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How to Choose a Self-Defense Class You'll Actually Stick With

Krav Maga, jiu-jitsu, boxing or a one-day course. The art matters less than whether you're still showing up in March.

GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20267 min

Mice, Ants and Wasps You Can Handle Without a Contract

Three pests, three different jobs, and the exact point where you should stop and hand it to somebody licensed.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The freezer meals that survive the freezer

A new baby, a surgery, a layoff. One Saturday of cooking buys you fourteen dinners, if you freeze the right things the right way.

Dude.com — 16 advisers who listen, talk and pray with you

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Survival & Self-Defense6 min read

Who Goes Where If Someone Breaks In At 2 A.M.

One rally point, one caller, one door, and nobody wandering the hallway in the dark. Build the plan on a Sunday afternoon, not at 2 a.m.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Pull a floor vent before you price a new hardwood floor

Most tired oak has one more refinish left in it, and ten minutes with a screwdriver tells you whether yours does.

GuideFoodWes Dunbar23 Sept 20265 min

Your green beans need a pressure canner and your pickles don't

The pH line that decides everything, the altitude math nobody does, and the mistakes that cost you a whole shelf in February.

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Buy Your First Handgun After You Shoot It, Not Before

Trigger reach, slide technique and a rental counter will teach you more in one afternoon than a month of scrolling reviews.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

Fitting Seven People Into Twelve Hundred Square Feet

The fix isn't more house. It's giving every coat, shoe and cereal box an address it can't wander off from.

GuideTravelDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Mount Rushmore takes ninety minutes. Plan the other six days.

Where to base, which roads to drive, what to book ahead, and the granite tunnel that'll stop a full-size truck cold.

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

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

After Forty, Your Self-Defense Plan Has to Change

The body you had at twenty isn't coming back. Train for the eleven seconds you'd actually get, and build a life that avoids most of them.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Smoke Alarm On Your Ceiling Might Already Be Expired

Flip one off its base tonight and read the date on the back. If it starts with a 2 and a 0 and a number under 16, it's done working the way you think it is.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideTravelDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

The cheap island is the big one, and the cheap month is October

How to do Hawaii for close to mainland money: pick the right island, dodge four specific weeks, and stop paying for a resort you'll barely sit in.

GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseNina Castellan23 Sept 20266 min

Concealed carry for women that actually works

Most women quit carrying because the holster hurt, not because they changed their minds. Fix the rig first and the confidence follows.

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

The Water Heater Job You Can Do and the Part You Can't

Most of a tank swap is plumbing you already understand. Then it turns into gas, venting and carbon monoxide, and that's a different job.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Travel6 min

Pick the coast by the water, not the pictures

Survival & Self-Defense6 min

The awareness, the voice and the moves worth drilling

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideHomeWes Dunbar23 Sept 20266 min

What to Ask Before You Sign for a Furnace or Heat Pump

The tablet with three shiny tiers isn't the decision. Sizing, ductwork and install quality are, and three questions tell you who's guessing.

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

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Travel6 min read

How to do Alaska by cruise, train or truck

The Inside Passage, the Denali Star and the Alaska Highway solve three completely different problems. Pick the one that fits who's coming.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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