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Two bags were needed. I had a feeling we needed more, so I bought two 150-piece bags of candy from Costco. 132 (!) trick-o-treaters sho...

(Image from hyperactivz ) Progress towards a cure for Alzheimer's is slow, in good part because scientists have not found a definit...

I thought I was a sports fan, but it's become clear that I'm a front runner, aka bandwagon-jumper ( on when my teams are winning, o...

Tree of Life synagogue (Chronicle/AP photo) The shooting started at 9:50 AM Saturday. The first 911 call was at 9:54. At 11:13 the gunm...

The iPhone 6 had served me well for four years, but it had become too slow, froze when running some of the new apps, and exhausted its batt...

Dropping off the Car Having disposed of the 1997 Dodge Caravan in 2015, I hadn't seen Jack, our trustworthy mechanic, for at least thr...

It's old technology that we've just adopted: Tennis balls reduce drying time. They move around between the items in the dryer, ...

From top: lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic ( Slideshare ) Consumer Reports has a "troubling" report on heavy metals in American...

Reams of pages have been written on how to improve performance and achieve success . But performance and success are quite different , acco...

(Note: part 1 here ) National housing sales have been falling for four straight years: A combination of rising mortgage rates and high ho...

I first noticed variations of the guilt-inducing question at the Costco and Whole Foods checkout counters: "Would you like to donate ...

Brain scientists are figuring out the biological basis for fear --and courage: (from neuroscientifically challenged ) Most of the scie...

The Bay Area tops another list , one not to be proud of: [bold added] In 2017 potholes closed Highway 101 by Palo Alto ( NBC ) The Ba...

Years of studying English vocabulary and grammar will only take a student so far. Here , for example, are four unofficial rules that native ...

Entrance to the assisted living wing An HDMI cable was missing, so I picked one up from the store and connected Dad's monitor to ...