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Golf After Sixty Without Wrecking Your Back

You didn't lose 30 yards to age alone. Most of it is turn, tee box and a driver that's two degrees too strong.

GuideMusicDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Turn a Story Into a Song Without Losing the Story

The craft behind a three-minute country, gospel or bluegrass song, from the one-sentence test to the line you'll have to cut.

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StoryMovies & TVMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Eight Classics and the Production Disasters Behind Them

The shark didn't work, the Tin Man nearly died, and the snow was fire extinguisher foam. What went wrong on set often made the movie.

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Play Twice the Golf on Half the Money

Twilight rates, prior-generation clubs and the nine-hole habit will get you on the course more often than any new driver ever will.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideMusicWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

How to Get Into Bluegrass and Actually Start Playing It

Five instruments, one 1945 band that started the whole thing, and a listening order that takes you from Bill Monroe to Billy Strings without getting lost.

GuideMovies & TVSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

How Much TV Is Too Much for Your Family

A workable household screen limit, the test that tells you when you've crossed it, and the two ugly weeks that come after you set one.

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GuideGolfDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

The Golf Ball You Should Be Playing If You Shoot 95

Urethane, ionomer, compression, Costco boxes and the two-sleeve test that tells you what your own short game actually wants.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideMusicSam Ortiz23 Sept 20266 min

Twelve Minutes a Day Beats an Hour of Arguing

Count repetitions instead of minutes, fix the bench height, and stop asking a nine-year-old to be the one who remembers.

GuideMovies & TVSam Ortiz23 Sept 20265 min

Family Movie Night Picks Your Teenagers Won't Mock

Fifteen films that hold a sixteen-year-old and a forty-five-year-old at the same time, with the content concerns named up front.

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GuideGolfMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

How to Play the Hole After the Triple Bogey

The triple cost you three shots. The tee shot you hit ninety seconds later, still hot, is the one that costs you six.

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StoryMusicJosh Halloran23 Sept 20265 min

The Stories Behind the Hymns You Sing Without Thinking

A telegram reading "Saved alone," a slave ship captain, and a father who lost everything in two days. The hymnal is full of people having the worst week of their lives.

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GuideMovies & TVMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Movie Speeches That Still Work, and Why

Seven scenes worth rewatching with your family, and the mechanics underneath them that you can steal for a toast, a locker room, or a hard conversation.