Nobody likes a tattletale. Especially not a smart-mouth, know-it-all electronic one. My auto insurance company recently convinced me to download an app for my phone to score my driving and maybe earn a policy discount for being wonderful. Do you remember when you almost messed up and a ...

My hand hovered over the mug. Would today be the day I won the lottery? My fingertips brushed past blue, green and yellow before pinching the red one. Yes, let’s try the red one today. I tugged the red ink pen out of the jam-packed coffee mug. Clicked it. Tried to write. I pushed harder ...

Whenever I’m feeling down, I can always count on scientific research to cheer me up. You never know what crazy things researchers will try next. They have the minds of mischievous 3-year-olds. And they get paid to play. For example, scientific researchers, through actual studies and ...

Once again, I discover that I am well above average. According to a new study, Americans require 60 lazy days a year to feel rested and relaxed. Sixty? Only 60? Ha! I can be lazy 160 days a year. Probably even 360. Why not the full 365? Because sometimes due to circumstances beyond my ...

After a dressing down from my medical health professional, I have been on a quest to eat a healthy diet. That is to say, instead of eating a whole batch of chocolate chip cookie dough in one sitting, I’ll down only two cookies’ worth of dough. That’s enough to cleanse my palate of the ...

“I’m going for the gold,” she said. “That’s nice.” I nodded. “Or maybe the silver. Do you think I should pick the red instead?” “I don’t care. Get one purple, and one orange. Whatever. Just pick something. Shoe shopping isn’t an Olympic event.” She tsk-tsked me. ...