How to Be a Real Man

Character, duty, standards and the things nobody sat you down and explained.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

Your cholesterol panel has five numbers. Read them in this order.

The red flag in your patient portal is probably the least useful line on the page. Start with triglycerides and work down.

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Eat the Oldest Can First and Your Prep Never Expires

The two-week pantry only works if it keeps moving. A marker, one shelf and one dinner a week is the whole system.

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

How to Fly and Drive With a Firearm and Not Get It Wrong

The hard case, the locks, the declaration, the state-line problem, and the one bag check that keeps people out of a very expensive mess.

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What a statin actually does and what it doesn't

One liver enzyme, a lot of rumors about sore legs, and the questions worth bringing to your next appointment.

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GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

The three honest ways to handle going gray

Leave it, blend it or cover it. Each one has a real cost in time, money and how it looks on week three.

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What Heller, McDonald and Bruen Actually Held

Three Supreme Court rulings rebuilt American gun law in fourteen years. Here's what each one decided, and what it changes for you on Monday morning.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

When chest pain is the bench press and when to call 911

Most chest pain in a healthy 40-year-old is muscle, cartilage or acid. The exceptions kill people who decided to wait it out.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Grown men get acne, and scrubbing harder makes it worse

A four-minute routine for adult breakouts, the habits that actually feed them, and the point where you stop experimenting and call a dermatologist.

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The Second Amendment Is the Right That Guards the Rest

Commentary on why the right to keep and bear arms is a duty as much as a liberty, and what carrying it seriously actually costs you.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

How to take your blood pressure at home and get it right

The first reading is usually garbage, the wrist cuff is a waste of money, and five quiet minutes fixes more than any supplement will.

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GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

Spit, don't rinse, and other things the box won't tell you

The whitening aisle is mostly marketing. The part that actually protects your teeth costs about eight dollars and two minutes.

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StorySurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

They Came For The Powder First

The Second Amendment didn't begin as a debate over words. It began with British regulars marching before dawn to seize a town's guns and powder.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

How to keep your blood sugar boring

An A1C of 5.8 isn't a crisis and it isn't nothing. What the numbers mean, and the four habits that actually move them.

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GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Sunscreen that survives sweat, a hard hat and eight hours outside

A forty-second morning, one stick in the truck, and the four spots almost every outdoor guy forgets until a dermatologist finds them.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

Survival & Self-Defense5 min

Your Kid Should Know What To Do When They Find A Gun

Fitness5 min

Ten minutes on the floor is all the mobility you need

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

The bumps arrive two days after the shave that caused them

Razor bumps, nicks and jawline breakouts are almost always an aftercare problem, and the fix takes about ninety seconds at the sink.

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Survival & Self-Defense6 min read

Carrying Every Day Starts With The Belt, Not The Gun

The pistol is the easy part. Getting it on your body every morning, comfortably and concealed, is where most people quit.

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