Each February, I'm hard-pressed to fulfill my husbandly duties of surprising Sonia with goodies on back-to-back special occasions. Today...

There's so many phrases and words out there that, for whatever reason, really grind my gears. The following isn't a complete list of...

Well, here's yet another installment in our somewhat occasional series which I casually call "Oh-Crud-It's-Late-and-I-Need-To-W...

It's 2021 and yet my pet thought, the Chocolate Gum Theory, is still not a thing. C'mon people. It's been mentioned on here befo...

Personally, if it were me designing the cover art for this product's packaging, I would have gone with a narwhal. Narwhals are the only ...

Years ago, when pretty gung-ho into the paleo diet, on a random Target trip I hit a major score: clearance sale on Renola, a grain-free gran...

I'm not sure why there are so many tasty dunkables for coffee and tea in the world, but so few for energy drinks like Red Bull, for exam...

A first impression is a lasting one.  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  And so on and so on with a few little pithy adages, ...

"If you could be one thing, you should be efficient." Okay, anybody else else looking forward to new season of "Letterkenny...

In general, I try to look beyond the physical—beyond the surface, to discern what lies beneath a thing, a person, or an idea. But sometimes,...

Gnoccolate. C'mon, man. You missed a golden opportunity to create a beautiful new word, Trader Joe.  In keeping with this week's cho...

In the spirit of the season, we'll be making a list and checkin' it twice: Trader Joe's. Check.  Candy cane. Yes.  Joe-Joe's...

With it being only about two weeks before Christmas, you gotta break out the Christmas item reviews as much as possible. Couple years ago, w...

This has been a year of curveballs and surprises—mostly unpleasant ones. That's been true for the world at large and very much true in m...

Most normal years right around now, my lovely bride and I are busy as all heck, cleaning up the house and baking cookies for what we call ou...

Sometimes I wonder if I wasn't supposed to be born into a big Italian family. I'd never even heard of the Feast of the Seven Fishes ...

  During my freshman year of college, Aerosmith released their  Nine Lives  album. My dormitory roomie, whom I'd known since high school...

The weather here in the upper midwest has been absolutely gorgeous this week. Highs in the low 70s, lows in the low 40s, not much humidity, ...

Writing this in the wee morning hours of a near sleepless night on the first Wednesday after the first Tuesday after the first Monday of a N...