The reading lamp by our couch is always unplugged. That’s because one of our teenagers finds it necessary to unplug the lamp so he can plug in his cell phone charger and computer while he does his homework during his favorite TV program. Certainly we’ve had the discussion about how inefficient multi-tasking is. But that’s […]

Some things just aren’t right. It’s not right to pour candy sprinkles on a pumpkin pie. I don’t care how much I like the kid who committed this offense. Please, keep the green and red sprinkles for the sugar cookies. It’s not right to borrow another person’s cell phone and sneeze on it. I don’t […]

Electricity a Luxury More than 8 million people across the East are struggling to stay warm as the super storm Sandy continues to knock power out as it pushes its way inland. Whole cities have been left in the dark and many will remain so until electricians can systematically reconnect the millions of circuitries needed […]

Electricity from a storm cloud hit Benjamin Franklin’s key and flowed down the wet string giving the American Founding Father an electrical shock. This first attempt back in 1752 to more fully understand electricity was added upon when Thomas Edison was able to produce a reliable, long-lasting electric light bulb in his laboratory. The production […]