Today is my 36th birthday. To accomplish what I've accomplished in these 36 years took me through tears, cheers, fears, jeers, and leers - all to get me right here. For you, today is priceless because I am going to share with you the 36 marks of a great man. Ancient … [Read more...]

For thousands of years the priesthood has been confronting a simple problem which they cannot solve. They see criminals, sinners becoming successful, rich. They see simple people, innocent people being crushed, exploited, oppressed, and still religion goes on saying, "Be … [Read more...]

From the desk of Victor Pride Subj: 18 & Green -- When I was an 18 year old buck, I didn't know nothing about nothing. No one told me anything. I figured out the rules of the real world all by myself. After years of trial and error, success and failures, … [Read more...]

From the desk of Victor Pride Subj: A sermon from the mountaintop I tell you boy, my poor little feet used to hurt if I stood or walked too long. If I was in the shower for ten minutes they'd start to hurt. If I had to walk around the city for an hour I'd spend the rest of … [Read more...]

It has been my experience that 98 out of every 100 men are like weeds in the wind. They bend this way and they bend that way, whichever way the wind is blowing that day. It has further been my experience that 2 men out of every 100 men stand firm regardless of which way the … [Read more...]

From the desk of Victor Pride Subj: Calling All New World Conquistadors... -- Today is Columbus day. Many people in our modern world seem to have a problem with Christopher Columbus. In an earnest effort to not offend anyone, I have taken the liberty of renaming Columbus … [Read more...]

From the desk of Victor Pride Subj: A taboo topic -- I recently received this email from a reader: Your blog/topics have been extremely helpful to many men including myself. You boldly discuss the topics and in simple words you make sense. Some people in your audience … [Read more...]

From the desk of Victor Pride Subj: How to Get Money Like P.T. Barnum -- Recently, I stumbled upon P.T. Barnum's great book, The Art of Money Getting. The advice in this book was so good, and so identical to the advice given here at B&D, that I had to publish some of … [Read more...]