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Dressing for 28 degrees at seven and 58 by two

The mistake is dressing for the thermometer you see at dawn. Layer for the hour you'll be working hardest, and decide in advance where the coat goes.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Chemo runs on a cycle and your week should too

Fatigue, food that tastes like a penny, and the kind of help worth asking for by name, from someone planning around infusion day.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

What to wear to an interview at a company with no dress code

"Come as you are" isn't an instruction. It's an unwritten code, and you can read it in about ten minutes.

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Gadgets5 min read

Wipe a device in the right order before you sell it

Sign out first, erase second. Get that backwards on an iPhone or a MacBook and the buyer gets a locked brick and you get a refund request.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Men get breast cancer, and they almost always find it late

It's usually a hard, painless lump under one nipple, it's easy to write off as a gym knot, and the men who do well are the ones who got it checked fast.

GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Four days of meetings out of one carry-on

Pick the shoe first and the rest of the trip packs itself. What to take, what to leave, and where the plan falls apart.

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GuideGadgetsDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Buying your first drone without breaking the rules

Start under 249 grams, take the free test, and never run your firmware update in a parking lot.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20267 min

The three skin cancers, what each looks like and how it's treated

Basal cell bleeds and won't heal. Squamous cell feels like sandpaper with ambition. Melanoma changes. Learn which spot gets a phone call this week.

GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

Most men need one tie knot, not five

The four-in-hand covers almost everything, the width matters more than the pattern, and there are days when the tie makes you look worse.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideGadgetsDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Light first, then the mic, then the camera

Most people buy the webcam first. That's the wrong end of the problem, and you'll spend a few hundred dollars finding out.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The colonoscopy nobody warns you about is the night before

The scope takes about half an hour and you sleep through it. The prep is the part you have to plan around your job and your kids.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideCity StyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

Dry clean less, brush more, and the suit lasts years

A clothes brush, a proper hanger and a day off between wears will keep a suit sharper than any dry cleaner, and cost you about two minutes a day.

GuideGadgetsDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The pop-up with a phone number is always a scam

What to change on your parents' computer this weekend, what to say so they'll actually call you, and what to do in order if the money's already gone.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Autoimmune disease in plain language and how to keep training

What it means when your immune system misreads your own tissue, which tests actually tell you something, and how to lift and sleep around a flare.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

City Style5 min

The sale rack only rewards people who came with a list

Gadgets6 min

Doing your own screen and battery swap without wrecking the phone

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Surveillance, surgery or radiation and how men actually choose

Your pathology report has three numbers that drive the whole decision. Learn to read them, then take the weeks you're allowed to take.

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City Style5 min read

Oxfords, derbies and loafers, and when to wear each

The difference is in the lacing, and it decides everything else. What to wear to a funeral, an interview, a wedding in August and a Tuesday at the office.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

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