What I Did on My Summer Vacation – Homemade Potato Farm Edition
At least apples and oranges have the decency to grow hanging on trees in plain sight, but so many vegetables grow underground or out of sight – who knows what they’re doing when they’re down the...
A Frying Pan for My Birthday…
Normally I'm not really even one for "practical gifts" because I feel like if I really need a new pair of socks, I'd much rather just go buy them myself than waste valuable birthday merriment unwrappi...
Welcome to Vine City – Population: Vines
I may not know anything at all about vines and other vine-related climbing plants, but I think it’s clear to see that they should be feared nonetheless like the untamable killers that they most like...
Hungry Hungry Cleo
The sad truth of the matter, as any frustrated puppy owner will woefully confirm, is that in reality we have no choice but to comply with the bite-sized demands of these creatures that are systematica...
One Day a Grilling Guru, I Shall Be…
Believe me, I certainly understand that my lack of open pit prowess isn’t exactly the most manly thing to be declaring here in the dead of summer when the Coronas are flowing freely and every guy wh...
Bitten By a Bajillion Bugs
Flying swift like miniature porcupines out for blood, they strike from all angles in a coordinated attack the likes of which this humble pincushion has never before seen, ultimately leaving behind a b...
Death of an Air Conditioner
The idea of driving around without air conditioning even at two o’clock in the morning for a quick trip to the store is an unfathomable fate that I wouldn’t dare wish upon my worst of enemies…...
A Moment of Silence for the Sounds of the ‘80s (and more!)
I may not have had the foggiest idea why Tommy Tutone would want to call a girl and risk getting phone cooties, but I still had Jenny’s phone number memorized like the back of my hand just the same....