Father & sons, the woods, and our feeble attempts at trying to figure out what it means to be a man. Read the full description.
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A few years ago, my dad invited me to come out to his brother's house the day after Thanksgiving to chop wood. How does a kid who's mom raised him to be gender-neutral figure out how to be a man?
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A few years ago, my dad invited me to come out to his brother's house the day after Thanksgiving to chop wood. How does a kid who's mom raised him to be gender-neutral figure out how to be a man?
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| Holiday for Strings | Walter Shumann | Ultra Lounge. | Capital | 1996 | 01:50 |
| Ansari | Tartit | Abacabok. | Craw | 2006 | 00:48 |
| Apache | The Shadows | The Shadows 30 All Time Greatest Hits. | EMD Int'l | 2000 | 01:22 |
| Carmina Burana | Carl Orff | 00:48 | |||
| Symphony #5 | Shostakovitch | 01:54 | |||
| clip from film "K2" | none | 00:05 | |||
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| clip from film "The Edge" | none | 00:05 | |||
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