Before we get started, let me run through some things I said back in April about the cell phone I had at the time. "I'm a minimalist when it comes to phones. I get the cheapest plan available, with no features whatsoever beyond the basic plan. ... I...

I can't remember ever attending a Christmas Parade before, but this year, I attended two: one in Maumee, OH (a suburb of Toledo) the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and one in Wake Forest last weekend. So...here's my take on this sort of thing. First...

Every Saturday I've spent at home since September has been spent watching almost exclusively college football. So before I continue, I think I need to close the book on college football season and provide some closing thoughts. Yes, I'm calling the...

First off, before you start getting any ideas...NO, Amber is NOT pregnant. The plan is to wait until we come back from next summer's Alaska trip before we, err, "pull the goalie". (That's my favorite hockey analogy ever, by the way.) In the...

One of the few things I don't do by computer these days is balance my checkbook. For that, I still use those things called "transaction registers" and "pens". I'm not sure why I haven't computerized this yet; maybe I just like the occasional math...