Odds & Ends: January 30, 2026
The Hustler. The Hustler was my most recent Zone 2 cardio watch. Paul Newman plays “Fast Eddie” Felson, a pool…
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A Field Guide to Animal Scat
Identifying animal scat is one of those outdoor skills that sounds simple until you actually try it. You spot a…
The 8 Best Polar Exploration Books
Polar exploration stories have a way of both terrifying and inspiring the soul. The combination of physical…
Podcast #1,102: The Click Effect — Inside the Science and Magic of Social…
in: People, Podcast, Social Skills Brett & Kate McKay • January 27, 2026 We’ve all had that…
A Tier-by-Tier Guide to Backup Power: How to Keep Your Home Running When the Grid…
Over the weekend, much of the United States was hit with a huge winter storm that affected over 200 million…
The 1980s Walking Workout That Will Actually Get You in Shape
When the physician and psychiatrist Leonard Schwartz surveyed his life at middle-age, he was not particularly…
Podcast #1,101: How Football Took Over America — and Could Collapse
American football is so big — so braided into our weekends, our language, and our culture — that it can be hard…
Shaving at Night: Is It Better Than Morning?
Shaving is one of those daily rituals that most men take care of as part of their morning routine. It makes…
Odds & Ends: January 16, 2026
Round House Duck Canvas Bib Overalls. For heavy chores around the house or helping my friend slaughter chickens…
How to Make Fire From Ice
Making fire from ice sits right at the edge of survival skill and science experiment. It’s one of those…
So You’ve Been Laid Off: 5 Things to Do Right Away
I’m in my late thirties and have been laid off twice in my working years. This is not an unusual experience,…
Podcast #1,100: Money and Meaning — What Faith Traditions Teach Us About Personal…
We usually think of money as something very practical, concrete, and secular; we earn it, save it, spend it,…
Escape Gym Groundhog Day: Why Your Training Needs Seasons
Do you feel like your physical training has gotten stagnant and boring?Like you’ve woken up in a Planet Fitness…
Are You a Strategist or an Operator?
In the years after World War I, longtime Army colleagues and friends George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower…
Odds & Ends: January 9, 2026
United 93. I don’t know how this one slipped past me when it came out in 2006, but we only just recently…
How to Get Enough Sunlight in the Winter
There’s something about sunlight that really recharges you. If you don’t get enough of it, you feel very much…
Podcast #1,099: Strong, Conditioned, and Ready for Anything — How to Become a…
For decades, fitness culture has tended to break people into two categories: you’re either a strength guy or an…
27 Things You Should Give Up This Year
It’s a new year, which means people everywhere are making resolutions about what they’re going to add to their…
The 2026 Winter Enrollment of The Strenuous Life Is Now Open!
On the Art of Manliness, we talk about many things, from personal development, to physical fitness, to concrete…
Podcast #1,098: How to Use Probability Hacking to Achieve Your Goals
in: Advice, Character, Podcast Brett & Kate McKay • December 30, 2025 Most of us chase goals —…