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Buy The Motor, Not The Attachment Count

A 22-piece kit and a bare clipper both cut hair. Only one of them is still cutting hair in year four.

GuideWoodworkingWes DunbarSep 23, 20266 min

Cracking a window isn't ventilation when you're spraying

Solvent vapor sinks, pools at the floor and finds the pilot light. Here's how to move air properly, and which respirator cartridge actually does something.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Your trouser hem is probably an inch off, and it shows

Break isn't a style opinion, it's a measurement. Get the back hem and the leg opening right and the front takes care of itself.

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

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Men's Grooming5 min read

Beard oil, balm and wash, and which one you can skip

Two of the three earn their shelf space. The third depends on how long your beard is, and nobody selling it's going to tell you that.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideCountry BroCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Cold Takes Your Judgment Before It Takes Your Fingers

The morning that gets you isn't the coldest one. It's the one where you sweat through a shirt at nine and stand still at eleven.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Build a whole wardrobe for five hundred dollars, line by line

Eleven purchases, one tailoring budget, and the order to buy them in if you only have a hundred bucks this month.

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

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Beard Itch Peaks Around Day Ten, Then It Quits

Ninety seconds a morning and three cheap things fix the worst month of growing a beard. Most men quit right before it ends.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideCountry BroCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The Spot On Your Ear That Won't Heal Isn't A Razor Nick

Tradesmen get skin cancer on the ear rim, the back of the neck and the lower lip. What to watch for, and what actually blocks sun on a jobsite.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How to get your medical records and fix what's wrong in them

Your chart follows you into every exam room, and it probably has at least one error in it. Getting a copy takes about twenty minutes.

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

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Shine By Noon Is A Product Problem, Not A Washing Problem

Oil isn't dirt, and scrubbing it off at 7 a.m. is why your forehead is a mirror by lunch. Ninety seconds, three products, one habit.

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

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GuideFamilyCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The medicine cabinet is the worst place for your medicine

A kid with a 102 fever at 2 a.m. is the wrong time to discover the thermometer's dead and the children's ibuprofen expired in 2022.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

$Pick your family's health plan with three columns of math$

GuideMoneyRay OkonkwoSep 23, 20266 min

Pick your family's health plan with three columns of math

The premium is the number they put in front of you. The worst-year total is the number that actually decides it.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Round face, long face, square jaw, three different beards

Your beard's shape is decided by two lines, and most men cut both of them in the wrong place.

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

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GuideSkillsCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How To Use An AED And Where To Find One First

The machine tells you what to do and won't shock a heart that doesn't need it. The hard part is knowing which wall it's hanging on.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Money5 min

Ask the pharmacist for the cash price before you hand over the card

Men's Grooming5 min

Razor bumps on curly beard hair aren't a shaving cream problem

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The questions to ask your surgeon before you sign anything

You get about fifteen minutes in that room. Spend them on the things that actually change your recovery, your bill and your calendar.

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

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Money5 min read

A health savings account is a tax account with a medical name

Triple tax break, one strict entry requirement, and a deductible you have to cover in cash. The arithmetic decides whether it's yours.

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What was your first ever job?

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