I recently stumbled across a blog post  discussing the idea that a lot of people think that there are 52 states in the Uni...

California Bay (left) and True Bay (right) Living here in the San Francisco Bay area, I find that there is a lot of confusion about...

aka, How Andrew Likes to Waste an Incredible Amount of Time. DISCLAIMER: The information provided here is for entertainment purpose...

[Note: I have redone my recipe for finger lime marmalade and posted a new version. This post is still useful as I did not copy all of the...

One of my most popular blog posts, and certainly the most consistently popular, was about the process of repairing an antique soda sip...

Introduction For several months I have been watching the YouTube channel, Tasting History with Max Miller . It's great. His mix of hu...

Kero in her "room" at the veterinary hospital with her  IV tube and cone removed during one of my visits (she's hiding her...

UPDATE: August 2017 After years of service, the composter I built and described below rotted away. Taking my learning from using this...

In 1947, Churchill said, ‘“democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those others that have been tried.”’ When qu...

Five or six years ago my neighbor Bill suffered a very unusual stroke. The stroke destroyed his ability to form new memories. I am t...