Over the weekend, I read some old magazines and moved them to the recycling bin. I really shouldn't have any subscriptions at all because I just let them pile up.
I flipped through an old Men's Journal and found this "Survival Skills" interview with the world's oldest man, Walter Breuning, who has since passed away at age 114. Read an obit.
Breuning's advice is both endearing and practical, not Men's Journal's usual preening about how to wrestle an grizzly bear. Here's a bit from the interview:
Q: What skill should every man have?
A: The skill of being kind to people. In today’s world, everybody is mean to each other. But if you can help other people, you help yourself at the same time. You do, really. I used to walk all over town every morning after breakfast, and one day a lady stopped me and tied my loose shoestring. Well, I could’ve fallen down, you know. You see, it’s the little things.
A: The skill of being kind to people. In today’s world, everybody is mean to each other. But if you can help other people, you help yourself at the same time. You do, really. I used to walk all over town every morning after breakfast, and one day a lady stopped me and tied my loose shoestring. Well, I could’ve fallen down, you know. You see, it’s the little things.
Part of the reason that Men's Journal piles up unread in my home is that I don't have a lot of time and lively brain space these days. Mostly, its because MJ is ridiculously packed with features about men with too much testosterone. Think "I Lived for Six Months in the Arctic Circle Surviving Only a Pack of Beef Jerky."
SG, what magazines do you get? Are they "straight."
--Gay Guy
2 comments:
Men's Journal? I'm vaguely familiar with the cover and photos. Why does this sound like "I only get it for the articles"?
If you wonder if I was kidding about the content in Men's Journal, may I report that a feature story this month is "On the Front Lines of Summer's Rising Bear Attacks."
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