The most recent obnoxious phishing attempt was from some silly Russians pretending to be from Dun & Bradstreet. Then again, D&B is kind of a scam itself.

Well, I'll tell you a little story. A few years back in the Sedona, AZ area, a small plane "disappeared" en route from the Phoenix area to the Sedona airport. Radar tracking ended south of the airport. An extensive search turned up nothing. About two years later, a local resident recalled seeing a small plume of…

Ugh. Disagree. "Apologies" without admission of guilt have become de rigueur particularly among the political class e.g. "I'm sorry if you misunderstood..." That's not just blame shifting but a weasel way of trying to make other people feel guilty for things you did. And saying "I'm sorry but..." is total B.S. …

Big whoop. My premiums went up 21% this year and 15% the year before. The merde has only begun to hit the ventelateur on this.

I'd like to nominate "holding one's tongue" to this list. Because of the anonymity of Internet, people think it's okay to say the most obnoxious things that would get their ass kicked if they did it in real life.

One that works with your DirecTV clicker. Sadly, most of them don't and I don't want to spend a ton of money on a Harmony nor do I want a dozen clickers on my coffee table. I used to love that but I'd rather have it KISS simple.

One that works with your DirecTV clicker. Sadly, most of them don't and I don't want to spend a ton of money on a…

Speaking from personal experience, #3 should really say "Have two year's pay in the bank and no debt." That means no car payments or mortgage payments and definitely no revolving credit card debt. This also means that you'll essentially be working two jobs until you have that war chest. This means that if you are…

Easy. I flipped the judgmental types the metaphorical bird and went to work for myself. That was 20 years ago and I never looked back.

Meh. I prefer a breaded onion ring. Those don't get soggy and gross in 2 seconds.

As instructive as this was to see, I'll bet that the airlines don't implement it has something to do with the possibility that they need to stall until the ground crew gets their act together.

One that isn't the same size as the bag you used to check but now have to cough up $25 for. Sorry, folks, but cramming your entire wardrobe into the overhead bin is as obnoxious as the anti-recline dohickies if not more so.

One that isn't the same size as the bag you used to check but now have to cough up $25 for. Sorry, folks, but…

Double-edge sword, this is. As a gentleman, looking for a ring is pretty much the first thing I do if an encounter goes outside the bounds of a professional one. In my experience, real jerks don't care if there's a ring on or not.

There's a very big difference between untidy and disgusting. Untidy might simply mean that the person in question has too many more important things to worry about than being obsessive-compulsive. A painter whose coveralls are pristine doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't spill. He might be tossing the stained…

I'd add "How to do real-world projects" for STEM students who are fed a constant diet of theory without practical applications.

#6: Do you have two years pay in the bank and no debt? You'll need it if you want to quit your day job to start your own business full time because it takes a while for it to be self-sustaining.

Bison is yummy but unless you like meat rare in general, the results are less than stellar. Charcoal definitely makes a difference and I'd like to know if there's a way to pull off that taste on a gas grill.

The perfect burger starts by grinding the meat yourself. Start with chuck. Then you need to sweet-talk the meat cutter (no longer called a butcher, btw) into giving you some beef fat trimmings. Additional fat mixed in with the chuck makes a big difference. And you need to run it through the grinder twice.

In my experience, this is wrong. You need the bubbles in the batter when they go into the oven. The heating the moisture and gas in the bubbles causes them to expand. Once that's accomplished, the bubbles need to be disrupted so they don't cause shrinkage. Dropping the cake right when it comes out keeps the…

Here's a great trick I learned from a Springer-Verlag book on baking science. As soon as you take the cake out of the oven, drop it on the counter from a height of about 12-18 inches. What this does is pop the bubbles in the now set batter foam. As it cools, the air in the bubbles shrinks which causes the cake to…

There's no point in building a fire if you're dying of dehydration. Find water before anything else.