I may love L.A. but I sure hate flying
Alas, I will be leaving for Los Angeles soon, though you’ll be sorry to hear I should be back in a week. At least that’s the plan. Since my flight was booked by the Cerritos Travel Agency, I may be… READ MORE
First-time homeowner? Here are five new ways for you to hurt yourself
I was told home ownership would teach me many new skills. That is true. I have learned many new ways to injure myself. Lesson 1. You cannot make snow angels in the attic insulation. This fact has been scientifically validated… READ MORE
What, me worry about a few dinosaurs, taco stands and incoming asteroids?
Guess what I read? I read that someday in the future, an asteroid might hit Earth. I was munching peanuts and swigging a glass of apple juice, and when my brain got hold of those words the peanuts and apple… READ MORE
Watching Mom iron my pants is like watching an artist at work
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To watch Mom iron is to watch a carpenter join pieces of wood into something that ill be handed down, parent to child, for generations. It is watching an artist imbue blank canvas with timelessness. It is watching a craftsman… READ MORE
When they describe cockroaches as ‘three-inch monsters’ it’s time to leave the state
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I opened into my personal computer file the other day and there, at the top of the list, was a short story with a message especially for me written above it. The message read: “Good news, Del.” A little farther… READ MORE
The road to science and math is filled with potholes
Science and mathematics are filled with misconceptions that are held to be immutable truths. I would like to debunk these myths so that we may get on with the business of learning about our world. Myth No. 1: What goes… READ MORE
Crusading varmints make fools of us all
One advantage of living in an area with low-power television stations is that any time I feel like it, I can relive those happy hours of my childhood spent watching some dumb animal save the world. You know what I… READ MORE
A new Asian import has show up in America. It has six legs … and WINGS!
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We will warn you for the 3,418th time this year that the dreaded Asian cockroach is raping and pillaging its way up the Florida peninsula and will arrive in YOUR home precisely three minutes after you read this, because that… READ MORE
Every time I board an airplane I swear it will be the last, but it never is
This is why I don’t like flying: You walk into a metal cylinder that resembles an iron lung, but rather than helping you breathe, this lung prevents you from performing that basic function. It is too small and too narrow… READ MORE
Elect me and I’ll be concerned about our embassy to the USSR being bugged
Several important elected officials who are taking a break from investigating golf courses that someday might require federal assistance, have expressed shock that the U.S. embassy in Moscow has been compromised by KGB bugs. (IMPORTANT NOTE: These bugs, of course,… READ MORE