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Yes, this sounds like an oxymoron, along the lines of “constructive criticism.” If it’s criticism, it’s hard to hear it as “constructive”. And if someone ...

Remote work became the norm for everyone over the past year, and it looks like this modus operandi will continue in 2021. We’ve all adapted ...

A billboard for an auto body shop bears the headline, “We Met By Accident,” and shows an attractive couple standing by two damaged cars. We ...

The way many businesses handle spill clean up is a crime: employees crawling around on the floor with paper towels, or trying to mop the ...

It’s been a time when we’ve needed superheroes more than ever: a pandemic circling the globe, the entire West Coast of the U.S. suffering the ...

No doubt about it, 2020 has been a year of weight gain. Being ordered indoors for months on end to keep us safe has led ...

Between COVID-19, historic wildfires that ravaged the West Coast, and the need to wear various types of masks for different health concerns, this entire year ...

This has been a very strange year, elementally speaking. Of the four primary elements — earth, air, water, fire — we live on Earth, and ...

If ever there was a year when looking like an astronaut was the accepted norm, it’s 2020. Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) in the form of ...

It’s been a dry year. Again. And that means what’s normally green is brown, and the reservoirs are low.  But while we haven’t (yet) figured ...

These are strange times. Whereas once it was considered odd if someone refused to shake hands, today it’s a violation to do so. We keep ...

You’re probably familiar with the five-second rule, an amusing food hygiene fiction that says if you pick up that strawberry or piece of cake you ...

Where can you go to escape a global pandemic? While the answer seems likely to be, “another planet,” plenty of people are moving around on ...

It’s that time of year again: apples are in season, there’s a nip in the air, and the kids are finally back in school. <<Tearing ...

Who doesn’t love kittens? Even diehard dog owners tend to find kittens adorable, especially in videos, where there’s never a need to clean a litter ...

Our 90 miles-per-hour, fast-forward lifestyle has come to a screeching halt with coronavirus and shelter-in-place. For most of us, this novel virus has ushered in ...

Once upon an office or other business setting (auto shop, racetrack, grocery store, restaurant, school…), spill clean up was a simple matter. The uninitiated reached ...

The concept of “vacation” may need to be reimagined in 2020 and beyond. Clearly, after sheltering in place for months, and with travel bans for ...

With more of us working remotely than ever before in history, you could start to feel a little unbalanced, staring at the screen all day. ...

When you’re seeking a place to access WiFi from your car, a hot spot is exactly what you hope to find. When you’re ready for ...

Since our lives have become more virtual than ever before — and hapless parents have transmogrified into de facto teachers — it’s a golden opportunity to ...

Even if being cooped up for months put someone in a fowl mood (we couldn’t resist…), no doubt they’re eager to enjoy summer outdoors — ...

Life has been challenging enough in 2020 so far, with everyone sheltering in place and doing their level best to avoid getting sick. The last ...

It’s summer. The kids should be shipped off to camp, leaving mom and dad free to work remotely, in peace. But it’s a COVID-19 summer, ...

Since we’ve been spending so much time at home (over two months and counting, for many of us), it makes sense to keep our homes, ...

June is National Safety Month, and as the U.S. gets back to business, albeit in a very different way than before the pandemic, it’s crucial ...

Now that we’ve gotten un-used to bringing our reusable bags to grocery stores, become accustomed to everyone mimicking health care professionals (or perhaps bandits — ...

It’s possible you may never have appreciated your breath more than in 2020. Breathing is completely natural, so of course we take it for granted; ...

Back in 2013 and 2014 we pondered how a break from technology could improve our ability to focus and relax — and also how it might ...

Since 2006, Facebook has been the dominant word beginning with “face” in the global lexicon. But in 2020, it’s been supplanted by a radically different ...