My
boyfriend was laid off from his job a few weeks back. Ever since
cashing his severance check, all he does is sit around and watch TV
while I work to support us both. I know unemployment has undermined his
confidence, but I'm not his mother! How do I get him out of the house
and looking for work?

—Peeved In Palmyra

Killing
silently is a tall order, but a quick look at an anatomy chart will
show that the larynx is an easy enough target—providing you can make a
stealthy submerged approach, sneak up on your victim, and catch him
unaware. Once that's accomplished, grasp his hair as close to the scalp
as you're able to and yank his head back while using your Ka-Bar combat
knife to make a lateral cut across his throat. Make sure you sever both
the carotid artery and jugular vein while piercing the windpipe, and
press hard; the larynx is a tough, rubbery piece of tissue.

I
am a happily married man with a warm and loving wife who is also my
best friend. We've been together for 17 years and couldn't be happier.
But lately she says she wants separate beds. I'm reeling! We're barely
in our 40s, and in my mind separate sleeping is for seniors. Am I
making too much of this? Help!

—Anxious In Andersonville

Destroying
a bridge might look easy in the movies, but remember: They're designed
to withstand the immense shear-forces of wind and weather. Deploying an
underwater M-32 satchel charge at the base of each load-bearing pylon
looks like the answer, but it might not even shake a modern riveted
steel highway or railroad bridge. Without delving into the complex
language of the guerrilla combat engineer, the best advice I can give
you is to forgo subtlety in favor of brute force: Put two satchel
charges at each X-shaped trestle buck, and this should rob the bridge
of any reinforcing strength and cause it to buckle nicely.

After
several catastrophically bad relationships, I have finally found the
right man. But old habits die hard. After all those cheating jerks, it
requires great will for me to trust this absolute prince. I find myself
reading his mail, listening to his answering-machine messages, even—God
help me—following him around! How do I handle this situation? I don't
want to ruin the best thing I have ever had.

—Paranoid In Portsmouth

The
10mm Colt sidearm might not be an ideal long-distance weapon, and it's
certainly no sniper's rifle, but it has the advantages of low weight
and quicker target acquisition. You can reliably engage aggressors at
ranges of 30 meters and more. Use a two-handed grip and brace the
barrel against a tree, or use your dive tanks and rebreather as an
improvised bench rest. Don't worry about "stopping power": One of those
10mm slugs opens up to about 70 caliber when it hits, leaving an exit
wound you could toss a cat through, and bringing so much energy to a
target that a hit in the extremities is often enough to drop Ivan in
his tracks.