I've been watching coverage of Hurricane Sandy off and on throughout the day. I'm glad I don't live in a hurricane zone. We ha...

I need a new car. The old Defender is getting a little long in the tooth and it would be nice to be driving something reliable again. Unfo...

Janet and I went over to the neighborhood health food store to get our blood tested this morning. The store has these cholesterol screenin...

I passed a polling station when I was running errands today, so I decided to take advantage of early voting. As usual, my first thought wh...

I enjoyed going to the video production seminar today. They didn't have barbecue after all, but the catered tex/mex lunch was quite ta...

When I was a kid, I used to watch The Twilight Zone every Friday evening. It was one of my favorite shows. At the time, the endings to th...

I hate it when your body starts to fall apart. I'm finally getting used to the carpal tunnel in my left hand, and then I wake up this ...

It was quiet when I woke up this morning. Janet had already left for work and both dogs had returned to the bed after they finished their ...

Sunday is cleaning day at our house. The floors get cleaned. The cars get cleaned. Even the dogs get cleaned. Although I could daydream in...

You'd think that on Day 1040, I'd be working on my taxes or something. Nope. Just another day full of weekend errands. Every weeke...

The week ended well. I finally got paid on an invoice that was long overdue. A watch that I'd been waiting for arrived in the mail. A ...

Wow! Google stock dropped over 10% in a matter of minutes today, all because a bad quarterly report was released a little prematurely. The...

I was somewhat reassured after visiting with my financial advisor this afternoon. When I backed off and took a longer view of things, I re...

I'm trying to think of some intelligent questions to ask my financial advisor tomorrow when we have our quarterly meeting. I'm sur...

Have you tried to buy a discontinued product lately? It used to be that you could often buy discontinued products for years after they...

Today was such a beautiful day that my grumpy side didn't stand a chance. I was in an uncharacteristically good mood all day long. The...

I didn't notice until I finished running my errands this afternoon that a speaker cover on my car door had fallen off and gotten lost....