House out of Focus

2000 Ford Focus wagon, rear tail light assembly, changing the turn signal bulb. (I used a Philips 3157 Long Life, comparable to the Sylvania...

Some musings this week, not well organized and with no conclusions. Back in 2015, I wrote about the "Release your wrath" passage i...

In exchange for a free sample, I agreed to write a review of a bilingual personalized book service from Tim Tim Tom . I am really glad I did...

I recently gave a friend’s daughter a 2-hour driving lesson. It was in the middle of a stressful couple of weeks (a hospitalization, our air...

I am not a doctor. I am not a pharmacist. This is not medical advice. We’ve learned a few things about tapering the Mylan 3 mg extended re...

I've long hoped for a second Brexit referendum to reverse the results of the first one. It seems clear that the British public knows now...

TextWrangler is the free baby brother of BBEdit, and is a fantastic text editor. On an older computer that runs Mac OS 10.5.7, we’ve been us...

Who doesn’t love tax software? That glorious buffer between unreadable IRS forms and an intimidated public, hoping to turn a simple page of ...

Skype has been removing the ability of older Mac operating systems to run either the Skype application or Skype through a web browser. Here’...

Here’s my current daydream of how to make it easier for young Jewish adults to stay engaged or remain engaged when membership at a specific ...

The Atlantic has published a lengthy article about the current debate in the Conservative Jewish movement over interfaith marriages. While ...

“This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now cho...

Choice is such an important term in health care. People want to choose their doctors, their treatment options, their hospitals, and their i...

Today was the first day that really felt like winter here. Even with the dusting of snow on the ground Monday morning, the air on Monday jus...

When would you be willing to go to jail? What would be so worth protesting that you would give up your liberty and maim your future in order...