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Facer Your Muzzler By Mark Hatmaker

Facer Your Muzzler By Mark Hatmaker

“Facer your what?” Today’s historical offering borrows a bit of lingo from fisticuffs, or the Fancy (early boxing), circa 1780. At the time, a blow to the face was refered to as–you guessed it–a “facer”. A “muzzler”, on the other hand, was an early term for an upper-cut. Today’s historical look-back is less about vocabulary Read More

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Social Media By Mark Hatmaker

Social Media By Mark Hatmaker

“Let another’s wounds be your warning.” (Njal’s Saga, c.37) How wise is it to quest for or resurrect lost abilities/skills while allowing present skills to atrophy? In the pursuit of excellence, we often overweight positive or how-to advice, i.e., via positiva, as opposed to looking just as hard for negative lessons, or how-not-to advice, i.e., Read More

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Apache Running

Apache Running

The Apache Of the many Native American tribes in United States and Mexico, the various bands of Apache carry a reputation of fierceness, resourcefulness, and an almost superhuman stamina. The name “Apache” is perhaps a misnomer as it refers to several different tribes that are loosely connected. In fact, “Apache” is actually a variant of Read More

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How to See Underwater, the Sea-Gypsy Way by Mark Hatmaker

How to See Underwater, the Sea-Gypsy Way by Mark Hatmaker

How’s your eyesight? Good? Fair to middlin’? How’s your eyesight underwater with no diving mask on? How about if I told you there may be a way to gain a bit of improvement in both above-water and below water environments? An improvement that calls for a remarkably short time investment on your part? Stay with Read More

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Fisticuffs by Mark Hatmaker

Fisticuffs by Mark Hatmaker

Fisticuffs, now there’s a word we’ve all heard. Conjures up images of old-timey bare-knucklers striking upright long-guard poses, while wearing tights and sporting waxed mustaches. That image is exactly how the word has come to take its current form, as a synonym for boxing or an archaic word for a fistfight. But…originally there was a Read More

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You Are a Hunter-Predator-Warrior

You Are a Hunter-Predator-Warrior

A Fact of Nature We are all hunters, predators, and warriors. Every one of us. I do not care whether you are a card-carrying member of PETA, a strict vegetarian, an avowed pacifist, or have never laid a finger on a hunting rifle or compound bow, let alone fired a bullet or bolt into an Read More

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