Fire Prevention: A Light Look at a Serious Subject
Fire Prevention Week is here, a time in which we try to – wait for it – prevent fires. Of course, Fire Prevention Week should go on year round, but if it did we’d have […]
Category: Everyday Life
In Defense of Facebook – by Barney Likezitt
[Note from the Staff of Humor Outcasts: We invite you to enjoy this guest commentary by Barney Likezitt, an ardent Facebook advocate who would like to defend this social media site against its detractors. The […]
Saladmaster Disaster
When Renae, a graduate student that both my wife and I had taught, repeatedly begged us to attend a fried-chicken-dinner Saladmaster sales pitch at her apartment, we finally relented. We’d get a free meal with […]
Beady-Eyed Monster
On that night, on that horribly frightening night, in my home, where I should have felt safe, I didn’t. Because on that night – on THAT night, everything in my life changed – EVERYTHING! Searching […]
A Scene from the Movie of My Life
I’ve long thought that movies have an advantage over real life partly because of the soundtracks—the perfect music to help you feel exactly what you’re supposed to feel in the cinematic moment—and partly because the […]
Ask a Terrier: It’s In the Bag!
Professional Advice from a Licensed Dog Dear Budleigh, What’s the best bag for a dog? My sweetie Brussels Griffon, Tinker, commutes everywhere with me in her suede faux-fur lined carrier. But she’s an uncompromising fashionista! […]
Tim’s Home Office News
[Author’s note: Ever since I moved from Seattle to somewhat remote Camano Island, I’ve worked from home, by myself, as an independent contractor / consultant. Recently, in order to feel a little less isolated, I […]
Hitting It Big on “Antiques Roadshow”
Inspired by the glory – and greed – of Antiques Roadshow, we’ve all got one. That one precious item we believe is valuable beyond our wildest dreams. The one that if we chose to sell […]
Back to Reality
We had to stop at Staples the other day and we were surprised to find the aisles jammed. Excited kids were begging for 3-D dinosaur pencil tins and the extra-large pack of Crayola crayons — “It comes […]