Last summer, a feral cat had kittens and my neighbors started feeding them. At one point, I was asked how to get rid of the cats. “Stop feeding them,” I answered. Since that was not an option for them, they trapped all the cats, including the mother and father, and had them all spayed or ...

April 1st is a day for practical jokes in many countries around the world. In honor of this, I have decided to list a few of the pranks I carried out at work. One day I super glued a quarter to the floor in front of the coffee machine in the lunch room. My buddies and I then sat down at a ...

SOS from the front lines of Coronavirus Isolation with kids: 00:01:00 The schools have been closed. The store shelves are empty. We've been shopping. We've been preparing for this. We are fine. We are safe. We are healthy. This is just an extended vacation — an inside, isolated staycation. ...

I was going to outline 50 neat things to do while you’re all sequestered in your homes, but it doesn’t feel fitting somehow. While at first the virus seemed like a great way to get to know your family again and tackle spring cleaning projects, I think the excitement of endless free time ...

Small Black Furry sits next to me. “You continue to write about that annoying dog. When do I get a column? You know,” she sniffs, “when you aren’t looking” (oh, but I was!) “dog barks at me and, yes, even chases me. Oh, well, I do run and mostly hiss but she couldn’t catch me in ...

Coronavirus is frightening. I’m working from home, practicing “social distancing.” Experts say it’ll help “flatten the curve” so fewer people will be infected simultaneously. Then hospitals won’t be overwhelmed. But the infection rate grows. Doctors and hospitals may yet be ...