Impress Your Kids with Pancake Toilets
Two years ago I attended the movie “The Tale of Despereaux” with my kids. I was inspired to learn to cook soup in an effort to impress my children, because up until that point the only thing I could...
View ArticleMan-to-Man with Todd Mauldin
Todd Mauldin, a bluesman and Good Men Project Magazine contributor, gives better advice than most of the celebrities we interview. Who taught you about manhood? To the extent I know anything about...
View ArticleEditors’ Picks: The Top 10 Stories of 2010
Looking for something to read? The Good Men Project Magazine editors share their favorite stories of the year. ♦◊♦ “Confronting Life” by Aaron Gouveia Outside an abortion clinic, a devoted husband...
View Article5 Things Social Media Tells Us About Men
Hint: For all our technological advancement, we still ain’t nothin’ but mammals. Men are creatures of habit, and there isn’t a more habit-forming apparatus than social media. From the omnipresent...
View ArticleSpank
When a company goes out of business and you get laid off, what should you do to get back at your idiot boss? Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, so help you God? I do. State your name...
View ArticleOn Class
Do we still believe that anyone can cross class lines if they work hard enough? You’ve read the stats: the top 1% control as much wealth as the bottom 70% combined. You’ve heard it said so often it’s...
View ArticleSin Responsibly
Todd Mauldin plays the blues at the Mustang Ranch (and whorehouse) in Nevada. Here is his take on the experience, video and all. MEMO from the GMP Arts and Entertainment Desk To: Lisa and Tom Fm:...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Male Honesty
Joel Stein, Amanda Marcotte, Tom Miller, Dan Barrett and Todd Mauldin in a Socratic Roundtable about Honesty. What started out as an email exchange between me and a buddy (Todd Mauldin) on what it...
View ArticleWin A Date With Molly Ringwald
A New Jersey Teen Wins a Date With Taylor Swift, inspiring Todd Mauldin to remember is own teenage dream girl. A high school kid in New Jersey who is battling leukemia got a dream date with Taylor...
View ArticleThe Best of GMP’s Dad Writing
This is the second of a series of posts we’ll be running this week, featuring editor’s picks from all of our favorite categories. Today we offer you 10 of our favorite stories from Dads, about being...
View Article31 Reasons Why Men Don’t Cheat
—– RSVP to join weekly calls on Love, Sex & Relationships There’s a lot of talk about what makes men cheat. Pat Robertson said, “I mean, he’s a man”, and the world seems to agree: Men cheat...
View ArticleFirst, Be a Cowboy
I’m not saying this is the only life plan one could cleave to, but it’s working for me so far. I’ll let you know how the fishing goes, if I get there. I think most of us, guys anyway, start off as...
View Article#31: Bamboo is Serene
A casual observation by my daughter reveals a little bit of the world through her eyes. My daughter drew this. She’s making her internet art debut. She had a tough time choosing which of two paintings...
View ArticleAcross the Rooftop
#32: This story is about a penthouse. No big deal. The story behind the poem is this: I once stayed in the utterly charming penthouse of the San Remo hotel in San Francisco. The penthouse is a little...
View Article#33: Long Night in the Club
The being ready is important and the delivering the best you can is even more important. But you just never know how things will go down on any given night. That’s one of the most interesting and...
View ArticleMasculinity Haiku: Oh Sumo Wrestler
Todd Mauldin’s haiku is a short story about the great equalizer. Editor’s Note: The nature of modern-day society is one of separation, pedestals, competition and gap-making. Todd Maudlin’s haiku shows...
View ArticleBlues Philosophy
Fifteen places where life and blues collide, according to blues philosopher Todd Mauldin. Todd is a bluesman, a lay minister, a dad, uncle, cousin, friend, and son. In his own words: “Between points...
View ArticleBetting Man
Good Men Project resident bluesman Todd Mauldin explains the value of $1 bets. —- I’m from Nevada, so I like a good bet more than most. And I’m looking at a genuine US dollar that features the...
View ArticleRock Salt Blues
“I was almost killed by men with shotguns, on a raft, down a river.” Sounds like the start of a blues song to us. —- ROCK SALT BLUES special to the Good Men Project by Todd Mauldin, August 2011 Click...
View ArticleWhy I Blow-Dry My Son’s Hair
Resident bluesman Todd Mauldin explains why this ritual with his son is one he enjoys. And it all started with an experiment with poofy hair. — My son is eight years old. Most evenings, after his...
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