The Dull Purchases of Being a Grown-Up

Mar 1, 2013
I don’t mean to alarm anyone, but I happen to have it on good authority that I may, in fact, be getting older… I’m no more happy about it than you are, but the signs around me are getting harder...

Nobody WANTS to Pick Up Dog Poop…

Feb 8, 2013
When you have a dog, there are certain responsibilities than you agree to undertake. Now I don’t have to tell any of you folks about that – my readers are smart people and would never dream of not...

A House Call from the Rug Doctor

Feb 24, 2012
I just hope that the poor guy knows what he’s getting himself into because for the love of all things freshly Febreezed are the floors around this house absolutely and unequivocally beyond disgustin...

Vertically Challenged

May 13, 2011
The latest challenge that I’ve been faced with recently in our quest to get settled in our new home is changing the burnt out lightbulb outside above our front porch. Just one stupid, little lightb...

Yeah, So I’m a Lightbulb Snob…

Apr 8, 2011
There are just so many people who don’t even know the difference between mediocre and brilliantly-crafted luminous electrical tubes, sometimes it drives me absolutely batty to think of how many poor...

To Build a House of Gingerbread…

Dec 3, 2010
What better way to help transition into Christmastime after a bountiful Thanksgiving feast than by building your own edible encomium of holiday spirit, complete with a Skittle-tiled roof and gumdrop s...

The Man with the Biggest Bed Wins

Oct 1, 2010
You eat enough of the candy bars and eventually you no longer have a choice but to buy the corresponding mattress, but in this case it had actually just been something that we had been planning to do ...

Smoke Detector Wars

May 14, 2010
Frankly I would’ve been happy to procrastinate the whole process even longer if given the opportunity, but sometimes it’s amazing just how convincing the tiniest of little green lights can be when...