• The Social Side Of TV

    While watching football on TV the other day it struck me that one reason I don’t care much for watching television is that while many…

  • USPS Box For Rent

    On a street corner in Chicago I saw this USPS letter box labeled “For Rent”. The sign said nothing but, “For Rent” and it provided…

  • Gas choices…too many or too few?

    On a recent trip to Wisconsin I stopped at a gas-station for a routine fill-up only to be surprised at the extraordinary number of options…

  • The way pants really rip

    Clothing stores have been selling “pre-worn” jeans and other trousers for a number of years.  However, the garments never seem to be realistic in terms…

  • You will look no more!

    Less than four months ago I wrote about some graffiti I had spotted above a sandwich shop in Chicago.  Recently I happened to pass the…

  • Quantized laundry loads

    I noticed over the weekend that a laundry washing machine I was moving had limited the selections available for load size to “Small” and “Super“….