TSP (a more manageable mouthful than its full-on high school chemistry iteration, Trisodium Phosphate) is a white granular substance...

Outdoor grilling season is winding down (although here in California with the Santa Ana winds, it's still so warm that some prefer to...

Ever hear of a chainmail scrubber? Yes, it looks like a torture device that walked right out of Medieval Europe, and no, we're not going...

Yesterday someone told me that the word of the day was "robust." We're all hoping for a robust turnaround of the economy. The event...

How to clean your keyboard.

Under the heading of "children don't try this at home," washing large surfaces either by pressure or power washing is highly effective,...

We have one of those old, vintage stoves that looks like it walked out of the 1930s because it actually did. It looks cool and functions...

I saw an ecard that said, "I'm not mad at Disney for lying about Prince Charming; I'm more upset about the woodland creatures who refuse...

Recently my city (which happily provides a green recycle bin for food and green waste) changed the rules and told us to stop putting...

Ew. Yeah, once more, this time with feeling: "Eeeeeeewwwwwww!" As in, really really gross. No one hangs out with their garbage cans,...

Hard water, formed when water picks up calcium, magnesium carbonates, bicarbonates, and sulfates as it percolates through limestone,...

Quarantine has brought a fresh perspective to many people on old ways of thinking. Recently on Bill Maher's HBO show REAL TIME,...

It's one of those things that happens gradually and then suddenly. You had nice, clean grout, and now, as time goes on, darkness is...

Growing up, a couple who lived in the duplex behind us had seventeen cats. Yes, you read that right. Seventeen. If we opened the back...

At least, not when it comes to hair. You know what I’m talking about. Those hairs. Those straggly little hairs that you chase around the...

Some of us have had quite a bit of those this year. Not being able to see friends. Stuck on Zoom. Not being able to attend concerts,...