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When a skipped heartbeat is nothing and when to get an ECG

Most thumps in your chest at 11 p.m. are boring. A few aren't, and the difference comes down to what you feel at your wrist.

GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

What to wear on a first date without overthinking it

One reliable outfit, four venues, and the small fixes that matter a lot more than the label on your collar.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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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.

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Heart failure doesn't mean your heart failed

The name terrifies people for no good reason, and the treatment changed more in the last six years than in the thirty before it.

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GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Why week six of a new skill feels like going backwards

The beginner gains run out around day forty, and that's exactly when most grown men quit. Here's how to get through the flat part.

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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, 20266 min

When your dad dies young, your checkups stop being routine

A father who died early of heart disease changes the timing, the tests and the questions you ask. Start with the age on the death certificate.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideGearWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

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.

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.

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

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Blood in the stool and the one color you can't wait out

Bright red on the paper is usually the last inch of plumbing. Black and tarry is a different phone call, and it's today's.

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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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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, 20266 min

The calcium scan is the cheapest look inside your arteries

A ten-minute CT can tell you whether the plaque talk applies to you or not. Who should get one, what the number means, and when to skip it.

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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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Is your money actually in order?

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

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Size the generator for the fridge, not the whole house

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Blood thinners, carotid arteries and what to ask your doctor

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Rewrite my résumé so it actually gets read

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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.

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Reporting what you saw when you're not sure it was anything

You don't have to prove it. You have to describe it. What to write down, who to call, and what actually happens after you do.

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