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Sep 5, 2014
Book Review: Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman (aka Ron Swanson)
Some Years ago a friend of mine mentioned that I was “So much like Ron Swanson“. I didn’t know who he was talking about at the time since I hadn’t watched NBC’s Parks and Recreation (I think I was into The Office and some other shows at the time). When I ...
Jul 10, 2013
The Manly Virtues of Ron Swanson
When NBC began casting for the role of Ron Swanson, the idea was that a guy that really hates what he does would be funny... However, people began to look at Ron Swanson and think, “Being a man looks like it would be pretty awesome!” And of course we were right. Here are some of the manly virtues of Ron Swanson.