We live about a mile off the main road from Boondoggle to Fewmit here in Northern Idaho. Whenever we want to go into town, we travel that mile on a dirt road. Actually there is very little dirt involved. The road was originally constructed across a sheet lava flow by a logging … [Read more...]

My second worst fear came true last week; a virus attacked my computer. (If a virus that turned my files into images of and songs by David Hasselhoff attacked my computer, my worst fear would’ve come true.) I have a very limited amount of computer repair knowledge. (If it can’t … [Read more...]

Exasperated, he calls. The box will not fit inside his car. This is a van-sized mission. I must meet him in the parking lot of Home Depot. I turn off the JFK special on the History Channel. Yep. That’s a surefire holiday rouser, watching a bitter assassin stalk a … [Read more...]

All aboard the Train Wreck Express, a trip that begins with the twinkle in a three-year-old boys' eyes. If you're a parent, you've surely ridden this runaway train before. Usually the object that has enchanted the child is a toy. He wants it more than anything in the world. That … [Read more...]