The Challenge: The Ring My Submission: He’s finally gone. Sitting on the stool at the breakfast bar, I looked at the lonely living room in the morning light. An opening in the drapes allowed a sliver of the morning sun to slice through,...

There is a new addition to the family, a little black, monolithic tower of love called the HP LX195 Home Server.  It arrived today via UPS, and I attached it to the network and got it all set up.  Depending upon the effect of my sweet talking, I may...

Everyone stood around in the kitchen enjoying the warmth of the oven and the company of others. Mom lowered the door to the oven to check on the mighty bird, and give it a few squirts of melted butter from the foil covered pan, in which it rested. ...

Challenge: In the center of the cul-de-sac, at the end of your road, is an iron manhole cover that you find slightly ajar. As you jog by, one evening, you hear a strange noise coming from the dark crescent. You pull out the penlight from the...

Watching movies from 20 years ago can be painful.  The big hair, the clothes, eyeglasses… they’re all giant red flags that the movie was made in a certain time period and they will be there forever.  While that fact is true with most genres, it is...