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I Enjoy Being A Guy

8/20/2010

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Ok, well, I seem to have worried some of you with my posting of a recipe. So, I just want to assure you that it was a lapse.  The rumors of a pedicure giveaway next week are patently false, I assure you! 

Please be assured, I am a very manly sort of guy.  I leave my socks out on the bedroom floor. I mow the lawn. I kill animals with my bare hands and then barbecue their remains to feed my family.

I have never used a centerpiece when giving a lesson at church, nor have I ever given out refrigerator magnets when I home teach. The only time I really used visual aids was for a marriage fireside I gave and that was a Powerpoint, which is a computer/tech thing--very masculine, you know.

I'm told I snore at night, I tend to get mad at refs who give my kids bad calls, and I am proud beyond all rational understanding whenever one of my kids has a good play or save in sports.

So, fear not.  My Y chromosome is firmly in charge of my life.  I will not post any more recipes and will return to the traditionally alpha male subject matter of this blog: things like talking about the plays I direct, books about the Atonement, my choir classes, gardening and so on.

Now I need to go.  Those jerks at the cable company messed up my ESPN.

:)







15 Comments
momza link
8/20/2010 02:06:47 am

HA! Okay, so seriously, after reading your recipe yesterday, I actually thought, "WOW, he's posting recipes?! That just ain't right." Then I read the recipe and decided to try it, because WHO doesn't love a good chicken salad? Right? Am I right or am I right?!
Glad that you have re-established your masculinity...dead animals, lazy socks, ESPN and all. I feel better now.

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Kristina P. link
8/20/2010 02:17:41 am

Yeah, I was a little worried about you yesterday. :)

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Amber link
8/20/2010 05:25:56 am

I'm glad you clarified this. Next time you should post a recipe the includes the animals you killed with your hands. That's masculine. ; )

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Elaine
8/20/2010 06:05:51 am

My husband irons and sometimes does laundry and I like to cut the grass...it's all good

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Melanie J
8/20/2010 06:42:36 am

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Melanie J
8/20/2010 06:43:27 am

Uh, what I meant to say was, "Snort."

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Patty Ann link
8/20/2010 07:42:16 am

Oh yeah, my husband does the laundry (hew washes and hangs it, I get to fold it). He also brings me lunch at work and fixes dinner. I know, I am spoiled, but that is why I love him so much! You can always post a manly man recipe like smoked roadkill or some such nonsense. I think I am actually impressed that you would post a recipe that you like on your blog. That makes you unique! Who says guys can't like to cook!

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Jo
8/20/2010 08:02:07 am

LOL Braden! Great reply. Back in the day there was a book called "Real Men Eat Quiche", which addressed this whole issue. I'd personally way rather have a REAL (and secure) man any day, over a macho one.

And BTW everyone, I have tasted the salad, and I'm very glad he posted it!

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Lara link
8/20/2010 08:15:17 am

See, I didn't find anything strange about your post...

My husband pretty much does all the cooking around here, and I can assure you he is very much a guy. He would die without his ESPN. :)

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DeNae link
8/20/2010 12:02:40 pm

If you swapped killing animals with buying them in their natural habitat (on yellow styrofoam trays, wrapped in plastic) - by your definition I'd be a guy, too.

And I loved your list of "manly" subjects about which you normally blog. Again, I do them, too. Except I don't garden.

Does that make me more of a guy or less?

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Eric Ferrin
8/20/2010 12:09:16 pm

Had Eric and I in stitches... Thanks for the laugh.

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Angela Noelle link
8/22/2010 04:09:55 pm

I really enjoyed your post over at <i>MMB</i>, and this one's not half bad either. Stop it. Hahaha.

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Serene link
8/23/2010 07:53:19 am

LOLOL! I was going to say how totally awesome it was that you were man enough to post a recipe!

And this post seriously had me rolling.

Awesome.

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Heidi Ashworth
8/25/2010 07:21:58 am

Good to know. Sorry I missed the recipe. The kids went back to school today and I think, perhaps, I might be coming around more often. yay!

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Christian link
9/9/2010 02:22:04 am

I'm not going to tell people about all the dresses and women's hats you have beautifully crafted in your theatre production career, because brothers don't do that.

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