All of this passion around football season makes me question my membership in the club of Male Identity. I assume it’s a bad sign that I find more stimulation going with my wife to the Nordstrom’s Petite section than I do crouched forward with my drunken friends, watching Jerry Rice snatch yet another touchdown in some green, god-forsaken end zone. At least in the women’s dressing room, watching my wife try on a new floral disaster, I can scream “NO! NO! NO!” and sound like my buddies watching the other team score with only ten seconds left on the clock. Read More
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According to a recent survey by the Associated Press and MTV, what makes young people the most happy is spending time with family. The open-ended questionnaire on the nature of happiness drew that response from one in five respondents of 1,280 people, ages 13 through 24. Spending time with friends scored next on the happiness meter, followed by time with a significant other. Read More »