Three weeks ago, our dishwasher started making some strange sounds. We called maintenance, and employing an interesting strategy, they decided to take the misbehaving part. Interesting, how so? Well, they didn’t replace it, so we went from a noisy dishwasher to an ineffective one. There is something mildly infuriating about playing Russian Roulette with a…

When do you give up on an optimal strategy? That’s a great question, and one that I have been thinking about quite a bit about recently, especially since learning a little more about soccer and the tactics that seperate the contenders from the pretenders. I am no expert, but the one thing I have half…

First off, I’m of course not anti-vax when it comes to ALL vaccines, but I tell you what, this latest TDAP has me going down the rabbit hole. Ok, you’re probably freaking out now, so let me add some context. To protect our upcoming child, I recently got the TDAP (tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis) vaccine….

Last Saturday, Ky and I went to a pumpkin patch to pick up a decorative gourd. It wasn’t a half bad experience! Many people are fascinated by farms. I’m one of them, as are the millions of people who tune into Clarkson’s Farm. Even David Beckham has decided that the best way to plonk his…

Last night, while I was chilling at home, I was flicking through the channels and found a college football game between Alabama and Georgia. Now, for those who are into college sports, this might be one of the biggest games of the season, but for the uninitiated, like yours truly, it was just a distraction…

After 264 days of studying French on DuoLingo, I realised I wanted to take it up a notch, so today I did my first lesson on iTalki. iTalki is a platform that allows language learners to connect with teachers from across the world, and for $7, I was able to do a 30 minute trial…