“In truth, there are only two kinds of people; those who accept dogma and know it, and those who accept dogma and don't know it.” ― G.K. Chesterton, Fancies Versus Fads

This is my page about my opnions, but not shitty opinons that no one cares about like politics or what you like or spend your time doing but the opnions I have that make me who I am, therefore this is a page about my dogmas. What is a dogma you might ask? It's is somthing someone sees as an absolute truth. Their doctrine of life. Not the things that everyone sees as truth, saying that the sun will rise is not a dogma its a fact. A dogma is an opionion so deeply engrained in someone that it has shaped them, that it has made them who they are. Think like the popes belief that god is real, or an old mans opnions about a car he has owned for 40 years. It is an opinion that is so strong it is part of your personality and therfore your life and your personal history. In this page you will read about what I feel makes a man and what I do to hold myself to what I belleve. I am not writting this because I think my dogmas are important but for you to understand the idea of dogmas, so you can examine what makes you who you are. Self reflection is very important in mastering your emotions and your wants vs needs. So please, if any of this makes you reflect on who you are, know I can smile knowing I have helped someone learn about themselfs.

"It seems energetic and otherwise ambitious men sensing a lack of meaningfull actions to take will just make one up and assign meaning to it"

The above video talks about the male rite of passage. While it may seem like an over dramatic trope I think that it is vitaly important in todays world. See most men might look at getting a job, getting a kiss from that cute girl or going on a trip a rite of passage that makes them a man, but I think that is deeply deeply wrong. What is a rite? It's a big event that changes some one according to most deffintions. But I think personaly it is a mark of becoming better person. You see the projects I do in my life are not out of bordom but a continuous test of my ability. I think this may stem from one of the most interesting comments I have heard about a person, when I was in college we had a really old gunsmtih teaching us, one of the younger educators (mid 40s) told us that "while he may know more then anyone here, we need to be carful because every year he forgets more then he learns" this has stuck with me. I have only met a handfull of men like me in life, and what we all have in common is are ability to do. The idea of not being able to fix things and conquor the problems around us would be hell. I am addicted to projects because I feel that if I do not fix the project and I let it win, then I am not the man I think I am. If I can't fix a firearm how can I be a gunsmith? If I can't fix a car how can I be independent? How can I be a homeowner if I can not wire outlets and lay out flooring? These are common thoughts in my head that drive me. My constant rite of passage is being independant. Being able to get on in life without help is really important. It lets you quit your job when you have a bad boss, save thousands when your car has issues, to be able to rebuild a PC or fix a hardwood kitchen table and have it still look good. Being able to fix things is what drives me, I can not stand the idea of hiring someone to do somthing for me even if I have no idea what I am doing. That one drive, that consistant rite I force myself to go though is how I became who I am, its how I learned to fix cars, how I learned to train dogs and take care of a house, how I learned to weld and repair almost anything. I can fabracate lines in cars out of garbage and old parts, I can make tools on the fly for problems that they don't make tools for. This dogma is the most important one to me. It taught me how to think outside the box, how to make things work, how to move the mountans in my life. See I am sad, most men my age have no idea how to do anything, I meet a lot of them, the ones that can't change a car tire or install a dishwaster, the ones that can't paint a wall or refinish a table. These are most of the men in our world now, even more frightining is the epidemic of stay at home sons, both sides laugh at these men, they giggle and poke and call them losers. But let me ask you this, if 10% of men don't work due to rising housing costs and lack of fair pay for far laybor what is going to happen in 20 years? When I ask older people this they tend to say "Well you should be happy Cowboy, dudes like you are going to make a lot of monney!" yeah sure cool what the fuck ever. but let me ask you what you think life is going to be like when 1 out of every man is not plowing the roads, being lineman, working in factorys making critical items that other countrys don't have the skill or equpment to manufacture? What will life look like when we have one less plumber or septic worker? One less truck driver? Things are going to get harder for everyone, me, you, our neighbors; and what? do the people in charge care? Nope! Not there problem, lets keep food prices high and make people unable to rent unless they have two incomes! We have 1/10 of a generaton that is already 30% smaller then the last compleatly disenfranchised. Men who are mad that their birthright as an American has been taken by hedge fund managers and tech executives, and yet everyone just acts like its not a big deal. 4 out of 10 men aged 18-30 CAN'T CHANGE A CAR TIRE! I do not want to be part of a world where men like me are rare, I know so many people my age that can't even follow a youtube video because "It's to much work!" or "I am worried I am going to break something" Thats life, you break things, you learn, and next time you get on better. Would it be cheaper to call someone to fix this issue if I fuck up this thing? Yes! But I would rather break the thing and pay more to fix it then I would on a repair man then to not know how to fix it a second time! This is why I can build engines and work on cars! I hate working on cars! I am not a car person! But yet I can fix anything wrong with them just because I know it will save me in the long run and help me survive. The idea of not being able to do these things, not being able to provide if I had a family makes me SICK to my stomach. The idea that you only need to be at one thing to make a living is ridiculous! How will you feed your family and pay your morgage if you get laid off? What if the economy crashes again? How do you live like this? Reader, I am happy I can weld, that I can fix cars, that I know I can keep up in a factory or over the road on a job, that if I need to I can work a 84 hour work week. There is not much out there in the trades that I can't do. I feel so secure that I know that I will always be able to pay my bills and put food on the table, that I can get a job anywhere even if it is shitty. I do not find pride in my job title, I find my pride in providing and surviving. That is my Dogma.