What We Talk About When We Talk About My Military Career
Lots of people want to talk to Ryan Christie about his service in Iraq, but few actually want to listen to what he has to say. I sometimes find myself caught in awkward social interactions where,...
View ArticleThe Bad Man Project
“He wondered if the reason he felt momentarily complete during coital orgasm was that he had convinced himself he was once again inside the womb.” Although an atheist, he preferred college-aged...
View Article10 Movies That Will Absolutely, Positively Make a Make Man Cry (A List of...
In his latest tongue-in-cheek post, Ryan Björklund offers suggestions for click-worthy Good Men Project articles that will never, ever be written. While there certainly are some really great...
View ArticleThey’re So Good: Possible Yoplait Slogans
I asked people to submit their ideas for a new and improved Yoplait slogan–a slogan that will appeal to the Silverado-driving, blank verse-reading, Dr. Phil-watching,...
View ArticleOnline Dating 101: How to Cut the BS and Keep it Real
”So let’s not kid ourselves. We’re just two lonely people. We’re so desperate for quality human interaction that we’ll even employ a machine to help us find it.” No, you are right. We don’t know...
View ArticleA (Potentially) Good Man vs. the World
In Ryan Björklund’s latest story, a bad man receives an unexpected second chance at a first start. Dennis Earnsmore was becoming increasingly temperamental. He was poor, yet his surname was...
View ArticleMy First Day of Community College: I Learned How to Count
In his latest piece, Ryan Björklund describes how one dedicated community college instructor would stop at nothing to teach her pupils how to count. Ms. (forever, probably) Debbie Heinrichs got her...
View ArticleiHate My Life: A Visit to the Apple Store
When Ryan Björklund goes to the Apple Store, he understands that he’s paying for the experience. A few years ago, after being disappointed with the Google search results for “coping with...
View ArticleAmerican Moments of Maybe: Your Kid’s Got Talent
How could there be so much talent in a single suburban middle school? Ryan Björklund speculates on the fate of our gifted children. Sat behind a family at Panera Bread today. I was drinking coffee...
View Article8 Simple Rules for Surviving a Break-Up
Ryan Björklund, the Moustache Club of America’s Special Bad Dating Correspondent, offers a field-tested set of rules that will enable you to survive even the most brutal break-up. So I’ve been...
View ArticleIntolerant Dad: One Man’s Tragic Quest for His Father’s Acceptance
“She liked him but didn’t know how to express it. There were days where they talked for hours, talked about nothing, and she enjoyed herself. He enjoyed himself, too. They never fell in love.”...
View ArticleFriend Request Sent: My 24 Hours on Facebook
Zuckerberg, you have ruined us all. People I May Know? I have a lot of mutual friends. Friends. Let me see. Oh wow, Mallory. Haven’t seen her since we were soulmates back in 10th grade. Hm, what’s...
View ArticleStrippers I Have Known: The Ladies of Lexx Vegas
In the second installment of his ongoing “Strippers I Have Known” series, Ryan Björklund talks shop with strippers (and close friends) Sarah “Maverick” Christian and Sarah “Dixie” Watson. Most of the...
View ArticleWeekday Strippers I Have Known
In the first of a multi-part series of posts about strip clubs, Ryan Björklund describes a typical weekday at one such establishment. Womb of the weekday. Where the saddest of men go to buy sexual...
View ArticleWhat We Talk About When We Talk About My Military Career
Lots of people want to talk to Ryan Björklund about his service in Iraq, but few actually want to listen to what he has to say. I sometimes find myself caught in awkward social interactions where,...
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