Yesterday, in honor of Independence Day, I released my first product on Practical Manliness. Titled Founders Speak, this 101-page document is a compilation of 190 quotes by our founding fathers in topics such as religion, government, slavery, and more. The History I originally compiled these quotes for a different project died early.  Keeping it on my computer, I...

About a year ago, I used to send lots of card and letters to friends and relatives.  However, after a while, I started running out of time, and, without really realizing it, I finally stopped all together. Recently, however, a series of events have revived my interest in the art of letter writing.  First, I received a letter from a friend in Southern Oregon. ...

Today I designed a logo for one of my blogs, Debt-free Scholar.  I am in the process of designing an eBook, and I wanted to include my logo on the front cover.  Therefore, I decided it was a good time to make a logo for Debt-free Scholar. Step 1: Planning Before I started designing my logo, I came up with two criteria for it.  First, I wanted it to convey the...