You think you can judge a puppy by the pretty little look in her face? I've learned this wild face. It says "I want to jump into the sky and lick your skin and maybe I'll be a little rough with my teeth but I'm a puppy and don't you LOVE this wild...

It was just a fluke of lighting. I'd never have noticed this an hour earlier or an hour later. Portions of my backyard are covered with wood-chip mulch. It's a bit ugly, but it keeps things from growing until we can decide what to do with the land. Our...

Deliberate deliciousness. I deconstructed stuffed cabbage rolls. All the ingredients were intact, but the roll-up and the drowning in liquid tomato sauce didn't need to happen. I remember back in high school when my friend's mom was making a casserole...

At what point in our kitchen-equipment addiction did turkey roasting pans (plus rack) reach the precipitous price of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars? I don't care if you're discounting it by several simoleons. We are in a precarious economy, you bozos....

I've figured it out. From the standpoint of the conservative fundamentalist Republicans, this country is governed by Obama bin Biden! Doomed, people, doomed I tell you. Ya can't win.