Starlight attention: Directs your longer-term projects and goals (writing a book, building a business, being a good parent).

Cheap Novelties: The Pleasures of Urban Decay, a collection of Katchor’s Knipl strips, was originally published in 1991 by ...

Wallowed out — Describes something worn down, hollowed, or enlarged from repeated use, pressure, or motion. Often used to ...

What Am I Doing Here? is Dean’s second book, and is generally regarded as his best work. It was originally published in 1947.

Smokeless fire pit. We wanted a portable fire pit for our patio, and my wife insisted that it be as smokeless as possible, so we settled on an East Oak Smokeless Fire Pit. I was p ...

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The Disappointing Wise Debit Card. I use Wise.com on a weekly basis for international business transactions with low fees, as do most of the people I know running online businesse ...

Little Blue Truck, an antique pickup, and his best friend, top-hatted Toad, take a ride through an autumn countryside, as owls, ravens, and black cats wait by the road for a lift to a barn celebration ...

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Many years ago I took a meandering 5,000 mile bike ride across the US, from San Francisco to New York via Idaho and Texas. I rode back roads all the way and it was a highlight of my life. But this ...

This is an edited, updated version of an essay I wrote in 2008 when this now popular idea was embryonic and ragged. I recently rewrote it to convey the core ideas, minus out-of-date details. This ...

This tool makes removing and replacing a bicycle tire quick, easy and safe — and it does it much better than conventional bike tire irons. Ever watch an auto tire shop mechanic mount a tire onto a rim ...