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Making friends in a new town without waiting to be asked

Welcome events give you forty hellos and zero friends. Repetition gives you someone who'll bring soup. What to join, how to ask, and how long it really takes.

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

What nightly cannabis does to your sleep, memory and drive

The research is messier than either side admits. What's actually solid, what isn't, and a 30-day test that answers the question for your own head.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideBe a ManCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

Grown men make friends shoulder to shoulder

Texting "we should grab coffee sometime" has never once produced a friend. A Tuesday night league with a scoreboard does it in about six weeks.

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

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BRO for Her5 min read

Be the friend who comes back on day nine

Meals flood in for a week and then stop cold. Real friendship is the text on week five and the trash cans nobody else remembered.

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Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How much water you actually need and how to tell you're behind

Skip the gallon jug. A bathroom scale, a look in the toilet bowl and a pinch of salt will tell you more than any app.

GuideBe a ManCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Say the hard thing once, then be his friend again

The window is short, the speech is about three sentences long, and the part most men botch is what they do for the next month.

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GuideWoodworkingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Five tools, five projects, and the order to do them in

Buy the circular saw before the miter saw, build the tool tote before the table, and don't let anybody sell you a router yet.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

Naloxone is over the counter now and you should own some

Slow breathing, pinpoint pupils, gray lips. What an opioid overdose actually looks like, and what to do in the minutes that decide it.

GuideBe a ManCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

What to say when your buddy's life comes apart

Skip "you good?" It's a question he can dodge, and he will. Say what you noticed instead, then plan to still be there on day twelve.

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GuideWoodworkingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Three builds with your kids and who does what on each

A cutting board, a birdhouse and a bookshelf, and the exact jobs you can hand a kid on each one without wrecking the project.

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

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

The call you still think about, and the help that works

Intrusive replays, a 2 a.m. wake-up, a shorter fuse at home. What's normal after a bad shift, what isn't, and what to actually do about it.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideHobbiesNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Hobbies That Get You Out of the House and Into a Real Group

Six hobbies with a standing meeting time, a beginner on-ramp and gear under $200, plus how to find the local group this week.

GuideWoodworkingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Charge for your shop time or you're paying to work

A pricing formula that survives contact with real customers, plus how to take a custom order without getting stuck building somebody's idea for free.

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

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20266 min

How to find a therapist without wasting six months

The licenses, the real costs, the four questions to ask on the first phone call, and how to tell by session four whether it's working.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Hobbies6 min

Start Painting With Watercolors for About Sixty Dollars

BRO for Her6 min

Cut the word sorry and speak in the first eight minutes

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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GuideFitnessCal BrennanSep 23, 20265 min

The honest questions to ask about your own drinking

Most people who wonder about their drinking aren't wrong to wonder. Here are the questions that actually sort it out, and what to do next.

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

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Hobbies6 min read

Start Welding in Your Garage With a Flux-Core Machine

For about the price of a decent grill, you can join two pieces of steel forever and start fixing things instead of replacing them.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

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