So a little while ago, Joan showed me how to load a "podcast app" on my cell phone.  In case I forgot to tell you this, my new car...

WARNING: THIS IS A LONG BLOG POST.  If you get tired, please move to the rear of the blog, where cake will be served. People have h...

In case y'all missed it, the FDA recently approved a medical device that, like previous devices (the ear staple, the copper bracelet, th...

Aha! You foolishly thought I'd only write one blog post about our thrilling experience flying to Phoenix!  No such luck. After all, we...

EBOLA HQ, Texas -- It was the cruise ship that did me in. Like everybody else on the planet, I've been watching the public meltdown of...

(Alert: This post is kind of gross.  You might want to skip it if you don't want to know anything about human decomposition or how cert...

This is one of those posts that's probably not going to make it to Facebook.  Which means Joan and maybe two other people will ever see ...

I am so embarrassed. Okay, maybe that's not the best reaction to a bunch of people getting killed in the name of religion.  But s...

Oh yeah.  We were selling the house, weren't we? Well, we were, and then we weren't.  And now we're not.  And in case I never ...

...Joan of Arc leads the French army to victory in the Battle of Jargeau.  (1429) ...Death warrants are issued for Samuel Adams and John ...

Ah, Thursday night.  A loaf of (pita) bread, a jug of (lemonade), and a laptop.  One night away from the chaos and mayhem that is our house ...

Let it never be said that Buddhists don't get mad.  We tend to be more even-tempered than your average bear, and we don't get mad o...

As I crash the Muslim restaurant of my sweet dreams , I'm pondering the whole concept of convention.  Why?  Because it was my idea, that...