23rd October 2009
Golf is at once the most wonderful and the most awful of sports. It is trying to the skill of the individual player, a test for the temper, and a reliance on the peculiar specifications of a tiny dimpled ball. One thing is for certain, a real golfer never...
23rd October 2009
Working out in the field is never pleasant when the wind is blowing, and the rain is coming at you sideways. A gale is playing tricks with the windsock outside, trying as hard as it can to turn it inside out, and there is hail that will take away whatever...
23rd October 2009
Sunday mornings are the most difficult time of the week for a busy household that contains three kids and their menagerie. Two large canines, a fur ball coughing cat, and Spots the pet Lorikeet are difficult to wrangle so that they don't muss up the caref...
22nd October 2009
I live in a two bedroom apartment, and I often bring my work home with me. I work hard, often till three in the morning, but some of my friends used to think I was a disgusting lazy slouch when they saw the near-impossible to remove toilet bowl stains in ...
22nd October 2009
My kid’s a scoffer. It’s the withering cynicism of youth, you see. They’re supposed to be idealistic, kids. Green, liberal, and with a strong sense of social justice. We’re supposed to lose all that idealism as we grow older. We become more right-...
22nd October 2009
What are the benefits of witch hazel?
Little Emma knew a lot about natural skin care products for a four-year-old. But the benefits of witch hazel lotion in her mother’s bathroom cabinet had yet to be revealed to her. It was the word “witch” that...
20th October 2009
Part Two
The Classics tutor always had these funny gifts for me when we met up. Not least was the fact that he changed my perspective on hairbrush products with his choice of one gift. But more about the boar bristle hairbrush later. One time, he showe...
20th October 2009
Part One
He had taught Classics at a community college in upstate New York for a few years before I met him, so I wasn’t surprised he knew more about the history of the boar and the boar bristle hairbrush than I did. He was certainly smart, but he wa...
20th October 2009
"Part Two
The Classics tutor always had these funny gifts for me when we met up. Not least was the fact that he changed my perspective on hairbrush products with his choice of one gift. But more about the boar bristle hairbrush later. One time, he show...
20th October 2009
"Part One
He had taught Classics at a community college in upstate New York for a few years before I met him, so I wasn’t surprised he knew more about the history of the boar and the boar bristle hairbrush than I did. He was certainly smart, but he w...
14th October 2009
An automobile's automatic transmission, much like it's engine, uses a fluid or lubricant to protect it's intricate, metal parts from wearing during use. Like an engine, the automatic transmission is subject to high temperatures from the friction of these ...
14th October 2009
Many motorists are wondering how to increase gas mileage without having to resort to buying a hybrid, or step down to a smaller class of vehicle. This has lead to a number of snake-oil salesmen plying their trade to unsuspecting consumers. These individua...
14th October 2009
The football season was upon them and the ladies were prepared to support their local high school boys in any way that they could. They knew from previous years that they would need a dry skin remedy to take care of their hands while they were out there s...
14th October 2009
Lulabelle had always had dogs. Some of her earliest memories were of the collies that her parents kept to help run the cows around the farm where she grew up. She lived in town now, but her love for dogs had not decreased and so she kept them. She had all...
14th October 2009
You probably already have one of the best products in the world on hand to clean your hardwood floors. You know it; it’s vinegar. Vinegar based products are some of the highest quality cleaning products offered today. So if you’re using vinegar to cle...
