Quickly now, chose your preference. Chocolate coffee, or a cell phone? How about a cold beer or the web? One more time – this should be an easy one – sex or a cuddly little Smartphone?There’s a study for just about everything, so it wasn’t surprising to find that a study had been done to…
I was in a local store recently, a nice gentleman asked me if I was the guy who wrote that newspaper column. When I replied that I was, he smiled said “You’re not at all a curmudgeon in person!” I decided to take that as a compliment because, well, why not? So as I started…
By Paul Bianchina We were off on a camping trip recently, those lazy evenings around the campfire gave me a great opportunity to cogitate on what could possibly be nature’s most perfect food. It didn’t take long to chew through the possible answers – especially since the obvious choice was no farther away than the…
By Paul Bianchina Twenty some-odd years ago, we built a house. It was obviously br new at the time. Twenty some-odd years later, I’ve deluded myself into thinking it’s still br new. Unfortunately, it’s not. That became decidedly clear recently when we began to suspect that the shower in the master bathroom might be leaking….
By Paul Bianchina The economy’s a bit tough right now, needless to say. And with the Washington kindergartners continuing to argue over who gets first dibs on the better playground at recess, things don’t look to be getting better any time soon. So I’ve decided to take matters into my own h s, start my…
By Paul Bianchina After 30-plus years of marriage, there are four little words that my wife has learned to absolutely dread. “I can make that.” It starts out something like this. We’ll be in a store somewhere. She’ll see something she’d like to buy for the house, such as a simple little shelf, she’ll point…
