Waiting for the Blessing of My Father
By Gonzalo Salinas In October it will be ten years since I’ve seen my father. I remember clearly the last time I saw him. We were at the National Airport in Lima. Let me back-track. The flight to Miami was at 8 pm. For international flights, you are supposed to check in three hours in advance or risk missing the flight. I was at home, waiting for my father to say goodbye at 6 pm. Still a fifteen minute drive away from the...
Sublime and the Drugs
By Gonzalo Salinas On May 25th 1996, Bud Gaugh, drummer for the Californian band Sublime, reported to the police that his friend Brad, leader of the band, had disappeared. After trying to call him ten times he stopped because it kept going directly to voicemail. Nobody had any information. It had been a wild night: they played at a festival in San Francisco and after searching without any results, Bud returned to the hotel where the...
Why won’t men get help?
By Dr. Adam Sheck I’m excited to let you know that I was the featured guest on the Good Men Project panel asking the question, “Why Won’t Men Get Help?” in the context of men and mental health. It was an exciting panel of myself and four other men and great questions, great answers and deep issues were addressed. The 30 minute video of the event is now on the Men After Fifty website for you to view. I promise...
Great Article about Loneliness by Jessica Olien
Last week, I found an extraordinary article on SLATE by Jessica Olien, a writer and illustrator who lives in New York. The article is about a crucial topic in our society: Loneliness. Two days after I read it, Tim Ferris re-posted the link on his blog. “In terms of human interactions, the number of people we know is not the best measure. In order to be socially satisfied, we don’t need all that many people. According to...
The Shame in the Journey
EDITOR’S NOTE: Please help me in welcoming the newest Assistant Editor for the ManKind Project Journal. WELCOME GONZALO! Thank you for your service! ~ Boysen Hodgson, MKP USA Communications & Marketing Director by Gonzalo Salinas Before my sister Mariola came to the world, we were three siblings: Victor, Fernando and I. Victor became an officer of the Peruvian Navy. Fernando became an officer of the Peruvian Air Force. When...
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