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.

What your hunting license actually pays for

The duck stamp, the excise tax on your ammo and the tag you never filled all feed one system. Worth knowing how it works before you complain about the price.

GuideMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Westerns Ranked by How They Actually Play on Family Night

Twelve of the best, ordered by whether an eleven-year-old stays in the room, with the content concerns named up front.

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

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GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Draw a 350-mile circle and book the trip inside it

Set the dollar number before the destination, keep the drive under six hours, and the cheap family vacation builds itself.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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Hunting & Shooting6 min read

Calling Coyotes Without Losing Your Permission

Coyotes come in fast, from the wrong side, and usually behind you. The harder part is still the guy who owns the gate.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

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.

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Two nights, ninety minutes away, and one page of instructions

The anniversary weekend works when you plan the handoff harder than the hotel. Do the boring part Thursday, and Saturday takes care of itself.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Pattern the gun, learn one call, then sit still

Spring gobblers are won on a paper target in March and lost by a hunter who moves at 9:40 a.m. Everything else is detail.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

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.

GuideTravelDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Go to the Holy Land with fifteen people, not fifty

Group size decides your pilgrimage more than the itinerary does. What to ask before you wire the deposit, and what the brochure price leaves out.

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

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.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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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.

Poll

Where does your phone charge overnight?

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.

GuideHunting & ShootingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

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.

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

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StoryMovies & TVDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Happy Days Still Works and the Fonz Is the Reason Why

ABC made Henry Winkler wear a gray windbreaker. Eleven seasons later, the leather jacket was in the Smithsonian.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

BRO for Her5 min

The nap-time workout that doesn't wake the baby

Hunting & Shooting6 min

Brush the blind, cut the spread, fix the waders

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What should I wear to this?

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StoryMovies & TVNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

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.