Trades & Careers

Electrician, lineman, welder, plumber. How to get in, get certified and get paid what the work is worth.

The BRO Code. What to do, what not to do, and a few laughs on the way.

Your Kid Doesn't Need A Tour Of Your Work, They Need A Shift

The visitor badge and the donut are a wasted day. Hand them a real task with a real standard, and let them watch somebody correct you.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

What ibuprofen does to your kidneys on a hot training day

The pill isn't the problem. The pill plus dehydration plus your blood pressure medication is the problem, and almost nobody explains that part.

Ask BRO

What should I wear to this?

Ask it

GuideTools & OrganizingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

How to Pick a Cordless Tool Platform You Won't Regret

You're not buying a drill. You're buying a battery mount you'll live with for a decade, so pick it on purpose and buy in cheap.

Dude.com — 16 AI advisers who listen, talk and are here with you

PartnerDude.com

Dads6 min read

Your kid is being bullied and you've got about a week

A day-by-day plan for the first seven days: what to say, what to write down, what to ask the school for, and when it stops being a school matter.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Hepatitis C is curable and the test takes one blood draw

One-time screening is now recommended for every adult, the cure is a daily pill for eight to twelve weeks, and heavy lifting can muddy your liver numbers.

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

The pork butt is done when the probe slides, not at 203

Eight pounds, a bone that pulls clean, and the three hours of rest almost nobody builds into the plan.

Shirts.com — Design it with AI. Wear it this week.

PartnerShirts.com

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Write the letters before you get on the plane

Most of what keeps a deployed dad connected to his kids gets built in the two weeks before he leaves, not over a satellite connection at 2am.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

When depression shows up as anger instead of sadness

It rarely looks like crying. It looks like a short fuse, a flat Saturday, and a guy who says he's fine because he genuinely can't feel anything else.

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Start the fire an hour before you want to eat

Flames blacken food and coals cook it, and most people light the wood about forty minutes too late to get any.

Ask BRO

Rewrite my résumé so it actually gets read

Ask it

GuideFamilyCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Your in-law problem is usually a marriage problem

Boundaries with her parents or yours work one way: each of you handles your own family, says the specific thing out loud, and then holds it.

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

PartnerDelicious.com

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Creatinine, eGFR and what to ask when the numbers drift

Your lab flagged creatinine high and now you're reading about dialysis at midnight. Slow down and check these four things first.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Take the meal in a pan you never want back

How to feed a family after a funeral or a new baby without adding one more thing to their list.

GuideDadsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The Homeschool Dad Job Description Nobody Hands You

You don't have to teach fractions at 10am. But you do have to own a subject, run the discipline, and keep the whole thing from eating your wife alive.