What I find incredibly annoying is all of the television commercials featuring pitchmen (I prefer the term “con artist”) for products and services that are totally exaggerated or that don’t even exist at all. Take, for instance, the fellow who wants to buy your house...
Now that Labor Day weekend has passed, it’s time to relax and enjoy the remainder of summer before it fades away and becomes autumn. I hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. Me and the Missus really enjoyed the Burgers and Brews out on the North Shore Pavilion,...
Fire can be your friend or it can be your worst enemy. It’s good when you’re camping in the Sierras and it’s freezing cold; all you have to do is light the campfire and cook some burgers or steak. But you need to be careful and keep the fire in the fire ring while...
I hope all of you survived last week’s heatwave without suffering heat prosti… Excuse me, I meant to say heat prostration. That’s better; it seems we had a so-called “Heat Dome” overhead that resulted in record-setting temperatures throughout much of the Southland and...
I know you’re gonna think I’m crazy (many people already do), but did you know that you can rent a goat, or even a herd of goats, to rid your property of weeds and brush? It’s true, there’s a company in San Diego that will rent you a herd of goats to create defensible...
Hello there, music lovers. I hope you like Electric Light Orchestra, for their song “Telephone Line” is, naturally, about telephones, and that’s what this week’s musing is all about…or aboot, as Canadians might say. Anyway, getting back to telephones, my cell phone,...
