My first thought is the Beach Boys parody song:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALYoQ_-5sUI

My daughter did something like this for her kids for Christmas a few years ago, though the reading was audio only. She collected about 20 reads from various aunts and uncles and grandparents and so on, and the younger kids still love listening to them, I’m told. A couple of Pooh stories read by the kids’…

Self-cleaning ovens are a lifesaver! Don’t most stoves come with them these days? I read once that they pay for themselves in energy savings since they have to be so much better insulated to withstand the high heat of the cleaning cycle. I certainly wouldn’t buy a stove without self-cleaning. If your oven gets as…

What, no mention of one of the greatest poets of the 20th Century, Dr. Seuss?

I don’t know for sure what is meant by a “clay pot”? Would this include a traditional crock pot?

That very Circle K happens to be one I fill at sometimes. If I’m in the vicinity I prefer to fill at Costco. It’s about about 8 miles from the Circle K, but currently 55¢/gal cheaper. I don’t know how they can charge so much in Boulder &/or so little at Costco.

I fail to see why I would want one of those.

Seldom has Acronym Finder failed me, but it did in this case. My best guess was Best Day Ever. (And yes, I know that BDE technically isn’t an acronym, that being a word that can be pronounced, like radar or scuba, but that’s what they call their website.)

Something to keep in mind: We’ll be electing a President, not a King. Ms. Warren’s promises about student loans notwithstanding, the President can’t do that much, as least as regards finances, without approval by Congress. He/She (I refuse to use “they” for the singular) could start a war, but that’s another discussion…

My income varies greatly from one pay period to another. So I’m over-withheld sometimes and under-withheld other times. It sort of works out in the end. My wish would be to specify a percentage to be withheld for Federal and another for State taxes. But alas . . .

Yeah, Colorado is different (one of the lowest obesity rates in the US by many accounts), but at my gym it’s much busier when the weather is bad. When it’s nice out more people are outside.

Yeah, I’m older, but I tend to be MORE careful with a rental than with my own car. I read travel blogs & advice and I’ve seen many horror stories about the rental companies coming after the renter for the tiniest little thing (or indeed for nothing). So I never want to give them the slightest opening.

“In theory, there’s no difference between theory and practice.  In practice there is.”  This is variously attributed.

What, exactly is Venmo?

Text Exchange:

I don’t understand why people continue to live in California.  But then I’m glad they do, as we certainly don’t need them in my state.  (I’m not telling what it is.)

In the past this has worked with my Mileage + Explorer card. I got so I just called and asked for the retention department, and they took care of me. Then one time they wouldn’t budge. After haggling a bit I realized that I had an upcoming trip booked on United, and that if I cancelled the card over the $95 fee my…

This is pretty much exactly what my wife and I have done for some years. Minor difference is that we each contribute monthly to the joint account (which we call the JBA, for Joint Budget Account), an amount that differs for each of us and has changed over the years as circumstances have. I might add, somewhat…

True.  I am one, so I know. Dr. Seuss even wrote a story called Too Many Daves.

Flown on Southwest lately? No overhead bin problem. Because Southwest allows people to check two bags free and DOESN’T RIP THEM OFF WITH BAG CHARGES!  And they make money doing what they do.