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The sweet smell of skunkcess

I don't care what they tell you: Tomato juice will not remove skunk smell from a cat. Especially a cat ..


Let’s go see a movie

With HBO and Netflix, Sue and I probably watch more movies at home than we ever saw in a theater. ..


You’ve got mail. Two tons of it

'Tis the season to jam the mailbox with catalogs. The Container Store, Williams-Sonoma, Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, Chef's Catalogue, ..


The unhandy man

Sue can always find some silly excuse to go to the building supply store. Like: If we don't fix the ..


I approve this ad

One of the great things about the recent election is that we won't have to see another political commercial ... ..


City bumpkins

When I worked in the Big City, I used to worry that some visiting relative from a small town would ..


Spring forward, fall over

The days are getting shorter. And so am I. I don't think I'm gaining weight, I just think gravity is ..


Stop dating yourself

As I've mentioned before in this column, there's a "farmers only" dating service called, well, FarmersOnly.com. Its tagline is, "City ..


Card counters

"How's the decorating business?" I asked Beverly on her last visit. "Oh, didn't I tell you?" she said, pawing around in ..


Invasion of the privacy

I have made it devilishly hard for hackers to steal nude pictures of me off my computer -- by not ..


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