Old School: Wisdom From Grandma & Grandpa

Common sense, hard-won lessons and the way our grandparents did it, from the people who lived it. Still works.

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Your freezer is where most venison actually gets ruined

You did everything right in the field. Then the meat sat in a bad bag at 10 degrees for eight months. Here's how to keep a season's worth eating well.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The pain under your right ribs after a big meal

Gallstone attacks hit an hour after dinner, wrap around to your shoulder blade, and then vanish. What that means and what you do next.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Watching Every Clint Eastwood Western From Rawhide to Unforgiven

A viewing order, the content concerns said out loud, and why The Outlaw Josey Wales is the one to start your teenagers on.

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Applying for limited tags without burning a decade of points

Draw odds, point creep, deadlines and the money you front — how to build an application plan that actually puts you on a mountain.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What IBS Actually Means and Which Diets Have Evidence

A real diagnosis, a short list of things worth ruling out first, and the eating changes that hold up when you have a job and kids.

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Request the airport wheelchair even if Dad walks fine

The trip with your parents works or fails on about eight small logistics calls, and most people make none of them.

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Brush the blind, cut the spread, fix the waders

Ducks don't care how many decoys you own. They care about your face, your shadow and where the wind is putting them.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Crohn's and colitis in plain language, and how to keep lifting

What these two diseases actually are, how they're found, and how to train around them when you've got a job, kids and a bad week.

GuideMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Where to Start With Gunsmoke's 635 Episodes

Twenty seasons, one marshal, and no finale. A watch plan that gets you to the great stuff without doing twenty years of homework.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Cooking venison so your kids ask for seconds

Most "gamey" deer meat is just overcooked deer meat. Fix the temperature, fix the fat, and dinner stops being a debate.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Adult asthma gets caught late and the inhaler gets used wrong

The cough that lingers after every workout isn't always deconditioning, and the thirty-dollar plastic tube at the pharmacy is the fix nobody offers grown men.

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GuideMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Ten John Wayne Films to Watch With Your Son, in Order

Skip The Searchers on night one. Start where an eleven-year-old can get in, and work up to the hard stuff.

GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Mow High, Water Deep, Skip the Chemical Program

The cheapest weed control you own is your mower deck height, and most lawns are cut two inches too short.

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The first thing to do in a stroke is check the clock

An untreated stroke costs roughly 1.9 million brain cells a minute, and the detail the ER needs most is one only you can give them.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Movies & TV5 min

Happy Days Still Works and the Fonz Is the Reason Why

Hunting & Shooting5 min

Rabbit and squirrel teach you more than a deer tag ever will

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

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Most stomach ulcers come from a bacteria, not stress

Taking ibuprofen with food doesn't protect your stomach, and the bug behind most ulcers clears with about two weeks of pills.

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Movies & TV5 min read

Two Shows That Put God on Prime Time Without Apologizing

Michael Landon and Roma Downey ran faith on network television for fourteen combined seasons. What they got right, what they fudged, and where to start.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

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