Green earbuds and ham

I totally lied to you, already. This post contains no ham. I’m sorry. Need a cheapie pair of backup earbuds, or a pair or three for the kids? Check out this set of green Jensen earbuds at Amazon—if you look in the “More Buying Choices” column...

I am not buying shoes today

I feel like that should be the first line of a Shel Silverstein poem. “I am not buying shoes today / Said little Peggy Ann McKay. / I have plenty / More than enough / But these are pretty, and also tough.” Or something. Look, I never said I was a poet....

Boom boom iPod

I’ve been shopping around for one of those all-in-one iPod dock thingies, you know, a combination alarm clock/radio/speakers kind of thing, so that 1) my tween might actually wake up on time occasionally and 2) she might sometimes take the earphones off so that...

Your pancakes are up

Have a local IHOP? (Find out here.) Today is National Pancake Day, which means that IHOP is offering free short stacks from 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. Now, it’s a fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network—a worthy cause, I think you’ll...

Stock the gift closet with cooking hints

Nothing says “I love you, but your cooking leaves something to be desired” like a cookbook, right? I mean, I love getting cookbooks. And I love giving them. But it just occurred to me that it may be kind of a touchy subtext depending on to whom...

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