Usually, when I look for good movies to watch, I have a bias towards films released within the past couple of years. Those are simply the films I would most likely enjoy. It’s hard to find time to watch a lot of movies while raising three small kids and holding a full-time job, so […]
Will Potatoes Really Blow up If You Don’t Poke Them?
The conventional wisdom about baking potatoes passed down through generations of cooks is that if you don’t poke them, they’ll blow up. As a busy parent, I’m always looking for shortcuts in the kitchen. Poking potatoes before baking them was such a tedious chore that I eventually stopped doing it. What that a wise […]
Gopher’s Honey Cakes
When my daughter was three years old, she was a little obsessed with the book Bear Wants More, by Karma Wilson. She began taking an interest in the “honey cakes” that Gopher baked for Bear in the story. She started saying, “I want some honey cakes too!”. It was an interesting proposition, so I agreed to bake […]
Cooking with Books: Just Four Ingredients Fast!
While established cooks might scoff, cooking with recipes is the best way you can learn how to cook. All you have to do is find a recipe and follow the directions. Yes, you will make mistakes, but each time you work your way through a recipe, you learn more about cooking. It is a […]
Ideas: Rooftop Electricity Generation
Most people today have come to rely on their local power company to provide electricity to their homes. While this form of electricity distribution is highly efficient and stable, most people have no backup plan for when the local power company fails. Moving from the current grid power model to a more distributed model […]
Always Forward Movement
What are things in your life moving you backward, away from your goals? It is easy to go backward each day and never even know it. That is how people fall into debt, get fat, lag behind in their work, and let their homes get out of control with piles of junk. Make sure you […]