Hearththrob
The date atop the crumpled newspaper read 1953. The same year the structure of DNA was discovered, Khrushchev was selected First Secretary of the Soviet…
d.i.y.
No Offence
Whenever I’m bemoaning an upcoming weekend that will be spent repainting a room, I inevitably bump into some people who claim to love painting….
Met sparkle!
You’re going to tell me I can’t say the phrase “little jaunt to Amsterdam” without sounding like some tracksuited reject from a Wes Anderson…
Sun’s Cream (Part 2)
Researching mineral sunblocks like zinc oxide, two words jumped out over and over: “micronized” and “nano”. Every source of zinc oxide I came upon…
Letterman
A few weeks ago, I was on a mad hunt for wayward license plates. My vain search nearly led me to the old, rusting doors of…
Shelf-ish
The unused space inside our four fireplaces has driven us to a fiery rage for 12 years. Only, with no actual place to put that fire….
Steel vs. Steal
For no particular reason, I wanted to make the small, 6-by-9-foot bay in our carport a little more impregnable. Again, I’m not saying that I…
None of your…
Part the First: Justification She actually kidnapped me. This, despite the fact that I was already married to her and contractually obligated to accompany…
More palletable
Remember when we took that pact to avoid buying new stuff? Well, there are some issues from time to time. I’m not talking about…