At school, I often hear kids complain that science isn’t fun. But what our bored teens don’t realize is once they get beyond the meaningless, trivial science of high school, they can begin doing im...

I was transferring new spring plantings from the nursery to my yard when it hit me. A weed is the most sarcastic life form ever created. Everything else in my yard can be dying, but a weed will sho...

Have you noticed that on the mornings when you're running late, Fate decides to be a grouch? It happened again recently when I was charging to work with no time to spare. Already, I had turned into...

When I want to practice humility, all I have to do is use a doohickey in public. It’s a well-known and well-observed fact that my mechanical aptitude obviously drowned in the family gene pool som...

I admit it. Just three weeks into my resolution to forego all junk food for all eternity, it seems the only “resolve” I have left is the carpet cleaner on my shelf – and even that’s almost empty. W...

Every December since 1975, I’ve promised myself, “I will NOT overspend on Christmas gifts.” And every year I do, of course. It just kind of sneaks up on me, and before I know it, my checking acco...