WOM VI

Discussion

In an effort to shake up the games next year, I have joined the Art of Manliness Community, and started a discussion on what Manly games and tests of strength could be included in next years games. The more sets of eyes we can get on this, I figure, the better the games can be. Just letting you all know.

I went through and look at the pictures of previous weekends, and Kevin, you have really gotten husky.

Just a little Taste!

I thought you all could use a little motivation! This is me at a waterfall a ran to in my lumberjack out fit! I then cut down 13 trees in honor of my 13 tackles in the State Championship game. Get ready! Plus I couldn't figure out how to put this picture in my comments!

Directions

From Nashville: (from Memphis)

-Take I-40 towards Memphis. (Take I-40 towards Nashville)
-Before (After) crossing the Tennessee River, get off at Exit #137
-Stay to your left (right) and go 5.4 miles
-(Follow “Driftwood” signs)
-Take a right and go 2.1 miles
-Take a left and cross over a bridge
-Take the first right turn (about 50 yards after bridge) and go 2.9 miles
-At the “Y” in the road, go right
-Go just a few yards and take a left.
-Follow this road and you will go up a steep hill. Cabin is on the right at the top of a hill. It is gray-blue with a detached garage.

Man Olympics 6

Here are the games:

Best Mustache

Completion of 30 Days

Log Toss

Rock Toss

Horse Shoes

Quiz Bowl

Skeet Shooting

Blow Dart Contest

Bows 'N' Tows

Pissing Contest

Relay

Best Gift as Voted by Men

Eating Contest (1 hour)

Teams for Horse Shoes (All Random):

Aaron and Kevin

Justin and Seth

Landon and Brandon

Andrew and Ross

Relay Teams (Random):

Brandon, Seth, Kevin, and Ross

Landon, Justin, Aaron, and Andrew

1st Round of Quiz Bowl:

Landon, Seth, Justin, and Brandon (All versus each other)

Andrew, Aaron, Ross, and Kevin (All versus each other)

Order that you will compete:

1. Adam

2. Seth

3. Ross

4. Kevin

5. B

6. Andrew

7. Justin

8. Aaron

9. Landon

*Remember there will be random drug tests.

Good Luck!

Sincerely,

Your Man Olympics President - Adam

Meals

Picking up from the last 2 comments on the previous post here. If we rotate one meal forward, the meals would be as follows:

Justin, Landon and Seth - Saturday Breakfast
Adam, B, and Kev - Saturday Dinner
Andrew, Ross and Aaron - Sunday Breakfast

If this is incorrect, please let me know, but I think this is right based on last year's meals. Either way, the breakfasts are basically the same, so dinner is the only change.

Happy Valentines day!

Shaming and Rides

EDIT: I put up a poll for the shirts -->

Men, I have given up on the previous post's questions being answered. Adam, don't worry about emailing me, you have failed. I hope you deduct points from yourself for jeopardizing our t-shirt for this year. So, help me if I have to bedazzle a 10-pack of Hanes Beefy T's, we will have a shirt.

RIDES: Use this post's comments to figure them out.

When you've done that, go here http://www.badassoftheweek.com/list.html and get inspired for WOMVI.

Man's Weekend VI

Being the Man Olympics games official, I have some things that must be discussed and voted on:

1. Lets make sure me get the winners of the Man Olmpics Right. Who won and what year and did they get a trophy or not. Is this correct: 1st year JDL won, 2nd year no games, 3rd year Landon (who created the Duke), 4th year JDL, 5th year NUMNUTS
2. Kevin will you make the T-shirts? Bobby head printed them last year and I can get the design of last year to you. I think we should just replace the face and I think we should replace it with Teddy Roosevelt. Kevin you get bonus points for doing the T-shirt. You can also do a new one if you want.
3. THE Games: (ones with asterisk beside them are definitely going to be done, the rest should be critiqued and voted on)

• Greatest Mustache *
• Completion of 30 days to a better man *
• Log Toss *
• Rock Toss *
• Eating contest of a certain food, just for 1 hour
• Guns
• Quiz Event *
• Design T-shirt for next year (this could be something you bring to Man's Weekend)
• Wall Sits or Bow n Tows
• Bow and Arrows or throwing stars/axes (we would find something to throw at targets)
• Pissing Contest *
• Bonus for jumping in the river
• Creative Rap/Song for WOM
• Hold Breath Underwater in the Tub
• Biggest Pile of body hair created at the weekend.
• Relay *
• Best Belch (you only have one chance)
• Most Manly Story from 2009

4. Brandon will be bringing a pipe collection for us all to smoke.

5. Justin, Andrew, and Landon prepare for worship Sunday morning.

6. I also thing we should have the manly gift exchange! $20 dollar limit - We will vote on the most manly gift which will factor in to the winner of the Duke.

Let the thoughts begin and decision be made

News...

I have it on good authority that there will be 9 people at WOM this year.

Good day, sirs.

Thoughts about Man's Weekend...

Seth and I were blasting our pecs today and talking about the gathering of manliness. Here's a few thoughts I had:
- Regarding meals, can different groups prepare different meals? Like if you did Saturday dinner, you have to do something different this time.
- Adam, I know the games are yours this year, had an idea of having an eating contest or tracking our weights to see who could lose or gain the most weight.
- I think I am going to camp out under the stars this year. If anyone would like to join me, I have room in the tent, as well as access to a second tent.
- Are guns back in this year? I assume so.
- What time will everyone be heading down to Paris?
- Do we have a film picked out this year?

In 30 days, I will be gathered with 8 other manly and burly men, and hopefully some of you will have a moustache. My heart is full to bursting, just like my bladder.

I quote this often

Katie has started playing Tetris on her iPod before bed, and I quote this almost every night.

Taking the Influence of Edna West

As most of you know, since the beginning of my family medicine residency I have wanted to do an extra year of training in sports medicine. In November I went on 10 interviews across the country at different programs and was very impressed by them all. Jenny and I spent quite a bit of time trying to figure out where we wanted to go.

Today was match day and we found out that we got our first choice and will be moving to Los Angeles in late June. Starting July 1st, I will be a fellow on the sports medicine staff and helping to take care of the UCLA athletes. I will be on the sidelines of home football games in the Rose Bowl and I will have a few teams that will call me their team doc.

We are both quite excited about this adventure in our life next year but it is a little crazy too. I hope some of you all will come out to visit! It's going to be a little warmer to visit then Columbia, Mo. Anyone want to come to Cali learn to surf???

Happy Birthday Landon

You're only 29, but this gives almost a year to learn this, so here's a sample, and a link to the tab. Get to it.


Happy Birthday Red. Leave a comment with your favorite Red story.

6 (part 2)

And we're back....

Adam--what's the word from Pee-Pappy?

Is there a doctor in the house?

Happy Birthday. Always think you look like this guy. Maybe it's the 8 o'clock shadow.

Beech is a Nut not a Football Team

Best of luck to the Columbia Central High School football team Friday night as they step onto the Tennessee Tech football field for the state championship game against Beech. Looks like they will prove once again that Columbia is better than Hendersonville.

Justin or Landon are you guys going to the game?

6

As the time for holiday merriment approaches, let this post serve as a metaphorical "popping of the cork" for the planning of the most important holiday of the year: the Weekend of Men 6.

This year proves to be a good one (i.e. cheaper) as Adam's grandfather-in-law's cabin is renovated, operational, and ready for us to christen in anew. So let the discussions flow.

March seems to be a good time. Allow me to offer up to possible dates. March 5-7 or March 12-14. Anybody lean either way on those dates?

Ready? Go!

Gentlemen, I ask you....

Does 80's music get any better than this?


Level 42 - Something About You

RIP Headhunters Football

Today, we all die a little inside. Yahoo is shutting down our first child of the internet. You can read the sad news here So go read over the comments, listen to your player profile music one last time (which doesn't work on a Mac apparently, unless its already been turned off) and check out B laying some wood. Any time now, it will be deleted.