When Streaming Stops Being The Cheap Option
Cutting the cord was supposed to save money. For many households, it still does, but the math is getting murkier. The average cable bill runs…
Month: May 2026
Finding The Perfect Spot For Your Birdbath
Placement is everything when it comes to a birdbath. Choose a spot with partial shade, full sun heats the water quickly and encourages algae, while…
A Raccoon’s Excellent Adventure
It started innocuously enough. A raccoon in Ashland, Virginia found a gap in the ceiling of a state liquor store, squeezed through, and helped himself…
Costco Membership Earning Its Keep?
A Costco Gold Star membership costs $65 a year – which means it pays for itself the moment you’ve saved $5.42 a month. For families,…
World Otter Day – May 27
The otter who hijacks surfboards Something is happening at Steamer Lane, the famous surf break in Santa Cruz, California – and it is not what…
Ask the Expert: Rate Locks
I’ve been shopping for a mortgage and my lender mentioned a rate lock. Can you explain what that is, and whether I need one? Great question — and…
More homes, more choices: The market may be shifting
After years of intense competition for homes, bidding wars, waived inspections, and cash offers that seemed to materialize out of thin air, something is…
Change your Google habits
By now, you have seen the AI answers pop up on Google when you search. And it’s high time to treat Google more like an AI and less like a search engine….
The one habit that separates productive people from busy ones
Here is the problem with multitasking: it doesn’t actually exist. What the brain does when we think we’re multitasking is switch rapidly between tasks,…
The follow-through gap
Most people are not short on ideas. They have plans, intentions, good resolutions, and moments of genuine inspiration. What stops them isn’t talent or…