In fact, yesterday was Cyber Monday. But do you know why? Back in the day, ten-plus years ago, which in the digital world is a very long time, the term Cyber Monday was coined. Just as now, it was the Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday when people...

People post interesting quotes on Facebook. The other day I saw this one: "Everyone needs something to do, something to look forward to and someone to love." I've thought about that quote a great deal since I read it Monday. It's simple, yet...

We are getting ready to cut down a fairly large tree in our front yard. It's an ash tree, about 60 feet tall, and has seen better days. Over the past few years, it's been dropping limbs — some big ones. It's not very healthy, so we're looking at...

I remember studying monopolies and oligopolies in my economics classes. I found the concepts fascinating. Companies that either had such revolutionary ideas that they owned the category, or that had such extraordinary barriers to entry that others...

Autumn in Brookside means leaf raking. Fortunately, this year Julie hired our 14 year-old next door neighbor to rake and bag our leaves. He finished Saturday. Or at least that was the end of the "contract." I think he filled over 60 bags. Over night,...