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Your Flakes Aren't Dryness, And Conditioner Won't Fix Them

Four active ingredients do the work, the rest is perfume. What to buy, how long to leave it on, and when the flakes mean something else.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The clothes worth buying in your twenties, in the right order

Your body's still moving, your budget's thin, and the trend cycle is loud. Buy for your calendar, fix the fit, and the rest sorts itself out.

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GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

An Open Garage Door Won't Save You From a Generator

Cracking the door a foot feels like ventilation. It isn't. What actually keeps carbon monoxide out of your garage, your shop and your house.

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Men's Grooming6 min read

The Haircut Goes Five Days Out, Not The Night Before

A day-by-day plan for the week before a wedding, an interview or a photo, and the four last-minute moves that wreck it.

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

How to dress for a graduation, a baptism or a christening

Three ceremonies, three different problems, and the folding chair in the sun is the one almost everybody gets wrong.

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Cracking a window isn't ventilation when you're spraying

Solvent vapor sinks, pools at the floor and finds the pilot light. Here's how to move air properly, and which respirator cartridge actually does something.

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

The Same Face Works Monday In A Tie And Thursday In A Hard Hat

One ten-minute routine, two finishes, and the ninety seconds in the truck that separate a bid meeting from a tear-out.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Dress your family for a photo you'll still like in ten years

The clothes that date a family photo aren't the cheap ones. They're the trendy ones, the shiny ones, and the ones that didn't fit.

GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

If Your House Predates 1978, Test Before You Sand

Lead paint sitting on a wall isn't the danger. The danger starts the second you put a sander to it and the dust lands where a toddler crawls.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Wet It, Aim It, Set It, And Thick Hair Behaves

Coarse hair that stands up all day isn't a product failure. It's a drying failure, and the fix takes about ninety seconds.

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Fix the clothes you own before you buy anything new

An hour with your closet, one trip to a tailor and about sixty bucks will do more for how you look than another jacket will.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How to get your medical records and fix what's wrong in them

Your chart follows you into every exam room, and it probably has at least one error in it. Getting a copy takes about twenty minutes.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Give The Patch Eight Weeks Before You Give Up

Most guys judge a beard at day twelve, about six weeks too early. What fills in, what never will, and how to tell which one you've got.

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Linen, Short Sleeves and Staying Presentable in the Heat

Most summer shirts fail in the same two inches. Fix the sleeve, pick the right weave, and you can look put together at 95 degrees.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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Money6 min

Pick your family's health plan with three columns of math

Men's Grooming5 min

Everything You Need To Groom Well Costs Forty-Nine Dollars

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Most accessories fail on fit, not on taste

A watch that overhangs your wrist, a tie bar clipped to nothing, a bag strap two inches too long. Fixes for all of it, plus what to stop wearing.

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Skills6 min read

How To Use An AED And Where To Find One First

The machine tells you what to do and won't shock a heart that doesn't need it. The hard part is knowing which wall it's hanging on.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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