If you’ve read my previous columns over the years — heck, if you’ve met me in person — you know I have a default setting to “complain.” There’s not an injustice I won’t take up, a slight I won’t address or an annoyance I won’t over analyze. Due to a journey of ...
Consider the ice cube: stable in a consistent temperature and immobile on its own without a change in temperature. Personally, I prefer the ice cube in less of a solid and more of a liquid. In other words, I don’t like ice. It is cold, hard on my teeth and makes it difficult to take a sip of ...
Ever since I brought my water-damaged Mac laptop into the Apple Store at City Creek to be repaired, I haven’t been able to get those candy-colored iMacs out of my mind. Not only would one be an uplifting focal point in my home office, but the promise of no messy tangle of cords cluttering the ...
Since 2000, the U.S. dollar has lost an incredible 44.2% of its purchasing power. Reports from the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, the official tracker of inflation statistics, indicate inflation may be worse than we think. Even as interest rates remain at their lowest, Federal ...
The 2023 Chevrolet Equinox comes into the new year as the best-selling SUV in the Chevy line, but it has some very stiff competition from its peers amongst those in the market for a small, affordable SUV. It contends against vehicles like the Mazda CX-50, Honda CR-V, VW Tiguan and Ford Bronco ...
Welcome to your early Christmas present, readers: more unsolicited advice. Today’s admonition is brought to you by ... a new puppy, which has inhibited my sleep and left me crankier than Scrooge on Christmas Eve. Many new homeowners embark upon ownership with plans to eventually change and ...
After a roller coaster year for the housing market, many are wondering whether we can expect less volatile conditions in 2023. Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, recently provided some answers in a Real Estate Forecast Summit presentation. Yun’s ...
Avoiding probate can be tricky, but you might be able to do it successfully by following these three straightforward ways. If you own stock certificates or have a brokerage account, the "transfer on death" option can be used to avoid probate. This option is often called the "Uniform Transfer ...
It’s back! For 2023, Acura has brought back one of its nameplates, the Integra — or, as some may remember it, the RSX. It was last seen in the U.S. back in 2006 after the last 450 were produced and sold. This was caused by the shrinking coupe market as it only had two doors at that time. ...
Confucius has been credited with saying, “The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.” While I essentially agree with this oft-quoted Chinese philosopher, I don’t necessarily think a person who initially asks a question looks a fool for ...
