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Where To Shelter From A Tornado In Every Kind Of House

Pick your spot on a calm Tuesday, not during a warning. A room-by-room plan for basements, slabs, apartments and manufactured homes.

GuideHomeWes Dunbar22 Sept 20266 min

Ten tools that cover ninety percent of household repairs

Most jobs around a house fail for want of the right tool, not the right skill. This is the short list that handles nearly all of them.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuidePreparednessWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Go Bag and the Thirty Minute Wildfire Plan

When the deputy knocks, you get one lap through the house. Decide now what you grab, what you wear, and who does what.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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Home3 min read

The first aid kit in your house is probably useless

Shop-bought kits are built to a price and to a picture. Strip half of it out and add the things that actually get used.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

GuideYoung MenWes Dunbar5 Oct 20267 min

Ten meals every adult should cook, and the one list that covers them

Ten dishes that teach every technique you'll need, all built from one grocery run. Learn them and nobody in your house goes hungry.

GuideBRO for HerNina Castellan3 Oct 20266 min

Resetting a tripped breaker, and when to stop and call

Most tripped breakers take thirty seconds to fix. A few are your house warning you about a fire. Learn to tell them apart.

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GuideDadsSam Ortiz1 Oct 20266 min

Your kids can't tell work email from scrolling

To a seven-year-old, every look at your phone is the same look. Change what they see, and the house rules start to stick.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideBRO SeniorsMarcus Vale1 Oct 20266 min

Stop running the house on date night

Long marriages don't fade for lack of time. They fade when every dinner out turns into a staff meeting. Fix that first.

GuideBe a ManCal Brennan26 Sept 20266 min

The thing you snapped about was never the real trigger

Most blowups get loaded hours before they go off. Learn to spot the setup and your temper stops running your house.

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

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

You'll notice the money missing before you smell anything

The early tells a teenager is drinking or using, what to check in your own house first, and how to open the conversation without getting lied to.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideAutosDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

What to Buy When You Need Three Rows and a Trailer Hitch

A straight read on the new trucks and SUVs that actually work for a full house, a full driveway and a job that starts at six.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideBe a ManMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

What Head of the House Looks Like at 6:40 on a Tuesday

Nobody's watching, nothing's on fire, and the dishwasher needs unloading. That's the night your leadership is actually decided.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

What Okinawa actually did and what a working parent can copy

The famous longevity diet was mostly sweet potato and poverty. Four habits from it still transfer to a house with kids, a job and no spare hour.

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GuideDadsCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Do A Lap Of Your House On Your Knees

Everything that can hurt a toddler lives below 36 inches, and you can't see any of it from where you're standing.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Be a Man6 min

Chase the next thing without resenting this one

BRO Seniors6 min

How to come home from the hospital and stay home

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideOld SchoolNina Castellan23 Sept 20265 min

Nobody in That House Threw a Shirt Out Over a Button

Sew a button that outlives the shirt, darn a sock heel flat, and patch a knee so it holds - the whole mending basket, explained.

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Hobbies6 min read

Hobbies That Get You Out of the House and Into a Real Group

Six hobbies with a standing meeting time, a beginner on-ramp and gear under $200, plus how to find the local group this week.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

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