Grow Up and Be a Man is really not so much about my opinion on what "being a man" is but more of learning from example, from our own experiences, and then setting our own course. Life doesn't come with instructions, and folks are pretty much responsible for writing their own book of "care and feeding" or they're likely to live a life wholly instructed by others. That's not always so bad, and sometimes can be quite good. But in each life there comes a time when one has to pull up their anchor, unfurl their sails, and chart their own course.

Thanks to my wife, Linda, who encouraged me to write this book. When I told her that I had heard that bad jokes are getting very popular now on social media," she said, "Good, please go tell them!"

Two years later, my son tells me that, "Actually, Dad, everyone is telling, 'Dad Jokes.'"

Come to think of it, "Bad Jokes" may still be a good Title!