Finally! I’m above average. Or at least my car is. The average age of vehicles on U.S. roadways is 12.1 years, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics. I find that surprising. Not the age of the cars — but that there’s a Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Somebody ...
June’s been a little rough. The hot water heater died, turning showers into a chilling experience; there were unexpected family field trips to hospitals; and no one, not even me, baked a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. July has to be better. I peeked ahead on the calendars of ...
If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be? That has to be one of the worst job interview questions ever, right up there with if you were a tree what kind of tree would you be? Listen, if you’re hiring a proboscis monkey to run the drill press or a maple sapling to drive a tow ...
The scene is imprinted in my memory in full Kodachrome color. There I was, hoofing it at a pretty good pace on my daily 10-mile run, when suddenly out of the woods burst a... No, wait. That was somebody else. I know it wasn’t me because I haven’t run a roll of Kodachrome in years. Or ...
Dairy cows with names produce more milk than anonymous cattle. I learned that while poking around to see what mischief scientific researchers have been up to lately. For one, they’ve been counting beer bubbles. Seriously. According to Gerard Liger-Belair, a professor of chemical physics ...
Bouncing my leg. Clicking my pen. Breathing. These are just a few of my favorite things that repeatedly annoy my wife’s low tolerance for noise. Terry has sensitive ears. Mine barely work. No, that’s not true. Terry has a very soft voice. And the volume control on our TV and CD player ...
