The bosses want us to step up our Twitter game. My initial reaction was how could my pearls of wisdom and award-winning writing possibly be cut down to 140 characters? Do you ask Emeril to cook with only three ingredients?

Everyone’s heard of eBay and Craigslist, but have you heard of www.baarter.com? Instead of online auctions or classified ads, this site is set up strictly for bartering.

Being one of the 20 million people who participated in the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, I am happy to report that I will not join with the 500 million worldwide participants on the 40th Anniversary.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but it’s true. The best effort of an uneducated contractor is less than acceptable. This thought came to me a few weekends ago as I watched a home improvement contractor unearth inches and inches of moldy, standing water from underneath a newly installed shower.

After decades of quiet avoidance, I recently found the courage to enter a public steam room. Finally, I was prepared to overcome adolescent memories of a sauna experience gone badly. 

Sometimes energy saving doesn’t require massive overhauls in HVACR equipment. It may just be the case of adjusting the temperature.

Comedian Lewis Black is fond of explaining why solar energy will not work: “Because the sun goes away each day and doesn’t tell you where it is going.” But don’t tell that to the respondents to a recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

I don’t own a DVD of the movie North by Northwest, so I only get to see it from time to time on Turner Classic Movies .

Huffing isn’t a new idea. Getting high off inhalants found in everything from spray paint to permanent markers has been a pop culture norm for quite some time. A recent resurgence of this topic in the news isn’t really surprising either.

Some of you must wonder what global business really means to people in Wooster, Ohio, or Paducah, Ky. - and, does it really play in Peoria? So, when I found this little tidbit, I had to share.