42 Fortieth Birthday Gifts for a Man Short on Time
He’s turning forty this year, and the day is somehow fuller than it was at thirty: a job that eats ...
Read the guideHe’s turning forty this year, and the day is somehow fuller than it was at thirty: a job that eats ...
Read the guideA friend buying for another friend doesn’t get the shortcuts a partner has memorized over years together: no color he ...
Read the guideA man turning fifty has usually already bought himself the ordinary version of nearly everything: a decent knife, a decent ...
Read the guideYou know your uncle’s name, roughly his age, and that he shows up at the holidays with a story nobody ...
Read the guideSomewhere in this decade a man stops wanting three of a thing and starts wanting one good one. He has ...
Read the guideAsk him what he wants and he’ll say nothing, and for once that isn’t modesty. He has a crew or ...
Read the guideA man teaching five periods a day owns almost nothing that stays entirely his: the desk gets used by a ...
Read the guideBy the time a guy hits thirty, he has already bought himself most of what he needs. What is usually ...
Read the guideDay one in a new place goes about like this. The mattress is on the floor, the kettle is inside ...
Read the guideAsk a man who has just turned eighty what he wants and the answer comes back the same every year. ...
Read the guideSeventy is a strange age to shop for, mostly because of what people assume about it. Half the gift lists ...
Read the guideNobody decides to become a dog dad. What happens is that a man who was firm about the dog not ...
Read the guideThere is a shelf in most Christian homes that everybody has quietly agreed not to look at. A third plaque ...
Read the guideA gag gift has exactly one job, and it isn’t being funny. It’s being funny in a room, out loud, ...
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