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How To Find A Barber Worth Driving Past Three Others For

The right chair saves you five minutes every morning for a month. Here's how to audition one, and how to keep him once you've got him.

GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

Short men should buy for the shoulders and hem the rest

Height isn't the problem. Rise, hem, jacket length and a tailor who picks up the phone are the whole fight.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Eating out three times a week without wrecking the other four

Order the protein first, build backward, and stop treating Tuesday's drive-thru like a moral event. A working parent's playbook for restaurant food.

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Gear6 min read

Kids' Outdoor Clothes That Make It to the Third Kid

Snow pants don't die from cold. They die at the knee, the cuff elastic and the zipper pull, and you can buy against all three.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideHealthCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

What to wear in the sauna and how long to stay

Shower first, sit on a towel, cap it around fifteen minutes. The rest of sauna etiquette is just not being the guy everybody remembers.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

The nightly glass of wine lost its health defense

The J-curve was mostly a measurement problem, the cancer link isn't, and the practical answer for a working parent still isn't zero.

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GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

Sun hats that work and don't look like fishing gear

Measure your head, buy three inches of brim, hold the straw up to a light. Most of what makes a sun hat good has nothing to do with the label.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Buy the safe for its steel, then decide where it lives

Most of what's printed on a gun safe box is marketing. Two or three numbers actually matter, and where you bolt it matters as much as what you bought.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Ultra-processed food isn't a synonym for junk food

The term has a real definition, one good experiment behind it, and a lot of noise on top. What's useful for someone with a job and kids.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Cheap clothes give themselves away in four places

Fix the shoulder, the shine, the hem and the buttons, and nobody can tell what you paid. Everything else is just marketing.

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GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Size the generator for the fridge, not the whole house

Most people buy twice the generator they need and still wire it up in the one way that can kill somebody. Do the math first.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The iron test your annual physical probably didn't run

Ferritin, B12 and folate explain a lot of ordinary exhaustion, and a normal blood count doesn't rule any of them out.

GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Cracked winter hands, and the two minutes that fix them

Splits at the thumb knuckle aren't bad luck. They're a water problem, and the repair happens at night while you sleep.

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

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GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

How to dress well when you're built big

Buy for the widest part, pay a tailor for the rest, and stop letting a low rise ruin every pair of pants you own.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Fitness5 min

Cold turkey can be the dangerous part of quitting drinking

Men's Grooming5 min

Nose, Ears And Brows Take Four Minutes Every Other Week

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

How to shop the thrift rack without bringing home junk

The shoulder seam decides it, elastane is already dead, and a $6 jacket with a $60 tailoring bill is still a bargain.

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Fitness6 min read

The salt isn't in your shaker, it's in your bread

You can skip the salt shaker for a week and still clear 3,000 mg a day. The sodium is already in the food, and the label tells you where.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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