How to Be a Real Man

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Buy The Motor, Not The Attachment Count

A 22-piece kit and a bare clipper both cut hair. Only one of them is still cutting hair in year four.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Build a whole wardrobe for two thousand dollars in twelve months

Take the tailoring money off the top, buy coats in February, and stop shopping for clothes you already own.

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Five health checks worth doing before you turn 30

Your twenties are the cheapest decade of your life to find a problem, and most of what's worth checking fits in one blood draw and a thirty dollar cuff.

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Men's Grooming5 min read

Beard oil, balm and wash, and which one you can skip

Two of the three earn their shelf space. The third depends on how long your beard is, and nobody selling it's going to tell you that.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The rise is why your pants keep sliding under your belly

Fix the waistband first, then the shirt hem, and a midsection stops running the whole outfit.

$Shin splints or a stress fracture, and how to tell them apart$

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Shin splints or a stress fracture, and how to tell them apart

One hurts along a stretch of bone and warms up as you run. The other hurts on a spot the size of a dime and gets worse. Learn the difference before you lose a season.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Beard Itch Peaks Around Day Ten, Then It Quits

Ninety seconds a morning and three cheap things fix the worst month of growing a beard. Most men quit right before it ends.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Your trouser hem is probably an inch off, and it shows

Break isn't a style opinion, it's a measurement. Get the back hem and the leg opening right and the front takes care of itself.

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Pour more olive oil than feels right and the rest gets cheap

Mediterranean eating isn't branzino and pine nuts. It's a tin of oil, a pot of beans cooked past creamy, and knowing what to leave in the cart.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Shine By Noon Is A Product Problem, Not A Washing Problem

Oil isn't dirt, and scrubbing it off at 7 a.m. is why your forehead is a mirror by lunch. Ninety seconds, three products, one habit.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Build a whole wardrobe for five hundred dollars, line by line

Eleven purchases, one tailoring budget, and the order to buy them in if you only have a hundred bucks this month.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Stretching feels great and it won't save your hamstring

Thirty seconds of toe-touching has never prevented a tear. Strength, a real warm-up and sane load management do. Stretching still earns six minutes a day.