{"id":21542,"date":"2010-07-01T18:26:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T01:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/making-the-most-of-his-man-cave-todd-nuttman\/"},"modified":"2010-07-01T18:26:23","modified_gmt":"2010-07-02T01:26:23","slug":"making-the-most-of-his-man-cave-todd-nuttman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/opinion\/making-the-most-of-his-man-cave-todd-nuttman\/","title":{"rendered":"Making the most of his man cave: Todd Nuttman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know you can purchase your own \u201cman cave\u201d? I saw it myself on TV. For a few bucks you can enjoy the peace and serenity of your own manly space, complete with your own hot rod, big screen television and prized hat collection.<\/p>\n

I am fortunate to have my own man cave just a few steps from our bedroom. My man cave is not big enough to hold a hot rod or tool chests; it is just big enough for two recliners, a mini fridge, and my prized hat collection, which stays out of sight to avoid my wife\u2019s glare.<\/p>\n

I love my cave. It is my sanctuary from a hard day\u2019s work, or a hard day of doing nothing. By closing the door I invoke the Little Rascals code of \u201cHe\u2013Man’s Woman Haters Club” of which I am the local chapter president. No woman allowed. Of course this rule is flexible in case my wife wants to get some of her cosmetics, which I don\u2019t remember letting her store in my man fridge. Or my wife getting her work clothes out of my man closet, which I don\u2019t remember agreeing to let her use as well.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s it \u2026<\/p>\n

Other than my wife, daughter, Buffy the cat or my lab Angel, no chicks allowed. I have to draw the line somewhere.<\/p>\n

My cave also is my thinking space, where I usually think to write these brilliant commentaries each week. It is also my hiding place, which keeps me from my wife\u2019s sixth sense in finding me and asking me to do certain chores while key matchups in the world of sports take place.<\/p>\n

\u201cHoney, can you please fold the towels\u201d?<\/p>\n

\u201cNot now, Babe, Can\u2019t you see I\u2019m watching the finals of the NCAA lacrosse championship? It\u2019s Duquesne vs. the University of the Pacific. When these schools get together it\u2019s a real barn burner. I will do it at halftime.”<\/p>\n

Forty-five minutes fly by.<\/p>\n

\u201cHave you folded the towels yet?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am pacing myself,\u201d I growl as I wipe the Cheese Doodle off my stomach.<\/p>\n

As I get up to fold the towels, I smile when I look about the cave. Cheeze Doodles, empty beer cans and a half-eaten pizza decorates the place. And as I leave I consider bringing out my prized hat collection out into the open for all to admire. Maybe if I explain to the wife that if I bring my hats out of the closet it will make more room for her to buy more shoes.<\/p>\n

See, I do think better in there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Did you know you can purchase your own \u201cman cave\u201d? I saw it myself on TV. For a few bucks you can enjoy the peace and serenity of your own manly space, complete with your own hot rod, big screen television and prized hat collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":234,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-21542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21542"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/234"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21542"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=21542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}