This morning while pondering my essay topic for this week, I thought about how relaxed I felt in my pool, next to the running waterfall, while I texted my wife. Now I had my essay topic – something I really liked doing. I have likely written more than enough about…

When my almost-six-year-old grandson, Evan, told me he was into Beyblades, I thought he said Bay Blades. I pictured large knives wielded by men who hung out at the Bay. Soon, though, I learned the truth…

Duh No. 28: No More Messy Sink Mirror. Why was the mirror in the bathroom almost always sprayed with the food I ate? Because I was flossing while looking at my face in the mirror. Then I realized – duh – if I looked down into the sink while flossing, that is where…

Many years ago I learned that interval scales can be used with high reliability and validity in experiments. This past week, when I felt pretty weak (see My Condition below) and my wife asked me, “How do you feel – from 1 to 10?” I decided to rate how I feel each day on a 10-point scale. A “1” would indicate that I feel the way I did at…

Have you ever taken your cordless phone to the pool or any other water place? I now have two of my original four cordless phones. Guess why?

I just opened the box. The $150 salt-water generator (SWG) from Intex has the same price tag as it always had, but there are new changes. How do I know?

You learn about the sternocleidomastoideus (SCM) muscle in graduate school. But you never think you will visit that word again. It was a double whammy that likely brought on waves of on and off pain in my neck area. More specifically, in the roughly triangular muscle area connecting the base of my skull (mastoid) to my collarbone (clavicle) to my breastbone (sternum). The double whammy occurred at…

The scariest part of our trip? Being saved from encountering aggressive bears as we approached Jasper's Athabasca River – by a local citizen I decided to ask for directions. He told us how he had recently…

Everything went through the airport scanner okay – except for the jar of peanut butter. I told the TSA agent to keep it for herself. I had thought that one of the 20 articles I had read online said that peanut butter was acceptable to take aboard the plane. Not to worry though. We had taken…

Before I talk about my new pool ladder, let me tell you about my old pool ladders. They were all made of metal. After two years, they rusted sufficiently in my salt water pool, and they…