Former Action Guy

  A few weeks ago I was in a very dark place. I don't often let life get to me and outwardly people would say I appear to have my shit t...

 In an attempt to contextualize and revitalize my literary output I will be stopping the mission creep here at the Former Action Guy Blog. G...

               Seventh annual yearly numbers recap Physical activity   500.00 miles ran,rucked or walked. Did not hit my goal of 1000...

Earlier this month I traveled to the Council Bluffs area to participate in a Shivworks Alumni only class hosted by LGHK and taught by one of...

The final scenario on the night of day 4 was one of the most realistic and well-guarded secrets I have experienced in my time as an EMS stud...

My Labrador and hiking companion Mel went with me on a short overnight hiking trip this past week. We took off on Tuesday ab...

By now you have all probably seen and read about the St Louis couple that confronted a large group of protestors with armed resi...

This blog just turned ten. I realized that as I was answering some comments on previous posts. The anniversary had kinda slipped by me as I...

I attended Landing the Plane presented by My friend Mike Anderson this last weekend. With all the COVID nonsense going on it was great to b...

This scene from the movie Sling Blade caused me to formulate a principle that I have tried to stick to over the years. I call it the Carl ...

I've been reading about and listening to a lot of podcasts on stoicism the last few years. The stoic philosophy appeals to me. Primaril...

Workout 30 minutes 4X per week including: 10,000 Push ups 10,000 Sit ups 5000 Burpees 2500 Pull ups Lift weights 2 X per week Run/...

  Sixth annual yearly numbers recap Physical activity 738.04 miles ran,rucked or walked. Hit my goal of 700 miles. That'...

I started this last year. This will be the second annual January February March April May June Jul...