Happy Christmas Eve, Dudes. It’s Wednesday, December 31st, and the last day of 2025. We’re here to deliver you this week’s roundup, designed to make you a more interesting Kentucky dude.

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Turns out, our main source of inspiration for many articles is a pint-sized, 10-year-old dude (my son) who thinks he's got all the answers, forcing me into a constant state of fact-checking.

Through that fact-checking chaos, we turn his “dad, did you know…” moments into bite-sized wisdom you can actually use, or at least laugh at over a beer.

why redheads are built different

Kentucky Dude Original, 1-minute read

My 10-year-old saw someone with bright red hair at the grocery store and asked why some people look like they're "made of fire," which sent us down a rabbit hole I wasn't expecting. Turns out, redheads aren't just rare, they're medically, genetically, and evolutionarily built different in ways that'll make you rethink every ginger joke you've ever heard. Beware.

7 Wisdoms We Laughed At... Until They Were Ours

Kentucky Dude original, 1-minute read

You spent your entire youth rolling your eyes at advice that sounded like fortune cookie wisdom, and now you're catching yourself saying the exact same things out loud. Turns out, those annoying old sayings weren't just filler, they were expensive lessons someone already paid for, and you're about to find out why the hard way.

January 1st puts pressure on change that hasn’t earned its footing yet. You’re tired. The routine isn’t stable. Life hasn’t even restarted, and you’re already trying to reinvent yourself.

That’s not discipline. That’s bad timing.

Most resolutions fail because they’re treated like a moment instead of a system. A declaration instead of a lifestyle.

Here’s the move: Don’t start on January 1st. Start when the noise dies down.

Wait a few weeks. Let life return to its normal rhythm. Then make your move quietly, without an audience, without a countdown, without the “new year, new me” energy that burns hot and disappears fast.

Stop calling it a resolution. Start calling it a habit.

You don’t “become someone who works out.” You become someone who walks every morning.

You don’t “fix your diet.” You cook one more meal at home each week.

You don’t “change your life.” You change Tuesday.

Habits stick when they fit into your real life, not the fantasy version you imagined on December 31st. Build them where you already are. Attach them to routines you already keep. Make them boring. Make them repeatable.

Why bother? Because lifestyle change doesn’t reset every year—it compounds.

When you stop tying growth to a date on the calendar, you stop failing annually. You stop “starting over.” You just keep going.

And that’s the version that actually lasts.

how to improve your grip strength

Kentucky Dude Original, 1-minute read

Your handshake says more about you than you realize. If you want stronger hands, more confidence, and fewer quiet apologies at first contact, this one’s for you.

dry January, when the calendar moves slower than usual

Kentucky Dude Original, 1-minute read

January already feels long. Now imagine removing one of the things that makes it tolerable and seeing what shows up instead.

Something that goes in one y-ear and out the other. 😂

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