#MemorialDay
One of my favorite quotes: "If all else fails, I will retreat up the Valley of Virginia, plant my flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scotch-Irish of that region, and make my last stand for liberty amongst a people who will never submit to tyranny whilst there is a man left to draw a trigger."
General George Washington at Valley Forge 1777;
“Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
-C.S. Lewis
Dear Enzo Maresca,
You're stepping into Man City the club with one of Europe's most ego free squads under Pep. Humble superstars, pure team first mentality, zero drama.
Maintain that status at all costs. Buy players who buy into the system, not egos who will destabilise the locker room or chase the hype. No egos, just winners. The blueprint is yours to protect. #MCFC 💙
Yours faithfully,
A die-hard City fan
MancityGee
We’ve overscheduled, over-screened, and over-structured our kids into an anxiety epidemic.
The cure? Boredom.
One hour outside. No plan. No phone. Just let them be kids.
My parenting advice for summer in the @realDailyWire 👇🏻
To all the moms raising boys to be men: this backyard treasure hunt birthday party is pure gold.
Picture this: A crew of 8-12 year olds, maps in hand, no hovering parents. They navigate 12 rugged clues through the woods behind your house—scrambling over logs, fording a muddy creek, spotting trail markers, and yes, swinging a supervised axe to chop through a small marked “barrier” log blocking the path. Each stop demands teamwork: solve a riddle, measure a distance with string, identify animal tracks, or build a quick stick bridge.
The final clue leads to a buried chest (real metal ammo can or wooden box). They dig it up with shovels, crack the combo lock using math from an earlier clue, and unleash the loot: pocket knives, beef jerky, flashlights, paracord, and candy.
Zero screens. Real dirt, real decisions, real consequences if they get lost for five minutes. They’ll argue, laugh, fail, adapt, and high-five like warriors when they win. Confidence, resilience, and brotherhood in one epic afternoon.
Moms who let boys be boys know: scraped knees today build calloused hands tomorrow.
(Setup takes 2-3 hours. Age 8+. Safety briefing mandatory but then hands off.)
Who’s doing this for their son’s next birthday? Drop a 🔥 if you’re in.
“To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel…that one is contributing to the building of the world.”
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
So it turns out that writing is thinking. It's the same process.
"Writing compels us to think — not in the chaotic, non-linear way our minds typically wander, but in a structured, intentional manner."
Outsourcing writing to LLMs is THE SAME THING as outsourcing thinking.
PEP ON PHIL FODEN LOOKING FRUSTRATED
“Phil is a special player, sometimes frustration comes because standards are very high. That is a good sign—it means he cares, he wants more, he wants to improve. I have no doubts about him. Top players always respond, and Phil will respond. His quality, mentality, and love for the game are unquestionable.”
Phil has given everything on the pitch since his breakout for Manchester City.
He owes us nothing we owe him respect and support
If you turn your back on him now, you’re not one of us. He was there in the moments we needed him most.
Now that he needs us....!!!
Pep Guardiola on @BernardoCSilva: "If I talk a lot, I will cry.
"Just I can say, 'Thank you so much, from the deepest of my heart, on behalf of this club, what you have done'. Bernardo has proved that football starts from here [the brain], to the feet. And that guy is not the fastest, quickest, but knows exactly in every single moment what every single action requires. Never injured, always committed.
"Last season defined Bernardo for me; when everybody was not there, always he was there, suffering the first. His mentality. And he has one thing that is important; always he sees the positive things in the life. That's why his life will be so happy with his wife Ines and the kids, he will be so happy because always he's positive...
"He deserves the BIGGEST recognition. When you write 'LEGEND', you have to write in capital letters, because he has been. For every single game during nine years!
"He's a special, special player. All I can say is where he will go, the team will be SOOOO lucky to have him!" 🩵