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"1. Give advice that matters in one sentence 2. Tell if someone is lying 3. Take a photo 4. Score a baseball game 5. Name a book that matters 6. Know at least one band as well as possible 7. Cook meat somewhere other than the grill 8. Not monopolize the conversation 9. Write a letter 10. Buy a suit 11. Know 3 different swimming strokes 12. Show respect without being a suck-up 13. Throw a punch 14. Chop down a tree 15. Calculate square footage 16. Tie a bow tie - DONE 17. Make one drink, in large batches, very well 18. Speak a foreign language - DONE 19. Approach a woman out of his league 20. Sew a button 21. Argue with a European without getting xenophobic or insulting soccer 22. Give a woman an orgasm so that he doesn't have to ask after it 23. Be loyal 24. Know his poison, without standing there pondering like a dope 25. Drive an eightpenny nail into a treated two-by-four without thinking about it - DONE 26. Cast a fishing rod without shrieking or sighing or otherwise admitting defeat - DONE 27. Play gin with an old guy 28. Play go fish with a kid - DONE 29. Understand quantum physics well enough that he can accept that a quarter might, at some point, pass straight through the table when dropped 30. Feign interest 31. Make a bed - DONE 32. Describe a glass of wine in one sentence without using the terms nutty, fruity, oaky, finish, or kick. 33. Hit a jump shot in pool - DONE 34. Dress a wound - DONE 35. Jump-start a car (without any drama), change a flat tire (safely), change the oil (once) - DONE 36. Make three different bets at a craps table 37. Shuffle a deck of cards - DONE 38. Tell a joke - DONE 39. Know when to split his cards in blackjack 40. Speak to an eight-year-old so he'll listen 41. Speak to a waiter so he'll hear 42. Talk to a dog so it will hear - DONE 43. Install: a disposal, an electronic thermostat, or a lighting fixture without asking for help 44. Ask for help 45. Break another man's grip on his wrist 46. Tell a woman's dress size 47. Recite a poem from memory - DONE 48. Remove a stain 49. Say no - DONE 50. Fry an egg sunny-side up - DONE 51. Build a campfire. The right way - DONE 52. STEP into a job no one wants to do 53. Sometimes, kick some ass 54. Break up a fight 55. Point north at any time 56. Create a playlist in which ten seemingly random songs create a secret message for someone 57. Explain what a lightyear is 58. Avoid boredom 59. Write a thank you note - DONE 60. Be brand-loyal to at least one product 61. Cook bacon - DONE 62. Hold a baby 63. Deliver a eulogy 64. Know that Christopher Columbus was a son-of-a-bitch 65. Throw a baseball over-hand with some snap 66. Throw a tight spiral with a football 67. Shoot a 12-foot jump shot reliably 68. Find his way out of the woods if lost 69. Tie a knot - DONE 70. Shake hands - DONE 71. Iron a shirt - DONE 72. Stock an emergency bag for the car - DONE 73. Caress a woman's neck 74. Know some birds 75. Negotiate a better price http://www.esquire.com/features/essential-skills-0508"

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