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 ...

Mexico is the top country for US and American expats who have moved abroad, but according to this survey from a moving consulting company, Portugal tops the list for those who haven’t pulled the ...

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

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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Ted Kaczynski, the convicted bomber who blew up dozens of technophilic professionals, was right about one thing: technology has its own agenda. The technium is not, as most people think, a series of ...

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 ...

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 ...