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What Tools You Should Carry in Your Glove Box

What Tools You Should Carry in Your Glove Box

My glove box used to be a junk drawer on hinges, packed with old receipts, expired paperwork, napkins, soy sauce packs, half a snapped pencil, and a dry marker. Then a bad motivator lef...

GolfWhats that about Swing Oil?

Whats that about Swing Oil?

I was playing badly enough that even my mysterious companion had run out of advice. So I took a small pull from the flask, looked across the fairway, and decided the scorecard had already d...

GolfWorn, colorized vintage photograph of a hand placing a clover-marked golf ball marker on the green.

A Guide to What's In Your Bag That Isn't A Club

Pack Light, Play Well I’ve never claimed to be good at golf. My mysterious companion has the kind of swing that makes strangers nod in approval; mine looks more like I’m trying...

barbecueMesquite Charcoal Smash Burgers

Mesquite Charcoal Smash Burgers

Mesquite charcoal smash burgers are made by heating a cast iron griddle over hot mesquite coals, smashing loose beef balls thin, searing for 60 to 90 seconds, then flipping once and melting cheese...

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campingFiasco Files: The Archive

Fiasco Files: The Archive

Fire Good. Beer Good. We dumb. When I was in college in my freshman year in 1982, on a whim three friends and I decided to spend a three-day weekend fishing and camping in the wilderness near us - ...

FishingHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shore

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Shore

No trailer. No ramp. No motor. Just foot power, a cooler, a chair, a rod, and a nice patch of water. This is not a fishing guide. We are not here to explain every bait, knot, or secret fish whispe...