“Why do I fight? I had a great childhood; I’m not an angry person, but I love fighting. Maybe it’s genetic. As a kid, I had big self-esteem problems, connected to my weight. Sure, that’s part of it. But there’s more to it than that. Continue reading
Archive for Raymond Chandler
Down These Mean Streets a Man Must Go
Posted in Kickboxing, Observation, Real Men with tags Ben Edwards, fight or flight, Fighting, Glory 16, Kickboxing, Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler, self esteem on May 30, 2014 by Jarrod BoyleS.E. Hinton: Rumble Fish versus The Outsiders
Posted in Observation, Reading with tags Dashiell Hammet, Francis Ford Coppola, James Ellroy, Mickey Rourke, Paul Newman, Pony Boy Curtis, Raymond Chandler, Rumble Fish, S.E. Hinton, Tex, That was Then This is Now, The Outsiders on February 27, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle“Raymond Chandler wrote about the man he wanted to be. Dashiell Hammet wrote about the man he was frightened he’d become.”
-James Ellroy. Continue reading
Manifesto
Posted in Reading, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags Raymond Chandler on January 9, 2013 by Jarrod BoyleIn everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. Continue reading