Men's Grooming

Hair, beard, skin, scent. Ten minutes a day that everybody notices and nobody mentions.

How a white shirt goes gray, and how to stop it

The collar ring isn't dirt, the yellow under the arms isn't sweat, and chlorine bleach is making both of them worse.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your short fuse, your 3 a.m. wake-ups and your blood pressure

Chronic stress doesn't announce itself. It shows up as a wrecked second half of the night, a cuff reading you don't like, and snapping at a nine-year-old over a cereal bowl.

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GuideHealthCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How to Read Your Cholesterol Panel Without Panicking

Total cholesterol is the least useful number on the page. Here's what your lipid panel actually says, and what to ask your doctor about it.

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How to break in canvas work pants without wrecking them

New duck canvas fights you for about two weeks. Do this and it's over in five days, without shredding a pair you paid good money for.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Numb hands at 3 a.m. and the finger that tells you which nerve

Shaking your hand out over the side of the bed isn't a quirk. It's a symptom, and which fingers go dead tells you where the problem starts.

GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

The Saturday wardrobe that isn't sportswear

Four swaps that get you out of the technical half-zip on days you're not training, without buying a blazer you'll wear twice.

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GuideCountry StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

Reproofing a waxed jacket without ruining it

A tin of dressing, a warm room and two hours of patience will get another decade out of a jacket most people replace far too early.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Grief that doesn't lift after a year needs more than time

Mourning is supposed to change shape. When it doesn't, there's a name for it, there's a treatment, and you don't have to white-knuckle another year.

GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Match the belt to the shoe and the socks to the trousers

Two rules cover most of it. The rest is knowing when a 35mm belt is wrong, why your socks fall down, and when to break both rules on purpose.

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GuideCountry StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

Wearing a pearl snap without looking like you're in costume

A western shirt is a genuinely good shirt. It only reads as fancy dress when you wear four western things at once.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Cancer in the family and when genetic testing is worth it

Build the family tree first, test the relative who's sick if you can, and know what a "variant of uncertain significance" actually means.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

Three straps and one watch will cover your whole year

Buy the right case size, check the lug width before anything else, and learn to change a strap without scratching the lugs.

GuideCountry StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

What to wear to the fair, and what changes at the rodeo

Start with your feet, because you'll walk four miles on gravel and stand in a sheep barn. Everything else follows from that.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Forgetting Names at Fifty and When to Get It Checked

Most name-blanking at fifty is retrieval, not loss. But a few patterns are worth an appointment, and a few fixable things look exactly like memory trouble.

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