are The Obvious Signs Of Infidelity? posted at The Cheating Detective.

Hayden Tompkins presents When Husbands Make You Bossy posted at PersistentIllusion, "This article basically addresses how sometimes men sacrifice their decision making capabilities because they are afraid that they'll be a 'typical guy'."

For the Intellectual Man

Charlie Kondek presents Work in Progress: Japanese Game posted at Virile Lit., saying, "A work in progress. This describes how I got interested in kendo, the art of Japanese fencing."

On Men in the Media

John Stewart (no, not that one) presents Out with the boys posted at The Night Writer, saying, "I do a monthly movie night with a group of teen-age boys, the purpose of which is to use this media to illustrate positive manly behavior."

Bob C. presents The Soapbox - The Modern Man, or Time for a “Menaissance” | Mumbo Jumbo Daily! posted at Mumbo Jumbo Daily!

Devin Hepner presents 7 Reasons Atticus Finch is a True Gentleman posted at Birch Bender.

How-to guides for men

RJ presents How to Jumpstart an Engaging Converstaion. | Ramoney posted at Ramoney.

Corey Allan presents Man Up: The Art of Marital Conversation posted at The Simple Marriage Project.

Bob presents Stormbringer's Thunder: Being Self-Sufficient posted at Stormbringer's Thunder, saying, "Don't be a lazy, sponging wimp. Make something of yourself."

Tyler presents How to Achieve The Perfect Wet Shave posted at 4mind4body... for man.

Politics

Tony Chen presents An Open Letter to Senators Obama, Clinton, and McCain posted at Savvy Daddy.

That concludes this edition. Submit your blog article to the next edition of the manival by using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

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5 Comments:

a husband said...

These are great links, thanks for hosting this week. This idea sure was a good one, and I hope it keeps going.

RJ said...

Thanks for the link! Great articles!

..::bella::.. said...

i love this!!!! i can't wait to share this with my husband!!

Jeremy (Discovering Dad) said...

Editor's pick!?! Wow! Thanks so much! I really appreciate it, especially when there were so many awesome articles and authors. I really like this carnival!

Charlie Kondek said...

Fantastic round-up. I blogged about it here:

http://virilelit.blogspot.com/2008/05/manival-at-good-husband.html

As I said above, reading all this could kill my whole morning, it's all so interesting! Thanks for making it happen. Where's the next one? I volunteer myself except, well I think I only have, like, three readers.