Tonight I tried to listen to a podcast on a topic I care about and closed it out after 10 minutes. I'm not sure how I tolerated it that long. Why? Here are 5 ways to lose an audience: Assume your listeners are stupid. Your verbal mannerisms, language choices, sighs, all these convey … [Read more...]
It’s Been An Interesting Week
It's been an interesting week. Last Tuesday and Wednesday we had a fierce windstorm with winds more than 60 miles per hour. For the first time ever since we moved here 5 years ago we lost power for more than a few hours. In fact we were out from early afternoon on the 8th until evening on the … [Read more...]
4 Myths About Fall Clean Up
There are all sorts of myths about fall clean up. Myth #1. You feel so good when everything is done. Nope. I'm a bit sore and a little miffed I missed the Lions win to clean the garage. Myth #2. Everything looks so much better when it's done. Well, maybe. Some of it anyway. The garage … [Read more...]
A Pleasant Experience with Kuhn Rikon Ratchet Pepper Mill
Our friend Loren gave Dave and me a set of salt and pepper grinders a few years ago. These are a neat design, easy to use, small and see through plastic to easily note when refills are necessary. The handle goes back and forth, easy enough to use one-handed. Our pepper mill broke. A piece … [Read more...]
How to Save Money the Non-Glamorous Way
We've all read articles about how to save money by re-negotiating our cable rates, phone rates, internet rates. Dave does this for us. Every year or so he contacts whomever provides our internet, whether cable or phone and asks for their best deal. He saves us money every year with this … [Read more...]