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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.

GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

The sunglasses fit test that beats any face shape chart

Three numbers printed inside the temple arm tell you more than every "round face, square frame" chart on the internet.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideHobbiesDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Buy Your First Pickleball Paddle Without Overspending

Three specs actually matter, and the rest is marketing. What to look for, what to skip, and how to avoid the $250 mistake.

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

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Fitness6 min read

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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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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.

GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

The first haircut, the first deodorant, the first shave

A stage-by-stage plan for handing a boy the job of taking care of himself, plus the three mornings he'll remember for the rest of his life.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your legs won't sit still at night and ferritin is the test

The evening urge to move your legs has a name, a common cause, and a cheap blood test most people never get ordered.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

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.

GuideMen's GroomingTobias ReedSep 23, 20265 min

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

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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.

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

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GuideStyleTobias ReedSep 23, 20266 min

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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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideHobbiesDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Kitchen, the Score and Your First Night of Open Play

Pickleball takes about twenty minutes to learn and a decade to master. Sort out the paddle, the two-bounce rule and where to show up.

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.

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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.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Health5 min

What to wear in the sauna and how long to stay

Fitness7 min

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

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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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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Gear6 min read

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.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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