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Your Nose And Your Cheeks Don't Want The Same Thing

If your forehead shines by noon while your cheeks flake, you don't need two routines. You need one routine applied two different ways.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Build a whole wardrobe for two thousand dollars in twelve months

Take the tailoring money off the top, buy coats in February, and stop shopping for clothes you already own.

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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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GuideCountry BroCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Cold Takes Your Judgment Before It Takes Your Fingers

The morning that gets you isn't the coldest one. It's the one where you sweat through a shirt at nine and stand still at eleven.

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Men's Grooming5 min read

Fine Hair Looks Fuller With A Blunter Cut And Less Product

Most thin-hair advice sells you a shampoo. The actual fix is three inches of length, a blunt line and ninety seconds with a dryer.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The rise is why your pants keep sliding under your belly

Fix the waistband first, then the shirt hem, and a midsection stops running the whole outfit.

GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

If Your House Predates 1978, Test Before You Sand

Lead paint sitting on a wall isn't the danger. The danger starts the second you put a sander to it and the dust lands where a toddler crawls.

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Buy The Motor, Not The Attachment Count

A 22-piece kit and a bare clipper both cut hair. Only one of them is still cutting hair in year four.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Your trouser hem is probably an inch off, and it shows

Break isn't a style opinion, it's a measurement. Get the back hem and the leg opening right and the front takes care of itself.

GuideCountry BroCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The Spot On Your Ear That Won't Heal Isn't A Razor Nick

Tradesmen get skin cancer on the ear rim, the back of the neck and the lower lip. What to watch for, and what actually blocks sun on a jobsite.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Beard oil, balm and wash, and which one you can skip

Two of the three earn their shelf space. The third depends on how long your beard is, and nobody selling it's going to tell you that.

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Build a whole wardrobe for five hundred dollars, line by line

Eleven purchases, one tailoring budget, and the order to buy them in if you only have a hundred bucks this month.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How to get your medical records and fix what's wrong in them

Your chart follows you into every exam room, and it probably has at least one error in it. Getting a copy takes about twenty minutes.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Beard Itch Peaks Around Day Ten, Then It Quits

Ninety seconds a morning and three cheap things fix the worst month of growing a beard. Most men quit right before it ends.

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GuideFamilyCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The medicine cabinet is the worst place for your medicine

A kid with a 102 fever at 2 a.m. is the wrong time to discover the thermometer's dead and the children's ibuprofen expired in 2022.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

$Pick your family's health plan with three columns of math$

Money6 min

Pick your family's health plan with three columns of math

Men's Grooming5 min

Shine By Noon Is A Product Problem, Not A Washing Problem

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

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GuideSkillsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How To Use An AED And Where To Find One First

The machine tells you what to do and won't shock a heart that doesn't need it. The hard part is knowing which wall it's hanging on.

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Money5 min read

Ask the pharmacist for the cash price before you hand over the card

Your copay isn't the price. It's one of at least three, and the cheapest one is usually the one nobody offers you.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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