A growing family equates to shrinking living space, so with the addition of our second son, we embarked on a major purge. This involved several tough decisions, a bit of furniture-moving, and a lot of cursing. Blindsided by a wifely strategy that still has me confused, I found … [Read more...]

Mother’s Day is upon us, and I think we all know what that means: our families are frantically trying to figure out what to do for us. Ultimately, flowers and food will be involved. They may serve us breakfast in bed, or take us out to a lovely brunch at Sophia’s. We will be … [Read more...]

It is bad enough that I have to read and reply to scores of business and personal emails every week, but now I have the extra anxiety of being reminded how uncool I really am using this technology. Managing email for those of us who grew up in the Pong era is a necessary evil. … [Read more...]

2006 was going to be the year. From the beginning of December I indulged myself with cake and beer. I stopped going to the gym and left work early. All of this because I knew come January 1st I had four New Year’s resolutions that were going to change the way I looked, felt and … [Read more...]

One minute you are perfectly happy, just popping online to surf the internet - the next you discover that you have some obscure, untreatable disease and one week to live. This, my friends, is the beauty of the internet. Every time my knee aches or my jaw pops, I'll promptly … [Read more...]