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TGBC Monthly Challenge - #DropShop
Every month at Tough Guy Book Club we issue our Goons a Monthly Challenge. It gets you to do something new, something difficult, and it adds a page to your story. The final challenge for 2025 was to go to a charity shop, opportunity shop or down-market second-hand store, take a…
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Goon Profile - Mitch Robinson
Name: Mitch Robinson Chapter: Geelong What is your story? I have been travelling around the sun for just over 30 years, and I am grateful to have enjoyed more of those years than not. I was born and raised in Western Sydney until I moved to Victoria in my early 20s. I love living…
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Road To 4000
The Long Hard Road to 4000 (lives saved).
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Goon Profile - Philippe Lambert
Name: Philippe Lambert Chapter: Lisle, IL What is your story? I grew up in Maine, which is the Northeastern most state in the United States. I have visited 49 out of the 50 states. I am currently living in Lisle, IL with my wife, daughter, two cats and a Malinois puppy that…
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TGBC Monthly Challenge - #BP25
Each month at Tough Guy Book Club we issue a challenge to our members. It gets us out of our comfort zone and pushes us to try something new, something difficult, and adds a page to our stories. Some challenges are just bloody important, like this month where we asked all the…
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John Dies at the End - Jason Pargin (2007)
In life, there are many questions that we must ask even if it comes at great cost to ourselves; Questions about the legacy we will leave behind not just for our children, but our children’s children… Questions about the larger universe at hand and our role in it… Questions that…
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Goon Profile - Kent Kingston
Name: Kent Kingston Chapter: Lake Macquarie, NSW What is your story? It probably started with my dad reading various books to us in the evening: 'White Fang,' 'Sun on the Stubble' and the Narnia series are three I remember. I developed a hunger for reading and began to devour…
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TGBC Monthly Challenge – #Local25
Book shops. The smell of paper, ink, sometimes dust, maybe a hint of coffee from the café next door. They’re curators of stories. And right now, it’s bloody hard to be one. Every month, the Tough Guy Book Club issues a challenge to its members…something to do, to learn, to push…
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Post Office - Charles Bukowski (1971)
This is a short book that reads like a story you might hear over a few beers with a stranger in a dingy bar, the kind of place patronised by lonely men who’ve long since given up on a better life. Imagine, as the evening progresses and the beers go down, so does the narrative…
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Lisle, IL Chapter Opening
Lisle, Illinois, is a quiet pocket about forty minutes west of Chicago. It’s home to the world-famous Morton Arboretum, a cracking local university, and a small community that values connection. It’s a place that knows how to slow down, pour a pint, and have a chat. Sounds about…
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TGBC Monthly Challenge - #GuerillaGarden25
They say that a society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they shall never sit. It’s a great saying, so we thought we would test it out. Every month Tough Guy Book Club sets a challenge to all members – a way of pushing guys out of their comfort zone, trying…
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Camp of the Blue Moon
“Come check it out. There are stars in the grass,” Joe said to a bunch of us who were chatting on the front porch of the main cabin. We looked at Joe and then each other wondering if he was joking or hallucinating. We humored him and followed him down to the pond, our phone…
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