Things I think about

Okay, people, it's time for the final countdown. We're a week away from day my Beautiful Southern Wife™ is supposed to deliver our very first manly man, and it's getting pretty exciting. It seemed like this day would never come, but after only 14 trimesters of pregnancy the day is finally just about here. Every time the phone rings I'm sure I'm going to hear the words my wife is supposed to say when she goes into labor- "THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!"

Yes, I stole that from the movie "Juno". It's funny, sue me.

As you can tell, I spend a great deal of time thinking about this. In fact, I probably spend about 45% of my day thinking about the labor, birth, and life of my new son. The other 55% of my thoughts are divided between my wife, daughter, dogs, and motorcycles. In order to spare anyone's feelings I won't tell you the specific percentages between those.

To provide some insight into what makes me such an expert on being manly, here's a list of things I thought about today:


1. I need to change oil in the car. Maybe Wednesday.

2. I should have my family over for dinner soon. Maybe Wednesday.

3. Nice weather really brings the motorcycle riders out.

4. I need a new audiobook to listen to on my commutes to and from work.

5. I can't wait to put our new scent on the website and tell the world about it. It rocks.


So there are a few of the not-so-complicated thoughts of a not-so-complicated man. If you stay tuned you'll see the new scent launch (or drop, as the kids say these days) a few days after the launch of my new son. It comes from a suggestion that one of my customers gave me, and it's perfect for Manly Man Candle Company.

NEW SCENTS!!!

Once again, we're expanding the line. The company is growing faster than a well fed newborn baby, and it's time to unleash our newest creations.

Can you stand the suspense? I was planning on introducing them during a special three minute superbowl commercial that would also feature the Budweiser horses, the GoDaddy girls, and some kind of Diet Coke ad, but instead I'm going to save $10 million bucks and just tell you guys about them on this blog.

First up: Sports Injury. This is the one for all of you weekend warriors, much like myself. We spend all week behind a desk, then we go out and try to be Peyton Manning or Derek Jeter on the weekends. This leads to sore muscles and pulled groins, and not in the good way, either. When this happens we have to put a cream on our muscles that feels kind of icy, then hot, if you get my reference. If you're a lawyer, please don't get that reference. So, to sum up, Sports Injury is a pepperminty, clean, crisp scent that will fill your house with the scent of awesome.

Secondly: Dad's Gum. Can also be shortened to "Dadgum", if you're from the south. This candle is a tribute to my dad, how almost always has a pack of spearmint gum in his shirt pocket. We took a couple of prototype Dad's Gum candles to the farmer's market and the response was overwhelming. It's a strong spearmint scent that you just can't resist.

These will be up and live on the website in about a week. You'll love them.