City Style

Tailoring, sneakers and the smart-casual line nobody explains properly.

Round face, long face, square jaw, three different beards

Your beard's shape is decided by two lines, and most men cut both of them in the wrong place.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Chronic pain and what works when the pills stop working

Pain that's lasted months doesn't respond to the same playbook as a sprained ankle. The stuff that actually moves the needle is smaller and more boring than you'd think.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideWoodworkingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Build a cedar sauna bench and a backrest worth leaning on

Every fastener goes underneath, every edge gets rounded over, and nothing gets a finish. The rest is just careful ripping.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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Grooming5 min read

Razor bumps on curly beard hair aren't a shaving cream problem

The bumps are a geometry problem. Fix the length, the blade count and the direction, and most of them stop showing up.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

How much walking actually counts when you've got kids

The 10,000-step number came from a pedometer ad. Here's what a real walking habit looks like for someone with a job, a family and 40 spare minutes.

GuideTools & OrganizingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Shed Kit or Build From Scratch, and What Each Costs

The foundation isn't in the box, the door is always too small, and one of these two routes will cost you a month of Saturdays.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Where the neckline goes, and where the cheek line doesn't

Two landmarks, one five-minute setup, and a ninety-second touch-up that keeps a beard looking deliberate instead of forgotten.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Your first three weeks back after surgery should feel too easy

Come back from illness or an operation without blowing it up in week three, when you finally feel good and do something stupid.

GuideTools & OrganizingNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

The Home Tool Kit Every Woman Should Own and Where to Keep It

Twelve tools, about $350, and a hall closet shelf beats a garage full of stuff you'll never carry upstairs.

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Learn The Straight Razor Without Wearing The Evidence

Start on your cheeks with a disposable-blade shavette, keep the cartridge for Tuesdays, and let your free hand do most of the work.

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 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.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideWoodworkingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Cheap tools that work and cheap tools that'll waste your wood

A $60 circular saw with a good blade cuts cleaner than a $200 one running the junk it shipped with. Where to save, where to spend, and what to buy first.

GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Stop Buying The Lip Balm That Tingles

Menthol feels like it's working. It isn't. What actually fixes chapped lips and windburn when your job is outdoors in February.

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

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 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.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Tools & Organizing6 min

Build a Real Sauna in a Shed or Basement Corner

Grooming6 min

Thin Skin, Age Spots And What A Dermatologist Can Fix

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 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.