My sister Ann and I are huge fans of the CBS reality show, The Amazing Race. We always thought we'd make a great team, mostly because we crack ourselves up traveling together. We're not exactly skilled in the other requirements of the competition, but we still love to picture ourselves running the race. When an open audition

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A plastic bag got stuck in a tree outside my building at work 71 days ago and it's still there. And it bugs me to no end. I turned this little annoyance into a contest. The person who guesses when the bag makes it out of its branchy clutches gets a little prize. People so far have guessed way too early. I believe it'll be the

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When I was little and looked at old black and white pictures, I thought it meant that there was no color. Not that there was no color film. Rather, that there was no color in the world. I was slightly apprehensive about admitting this nugget in a post, but when the comments started rolling in, a wave of relief came over me. See

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I'm just glad it wasn't me ... on either side of the equation. A guy in my office had the misfortune of walking in on someone in the restroom. It's my worst fear being the one on the prone end of things. But it's not much better if you're the one walking into it. If you aren't careful about locking the door behind you, yo

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By many bloggers' standards, reaching the 100 subscriber milestone may not seem like much to celebrate. But for someone like me, who started out very slowly and had no idea what I was doing, I'm pretty happy about it. Today I announced my mini-achievement and thanked my readers, the reason I consider my little blog a success.

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What do you get if you're the last of five people to take a shower in the morning? Freezing cold, that's what! If you've tried and failed to take a shower while the water's still running hot, read Jeff's hilarious instructions for taking a shower if you find yourself in a cold-water situation. He's got it down to a scienc

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Go ahead. Admit it. You are embarrassed by some of the shows you watch on TV. I'm not talking about Dancing With the Stars-embarrassing. I'm talking about shows you wouldn't admit you watch in mixed company. Shows you watch when no one else is around. What do you hate to love? Give up your list at The Junk Drawer. The more m

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We all have quirky behaviors. While I may not meet the National Institute for Mental Health's clinical definition for OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), I think I get close enough. Stop by the Junk Drawer and take a look at my odd list and see if you're any worse than me. If you care to admit to any of your oddball rituals,

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I'm always up for a good challenge. This one is of the language variety. JD at the I Do Things So You Don't Have To blog challenges readers to use three words properly in a sentence. The only problem is JD's a professional editor and it shows. I've never heard of the three words before, and so it's taking me days to come u

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Did you ever earn some extra cash when you were a kid, mowing lawns or shoveling show? I know I did. All my friends did. But it seems today that kids either don't want to do it, or their parents won't let them. I resigned myself to the fact that I was never going to have help shoveling after a big snow. Until today, when a pa

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The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show took place on Tuesday, February 12 and awards were handed out for the top dog in several categories. Go backstage and read my interview with Remy, winner in the non-sporting dogs category. Remy, a ridiculously-shaven standard poodle, reveals how she felt about her win, how she got the look s

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"We have nothing to fear but fear itself." Blah, blah, yeah, I know. But fear is a powerful motivator (or is that DE-motivator?) There's a long list of things I'd like to try in my lifetime, but don't have the guts to attempt. Here are ten of them. If you're a Type A personality, you've probably already done some

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Have you ever received pictures via email that you have to scroll all over the screen to view because they're too large to fit in one window?? Pictures sent at their regular sizes are not only hard to view on one screen, they can also consume a good deal of your mail quota if your ISP limits you. Next time you email a picture,

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When I moved from Blogger to WordPress last month, I noticed that all of my posts would appear in search engine results with the words "Blog Archive" sandwiched between my blog name and my post title. This posed a problem because it added unnecessary text to the results page and sometimes truncated my post titles. It

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Do you have trouble reading some blogs because the typeface is too small? Do you wish you had an easy way to enlarge text easier than your web browser's built-in commands?

Well, I have the tip for you and it came from an unlikely source: my cat Shadow's butt. I never knew my cat was so smart or that her butt dispensed useful tech tips. R

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