You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall the most famous reindeer of all? In case you don’t, you will be reminded in weeks to come through an endless surfeit of song and sell-abration. It’s that time of the year again folks – […] Read more…

My microwave oven zapped its final zap last week and I can’t believe how much I miss it. Years ago, when my kids first suggested I buy one I hissed, “WaddamI gonna do with it?”  They’d heard that line before.  I had said the same thing about the VCR, the cordless telephone, the answering machine […] Read more…

Forensic science became a popular high school course when the first CSI series hit the (no longer) small screen. The curriculum now includes topics such as crime time, post mortem patter, rigor mortis, tracking down serial killers and — who dyes that Goth girl’s hair. You know, stuff that relates to the average teen’s everyday […] Read more…