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Don't make the big decision in the first year

Order fifteen death certificates, put the ambush days on the calendar, and keep three things fixed. What the first year after a loss actually asks of you.

GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

How to Fly and Drive With a Firearm and Not Get It Wrong

The hard case, the locks, the declaration, the state-line problem, and the one bag check that keeps people out of a very expensive mess.

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GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

A pot of bones on Sunday is worth five dinners

Stock is the cheapest thing in your kitchen and the easiest to ruin. Keep it under a boil, chill it fast, and five soups get better.

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

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The letter you keep meaning to write takes eleven minutes

A stamp costs under a dollar and a half-page note outlives every text you'll ever send. Here's the shape, and the seven people who've earned one.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

What Heller, McDonald and Bruen Actually Held

Three Supreme Court rulings rebuilt American gun law in fourteen years. Here's what each one decided, and what it changes for you on Monday morning.

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 23, 20265 min

Your grilled chicken burns because the whole grill is hot

Build the fire on half the grate, salt it the day before, and stop guessing at the joint with a knife.

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GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Three lines a night is all the journal you need

Skip the feelings, the leather cover and the morning routine. A composition notebook and ninety seconds will do more for you than any of it.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

BRO TakeSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

The Second Amendment Is the Right That Guards the Rest

Commentary on why the right to keep and bear arms is a duty as much as a liberty, and what carrying it seriously actually costs you.

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.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Twenty pages a day is the whole reading plan

A busy year will eat your ambitious list by March. It won't touch twenty pages a night, and twenty pages a night is two dozen books.

CancerDefying.com — The research, protocols and reading in one place

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StorySurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

They Came For The Powder First

The Second Amendment didn't begin as a debate over words. It began with British regulars marching before dawn to seize a town's guns and powder.

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Where does your phone charge overnight?

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.

GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Start with the guy who's already in your phone

Most men aren't short of people. They're short of contact. The way out starts with one text, a real date, and no explanation for the gap.

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

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20265 min

Your Kid Should Know What To Do When They Find A Gun

Four words, a locked box, and a range day. How to raise a kid who's safe around firearms instead of desperately curious about them.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

Food5 min

Take the meal in a pan you never want back

Life6 min

Moving day is won three weeks before the truck shows up

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideSurvival & Self-DefenseMarcus ValeSep 23, 20266 min

Carrying Every Day Starts With The Belt, Not The Gun

The pistol is the easy part. Getting it on your body every morning, comfortably and concealed, is where most people quit.

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

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Food6 min read

Keep the fat at 34 degrees or your sausage will smear

Homemade sausage fails at the grinder, not the skillet. Cold meat, a sharp plate and one salt number fix almost all of it.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

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