As my group of friends and I have gotten older, I’ve noticed lately that many are sharing the same complaints: the flame in their marriage has been snuffed out. Before they got married, a couple of them bragged about the quantity and quality of their intimate moments with their future spouses. Now, many of them […]
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July marks the official start of the hot, dry season in southern California after a cloudy May and April. This means families all over the southland are finally putting their pool heaters to work after half a year or more of dormancy. Unfortunately, if those families are anything like mine they’re going to find that […]
Read MoreTermites – the very utterance of the insect’s name is enough to give nearly any homeowner chills. The wood-fiber ingesting bug has long scourged southern California, but until recently the danger has been mostly overstated due to the relatively low impact of local species. Western drywood and especially subterranean termites can cause substantial damage if […]
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California is, unfortunately, due for yet another dry year as La Niña conditions continue unabated into the summer of 2022. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation climate pattern – a measure of average water temperatures in the south-central Pacific ocean – can help determine general weather conditions for the following year for the continents surrounding the world’s […]
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This post is one borne of frustration and despair in equal parts. If you’ve ever had the uniquely infuriating experience of being a first time home owner, I think you’ll be able to relate After years of scrounging and saving in an 800 square foot two bedroom, 1.5 bath condo, my wife and I were […]
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If you’re a homeowner, you’ve no doubt had a miserable experience with a contractor at least once in your life. Whether you were just trying to get a part of your home touched up or you’ve had major work done on your house, it seems like most contractors have an inborn ability to muck up […]
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Being a trucker is a tough job, not only for your body but for your mind. Running a 40 hour loop from California to Wyoming and back to make deadlines, only getting up out of your seat during rest stops to take care of business and get more coffee – those are the circumstances many […]
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As the La Niña conditions continue in the Pacific states for the second consecutive year, we’re unfortunately set for yet another sparse rainy season here in southern California. For us, that means much less rain, and more dry, sunny winter days with depleting reservoirs and a severely reduced snowpack. Practically, that means that we’re going […]
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When I was a kid, one of the weekly chores I had to do was take out the garbage cans the night before collection days. Our house had a little alley in the back that led to our gate, bordered on one side by the house and the other by a brick wall and a […]
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Divorce is a tough thing to go through no matter what stage of life you’re in, how old you are, or how difficult your relationship has been. Whatever the case may be, you have built a life with the other person and separating from them can be as damaging and painful as separating from a […]
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