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Your best deer stand is the one you can reach in the dark

Scout your walk-in before you scout the sign, hang for the wind you actually get, and then do almost nothing for the first gray hour.

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.

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BRO TakeMovies & TVMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

The Greatest Westerns Ever Made, From Shane to Lonesome Dove

A ranked canon with the content concerns named plainly, plus the case for why a 1953 movie about a homesteader still beats all comers.

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The Sitcom Bits That Still Get a Laugh Fifty Years Later

A conveyor belt from 1952 still beats most of what's on streaming, and there are reasons for that you can steal.

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GuideFishingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Three Bass Lures That Catch Fish on Any Water

A stick worm, a squarebill and a white spinnerbait will cover almost every bass situation you'll meet from the bank this year.

GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Father and Son Movies, and the Right Age to Watch Each One

Ten films that land, sorted by how old your boy needs to be, with the content concerns named up front so you're not fumbling for the remote.

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GuideOutdoorsWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

What To Do When Somebody Gets Hurt Two Miles From the Truck

Sprains, blisters and burns are what actually happens on trail. Here's how to handle them, and how to know when the day is over.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideHumorCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

How to Get a Laugh at a Funeral Without Getting a Look

The funny eulogy is the hardest five minutes of public speaking there is, and the family will remember it longer than the flowers.

GuideMovies & TVMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

The Old Action Movies That Still Work on a Modern Screen

You can draw the floor plan of Nakatomi Plaza from memory. That's not nostalgia, that's filmmaking, and here's which ones earned it.

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GuideMusicCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Learning an Instrument After Sixty Is Good for Your Brain

Twenty minutes a day, the right instrument for your hands, and a hymn you already know by heart. That's the whole plan.

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GuideHumorMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

How to Be Funny at Work Without Torching Your Credibility

The same joke can make you the sharpest person in the room or the one nobody trusts with a budget. The difference is almost never the joke.

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GuideMovies & TVSam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

Shows Dad Picks That Nobody Has to Leave the Room For

Nine series with enough grit to hold a grown man's attention and nothing that'll have you lunging for the remote at 8:40 on a Tuesday.

StoryMusicMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

The True Stories Behind the Patriotic Songs You Think You Know

A poem scribbled on Pikes Peak, a tune borrowed from a London club, a bugle call rewritten in a Virginia camp, and why the anthem is so hard to sing.

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GuideHumorSam OrtizSep 23, 20265 min

Clean Jokes That Actually Land in a High School Cafeteria

Six jokes you own beat sixty you borrowed, and the trap question is still the most reliable laugh a sixteen-year-old can throw.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Movies & TV6 min

The Best Survival Movies and What They Get Wrong About Staying Alive

Music5 min

What Actually Matters When You Buy Your First Acoustic

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StoryHumorNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

The Twelve Stages of Building a Dresser With Your Wife

Nobody's marriage has ever been ended by a Swedish dresser, but a few have been tested somewhere around step 14.

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The Heist and Spy Classics Worth Clearing a Saturday For

Twelve picks, the content concerns named straight, and a running order that gets everybody home before midnight.

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