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Closed due to pandemic Now open for take-out ! Now open for dine-in ! Sorry, closed Open for business! Wait, now we're closed again. Sch...

Fridays. Ah, but it's more than that. A well stocked fridge is more energy efficient. Just think - the more beer you buy, the more you s...

"Hey, Google. Set a timer for one hour," I overheard my husband commanding his phone. Nothing. "An hour." Still, nothing...

Last day of this (extended) tax season. While many are working from home, I have been doing so for about five years so I have a certain amou...

"Taxes will not magically do themselves." ~ Pearls Before Swine - July 14, 2020

Three more days of tax bliss. ... said no one ever.

Four days left but yesterday didn't count. Some tech issues gave me an unexpected day off. Whee! 

The dreams have started. You might call them nightmares: dreaming about preparing tax returns. Night and day. Day and night. Tax return afte...

Coffee, chocolate, wine; repeat.

Not only that, they won't be getting any longer.  You probably didn't notice, but there was no leap second added at the end of June....

Nine more days in not only the longest tax season ever, but I would venture to say the strangest as well.

Ten days left in the longest tax season in history.

Room The phone booth is making a comeback. (Is Superman far behind?)

We did a little furniture shopping last weekend and it was interesting to see how stores were handling the process of reopening and how many...

No, honey, nobody's going to get eaten alive. The two little pigs move in with their sister who was the smart one, remember? And she tak...

"Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin" is not so funny when you get older. First of all, there  are  hairs on my chinny chin chi...

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with hottest temperat...

We used to call them locusts but they're really cicadas . They gross me out. They're insects that lay eggs in the bark of twigs and...