The Self-Employed Man

Be your own boss and still pay the bills: clients, pricing, taxes, tools and time for your family.

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Three knives, and what the cheap ones really cost

A kitchen knife, a folder, and a fixed blade. Buy the right inexpensive ones and the whole set lands under a hundred dollars.

GuideGamingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

What to buy when you only get forty minutes a night

Resume time matters more than frame rate. A practical look at handhelds, consoles and the games that actually fit a short evening.

BRO Seniors6 min

Build the first year before you hand in your notice

Gear6 min

The car kit that matters when the kids are in the back

GuideGamingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

What esports scholarships actually pay, and what they cost

The roster spot is real. The money is usually partial. And the most useful part of a school program is the part nobody gets recruited for.

GuidePlayMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Your first beer league season at forty-five

What it costs, what hurts, which division to pick, and why skating badly is the only problem you actually have to fix.

BRO Seniors5 min

Strong at seventy starts with getting off the floor

Gaming5 min

Family game night on the console, without the arguments

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Sunday breakfast for six, hot, all at the same time

The cooking isn't hard. Getting eggs, bacon, potatoes and pancakes to land together is, and here's the sequence that does it.

GuideCountry BroWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The first year with chickens, without losing half the flock

Hardware cloth, six birds, and the January morning that tells you whether you're actually a chicken person.

Gaming5 min

The retro consoles worth keeping and the ones to sell

Food6 min

Five meals to teach your kids, and the order that works

GuideCountry BroWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The tractor most small acreages actually need

Loader capacity, PTO horsepower and ballast matter more than the number on the hood. What to buy for five to twenty acres, and what to skip.

GuideGamingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How loot boxes work on kids and how to shut them down

Randomized rewards, points currencies and limited-time shops are built to beat a ten-year-old's self-control. The fixes take about twenty minutes.

BRO Seniors6 min

Write the thirty stories your grandchildren will actually read

Gadgets5 min

What to buy when your kid needs a phone, not a smartphone

GuideCity BroMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Raising kids outdoors when you live on the sixth floor

No garden, no car, forty minutes before dinner. What actually gets city kids outside on a wet Tuesday, and what just sits in the hall.

Food5 min read

Grilling for thirty without standing at the fire all night

The problem isn't cooking. It's that thirty people want to eat at the same moment and your kettle cooks for eight.

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