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Walking into a club at forty and actually going back

The awkwardness is real, it's short, and there's a way to shorten it further. Mostly it comes down to what you say in the first minute.

GuideFoodDean ShawSep 22, 20265 min

Why your Sunday cooking tastes dead by Wednesday

The problem isn't your recipes. It's that you're cooking finished meals on day one and expecting them to survive until day four.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

Why your garage filled up, and how to get it back

Garages don't fill up because you ran out of space. They fill up because nothing ever leaves, and nothing has an address.

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Life5 min read

How to find a group in your town that's worth showing up for

A simple test for which local groups are worth your evenings, where the good ones hide, and how to stop quitting after two visits.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideFoodDean ShawSep 22, 20266 min

One roast chicken and the four dinners it should give you

Get the bird right, strip it while it's still hot, and you've bought yourself three more dinners and a pot of stock.

GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

How to hang heavy things so they never come down

Studs, toggles, cleats and the four mistakes that put a mirror on the floor at two in the morning.

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GuideLifeCal BrennanSep 22, 20265 min

Become the neighbor your street calls at eleven at night

Nobody calls a stranger when the basement floods. Being the one they phone is a set of habits you can start this weekend.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

The Sunday roast that leaves your afternoon alone

Most of the work belongs to Saturday night. The rest is oven math, a long rest, and refusing to cook four things that finish at once.

GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

Find the draughts first, then spend money on insulation

Most people insulate the wrong thing in the wrong order. A cold afternoon, a stick of incense and about $60 will tell you where your heat is going.

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideLifeMarcus ValeSep 22, 20266 min

Keeping a friend when neither of you has a spare evening

Stop waiting for the long catch-up that never comes. Shrink the unit of contact and the friendship survives the busy decade.

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GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

Breakfast in four minutes, and none of it is cereal

Turn the pan on before you do anything else. Everything that makes a fast breakfast good or bad happens in the first thirty seconds.

Poll

What was your first ever job?

GuideHomeWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

What your home inspector won't check, and what you should

A standard inspection is a visual, non-invasive look at a house on one dry morning. Plenty of expensive problems sit just outside that scope.

GuideLifeMarcus ValeSep 22, 20265 min

The phone isn't the problem, the default is

You don't need more willpower. You need to change what your hand reaches for when nothing else is happening.

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GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 22, 20266 min

Sharpening a kitchen knife without wrecking it

Most home knives aren't dull, they're bent. Knowing the difference, and learning to feel for the burr, is the whole skill.

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Is your money actually in order?

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

Home6 min

The paint job that still looks right in three years

Life6 min

How to Decide When Both Roads Look Right

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideFoodWes DunbarSep 22, 20265 min

How to feed a family well when the food budget is tight

Cheap ingredients aren't the problem. The problem is buying for recipes, throwing away a third of it, and cooking everything in too small a pan.

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Find Your Shutoffs Tonight, Not At Two In The Morning

A burst supply line puts out hundreds of gallons an hour. The difference between a mop and a claim is whether you already know where the valve is.

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When did you last ask for a raise?

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