Despite the advancing technology of dishwashers, dish drying racks continue to be a staple in kitchens 'round the globe. Why? Because there are still times when you only have a few dishes to wash—a teacup and saucer, maybe. And the dishwasher seems extravagant when you might easily rinse and swish yourself. Or, you actually care for your knives (as I've heard rumors you're supposed to?) and wash them by hand. Or you have other things ...

  Last week, a few of you were kind enough to email me (thank you, sweet things!) about issues accessing the blog—virus alerts and whatnot. Slightly alarmed, I hopped on the site to double check that everything was fine on my end, which it was—tra la la. Six hours later, when I went to upload a post and discovered the entire backend of the site had disappeared, well, then things weren’t so fine. Luckily, I ...

The trend of digitalizing content may steadily be increasing in popularity, but there are still loads of people who loyally subscribe to their preferred magazines and newspapers--in printed form. For these people, the retro excitement of receiving real mail lives on. The allure of opening one's mailbox to find, apart from the junk mailers and the bills and the invites, a fresh, ripe publication continues to delight. Such individuals enjoy the act of physically flipping ...

We’re always going on about the magnificent uniqueness of each one of us. Sometimes, though, universal and oft-repeated truths can begin to sound a bit trite, or a lot like hoo-ha. Yeah, yeah, we’re all unique, we’re all different, there’s no one else quite like me, blah blah. Forget, for a moment, how one human being is incomparable to another. Get closer than that. Think of your own body. Think how much difference and how ...

There are so many details we need to recall on a daily basis. With advancing technologies and booming populations comes the need for further delineation, for tighter security measures, for greater variety of offerings in the marketplace. I mean, when I was growing up I'm pretty sure we didn't need to use an area code when calling a local number. And then over time my area code was changed from 810 to 248. Fast forward ...