Years ago one of my friends had a cockatiel who masturbated on his wooden perch every time I came over. He would huff and puff, and  rub his nether regions so frequently that he developed a little bald spot down there. I don't even like birds that much; I didn't encourage him!

Look for Vital Farms eggs. They print the name of the producer’s farm on each carton, and on the Vital Farms website you can look up the farm and see a 360 degree video, with sound, of the chickens on that farm. They are all free ranging in pastures and big pens with grass, trees, and bugs. They are constantly on the…

Wear gloves, quickly treat scratches with antibiotic spray or ointment, and try not to breathe any dust around the pen. I know many places don’t believe in washing off the eggs; I wash mine in cool water, dry them quickly and refrigerate them immediately. Check chickens for mite infestations too; it may weaken them if…

Whenever I could, I shopped in a Stater Brothers in SoCal. Great stores, decent prices. 

Those ceiling tiles are great. They’re plastic, lightweight, cut simply with razor knife or scissors, and come in a range of colors, or as mentioned can be painted the color you want. We did the ceiling of a room in these, and it's eye-popping. Ordered ours from Amazon, very simple and not horribly expensive. 

Yup, escaped CA for a better state and colder climate. They often simply close roads for hours when it’s snowy/windy enough here, so allow me to recommend: some kind of canned food source, or granola type bars if you have the discipline to replace them a couple of times a year.  Also, some kind of portable urine…

Yup, escaped CA for a better state and colder climate. They often simply close roads for hours when it’s snowy/windy…

My 2009 Hummer H3 got consistently better MPG than the 2009 Nissan Xterra that it replaced. Loved that H3.

Pleeease, now can you convince the masses that there is no such word as "predominately"?

Like he's in the habit of listening to what people tell him.

You'd like to "shoo" a Black Angus bull out of your yard? PLEASE let me get video of this event. 

I'm stuck on the concept of finding it exhausting to brush manually two or more times a day. Doctor and/or dentist visits may be in order. 

I'm stuck on the concept of finding it exhausting to brush manually two or more times a day. Doctor and/or dentist…

Hold the glasses under a light stream of running water, and GENTLY smooth some detergent mixed with water across the lenses, using your just-washed fingers. Dry with a microfiber cloth, and buy extras of those next time you’re near an eyewear display at the discount store. Also helpful, after face grease/dust/makeup…

Er, wouldn't it be more logical to put a HEIGHT restrictor in here? A bar, or pole suspended at the ends, like I've seen at the entrance to parking garages? Add a flashing light to it as well, and drivers might actually get the concept. Lucky this isn't in Southern California, because idiots would be lining up to…

Proofreading has been a goner for a long time. If I read "predominately", "nucular", or see "principle" and "principal" incorrectly substituted for each other again,  I will need to be carried out screaming and straitjacketed.

She probably just lifted a gun her Mom inherited after Dad passed, or swiped her boyfriend's gun from a drawer. Sadly many gun owners don’t take the trouble to safely secure weapons kept in their house.

We were at a small auction where the cast iron offerings were carefully separated from more common items. I didn’t think about this, until one Griswold 13 inch fry pan sold for $1300, and other items also sold for impressive prices.  I had never heard of collectible cast iron; what an eye opener!

Eeech.....Pickles are green, slimy, and horrid. If I ever become President,  they will immediately be declared an extra item that costs more, while cheese will be free for the asking. Don't even want pickles on the same plate as food.

Not trains: MONORAILS. They don’t restrict ground level movement like trains do, and don’t divide neighborhoods like trains do. One in Germany has been running for many years. In wild areas, animals can cross under a monorail with no danger and little disruption to either animal or machine. You think trains stop for…

Before I retired, I had gone to a joystick mouse, which I really liked. But 3 of the 4 remaining staff in our group had gone to the trackball side; the mapping software we used meant that we all did much more mousing than typing, every day, all day. Standard mice were just painful.

Before I retired, I had gone to a joystick mouse, which I really liked. But 3 of the 4 remaining staff in our group…

Here in California, which has voting by mail as routine for rural areas like the deserts, my husband and I don’t especially trust mailboxes either. So we deliver our “mail” votes IN PERSON to a polling location in the nearest city. We need to drive to this city sometimes anyway, for bigger shopping trips, so this is…