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The Second Date Is Where You Start Paying Attention

The first one was an audition. The second is where you find out who she actually is, and whether you'd want her in your kitchen for forty years.

GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes DunbarSep 23, 20267 min

Stay Put and Get Found When a Day Hike Turns Into a Night

The unplanned night outdoors is survivable and usually boring. What kills people is walking after dark, and the fix costs about sixty dollars.

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GuideProtect the ChildrenNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The warning signs that matter, and the ones that are just being 14

Most of what scares parents is ordinary adolescence. A short list of things isn't, and those are the ones worth your attention.

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Dating6 min read

The proposal is forty seconds. Plan the other four hours.

Ring size, weather backups, the box that ruins your jacket, and the twenty minutes after she says yes.

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

PLB or satellite messenger, which one belongs in your pack

One is a government rescue signal with no monthly bill. The other texts your wife that you're just running late. They're not the same purchase.

GuideProtect the ChildrenJosh HalloranSep 23, 20266 min

Why the white van myth leaves kids unprotected

The danger to most children isn't a stranger in a parking lot. It's someone with access, and that changes what you should actually be watching.

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GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Mount Rushmore takes ninety minutes. Plan the other six days.

Where to base, which roads to drive, what to book ahead, and the granite tunnel that'll stop a full-size truck cold.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

What to do in the first hour you're lost in the woods

Sit down for ten minutes. Don't chase the trail. What you decide before dark matters more than anything in your pack.

GuideProtect the ChildrenNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

The Signs a Teacher Sees Before Anyone Else Does

Attendance patterns, a second phone, a much older boyfriend. What school staff should notice, what to write down, and exactly who to call.

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GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Your Wet Basement Starts On The Roof

Before you spend five figures on waterproofing, fix the four cheap things outside that are putting the water there in the first place.

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Take the free Stop the Bleed class before you need it

It runs about an hour, it usually costs nothing, and it teaches the one emergency where waiting on the ambulance isn't a plan.

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GuideDatingMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Introducing her to your people without making it an audition

Friends first, family second, and never at Christmas. How to run the introduction so she's welcomed instead of interviewed.

GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The Mold You Can Scrub and the Mold That Needs a Pro

Ten square feet is the line most people have never heard of. Cross it wrong and you turn a Saturday job into a five-figure one.

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The Wild Plants Worth Learning and the Ones That Kill

Foraging won't feed you in an emergency, but six plants will keep your morale up and one family of look-alikes will end your trip for good.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Travel5 min

The cheap island is the big one, and the cheap month is October

News6 min

What a Veteran's Family Can Claim, and the Forms That Do It

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The tourniquet everyone should carry, and how to use it

Bleeding control is a five-minute skill with a thirty-dollar price tag, and most people carry neither the gear nor the training.

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Travel6 min read

Pick the coast by the water, not the pictures

Gulf or Atlantic, the surf decides whether your kids have a great week or you spend it hauling a crying four-year-old out of the shore break.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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