Cooking is a good skill, but I agree that there is no need to go beyond a baseline unless you love it.
For my part, I suspect the friends I have are in no small part because I regularly invited them over for dinners I cooked. That was me playing to a strength and interest of mine.
The better cookbooks also tell you something interesting about the people and region where the food is from. For example, a cookbook I have about Nisarde cuisine casually mentions the importance of the chickpea, how it was grown alongside olive trees, and how it did well in the clay-limestone soil of the region. And then before a rabbit recipe, it mentions how lower class people in Nice would raise rabbits, grandparents and grandchildren sharing the duty together. I wish more cookbooks were like this.
28 I agree with Adam in a limited sense. There are a couple of men in my life who share, not just my Catholic faith, but my general worldview. Those men I value and associate with as often as God's providence will allow. I strive to deal with the rest charitably when I need to, but I choose to ignore them otherwise.
Growing facial hair is a uniquely masculine physical trait, and history provides ample proof of men fully embracing that. Would you have the Earp brothers without their moustaches?
If a man is able grow a good moustache or beard, I would heartily encourage it. There are those who simply cannot, for whatever genetic reason(s). For those men, remaining clean shaven may be the better option, or at least, the more "respectable" looking option.
Cooking is a good skill, but I agree that there is no need to go beyond a baseline unless you love it.
For my part, I suspect the friends I have are in no small part because I regularly invited them over for dinners I cooked. That was me playing to a strength and interest of mine.
The better cookbooks also tell you something interesting about the people and region where the food is from. For example, a cookbook I have about Nisarde cuisine casually mentions the importance of the chickpea, how it was grown alongside olive trees, and how it did well in the clay-limestone soil of the region. And then before a rabbit recipe, it mentions how lower class people in Nice would raise rabbits, grandparents and grandchildren sharing the duty together. I wish more cookbooks were like this.
I disagree with both of you on 2.
16 and 17 sound effeminate and stupid.
28 I agree with Adam in a limited sense. There are a couple of men in my life who share, not just my Catholic faith, but my general worldview. Those men I value and associate with as often as God's providence will allow. I strive to deal with the rest charitably when I need to, but I choose to ignore them otherwise.
I agree with you on the rest.
How do you disagree on 2?
Growing facial hair is a uniquely masculine physical trait, and history provides ample proof of men fully embracing that. Would you have the Earp brothers without their moustaches?
If a man is able grow a good moustache or beard, I would heartily encourage it. There are those who simply cannot, for whatever genetic reason(s). For those men, remaining clean shaven may be the better option, or at least, the more "respectable" looking option.
You didn't read Adam's piece, obviously. He specifically stated a man with a beard just has to have it neat.
My apologies.