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Your Hairline Moved At Twenty-Five. Your Haircut Should Too

Temples first, crown later, and the cut that works at each stage - plus the one styling habit that makes thin hair look thinner.

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

What a tailor can fix, and what no tailor can

Hems and waist seams are cheap and change everything. Shoulders, rise and armholes are where your money goes to die.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

When a video doctor visit works and when it wastes your day

Telehealth is great for the decisions that hang on your story, and useless for the ones that hang on somebody's hands.

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Grooming6 min read

Wash Less, Shape It Wet, Then Stop Touching It

Curly and coily hair dries exactly the way you left it, which is why most men's curl problems start in the four seconds after the shower.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Undershirts, underwear and socks do most of the work

The layer nobody sees is the one that decides whether you're comfortable at 4 p.m. Fix it for less than the price of one good shirt.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

A CBC is three tests stapled together

Red cells, white cells and platelets each answer a different question, and one of them will lie to you if you ran ten miles yesterday.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Your Nose And Your Cheeks Don't Want The Same Thing

If your forehead shines by noon while your cheeks flake, you don't need two routines. You need one routine applied two different ways.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 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.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

How to choose between urgent care, the ER and waiting for Monday

A working parent's triage system for 9 p.m. injuries and 3 a.m. fevers, including the stuff urgent care can't do and the symptoms that skip the line.

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

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Fine Hair Looks Fuller With A Blunter Cut And Less Product

Most thin-hair advice sells you a shampoo. The actual fix is three inches of length, a blunt line and ninety seconds with a dryer.

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GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 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.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Read the prescription label before you leave the parking lot

The sig line, the fill date and the warning stickers tell you most of what the doctor didn't have time to say. Ninety seconds, in the car.

GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

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.

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GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 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.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Fitness6 min

Chronic pain and what works when the pills stop working

Grooming5 min

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

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 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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Fitness6 min read

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.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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