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Positive and negative freedoms -

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Freedom to and freedom from -

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GIrd your Loins doesn't indicate protecting one's Penis, it is the hiking up of one's garments to move easier during a fight.

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Flint, that started fire. Best gadget ever. Also the fire starting kit made of a couple of sticks and piece of string.

String! We would have loved to have string!

Seriously three sticks and a leather thong start the fire if you want to get all boy scout about it.
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"When you see a good amount of smoke, stop and look at the punk"

Two sticks and a lot of blisters on the hands apparently works but not for me.

There is one crucial feature that isn't covered perfectly: absolute compatibility with MS Office. For a large number of office workers, Office is a collaboration tool.

Panty-waistes, Real Men use EMACS, Subversion and LaTeX.

CLEP is something that should be at the top of the discussion. Get many of your gen ed requriements out of the way for $80 a class.

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also has a ton of hints.

I'd recommend the books listed by http://www.artofmanliness.com/

Most of those books have been covered by others - but I like this list.

There are the books you read, and then there are the books that change your life. We can all look back on the books that have shaped our perspective on politics, religion, money, and love. Some will even become a source of inspiration for the rest of your life. From a seemingly infinite list of books of anecdotal or literal merit, we have narrowed down the top 100 books that have shaped the lives of individual men while also helping define broader cultural ideas of what it means to be a man.

http://artofmanliness.com/2008/05/14/100-must-read-books-the-essential-mans-library/#more-183
Add to this Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. And to be non-partisan, you might as well read Rules for Radicals so you understand both sides.

Sounds like you have to make a hard call between two attractive job choices. I had a similar situation a little while back. I found the below method useful. Let me quote the man then on to an example.

"“My way is to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one Pro and over the other Con. Then during three or four days’ consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives, that at different time occur to me, for or against the measure. When I have thus got them altogether in one view, I endeavor to estimate their respective weights; and where I find two, one on each side, that seem equal, I strike them both out. If I judge some two reasons con equal to some three reasons pro, I strike out five; and thus proceeding, I find where the balance lies; and if after a day or two of further consideration, nothing new that is of importance occurs on either side, I come to a determination accordingly.” –Benjamin Franklin"

In a nut shell, write up a chart (excuse the csv):
Element, Importance Factor, Job A, Job A subtotal, Job B, Job B subtotal
Commute, 5, 6, 30, 4, 20
Salary, 8, 7, 56, 8, 64
So on....

Then add up your sub-totals for A (86) and B (84). Larger number means that choice has a more of what you value. In this example Job A wins. Buy yourself some time to make the decision. Be honest - tell them you've got to run the numbers. The below link expands it better than I could. Scroll about mid page to see a nicely formatted chart.

http://artofmanliness.com/2009/08/17/how-to-make-a-decision-like-ben-franklin/

Some prefer calling cards.

http://artofmanliness.com/2010/09/15/calling-cards-fit-for-a-gentleman-art-of-manliness-calling-cards-and-giveaway/

Who knew there was so much wank in the world?

Some prefer calling cards.

http://artofmanliness.com/2010/09/15/calling-cards-fit-for-a-gentleman-art-of-manliness-calling-cards-and-giveaway/