How to Make Replacement Scrabble Tiles

Lose a Scrabble tile? Don’t fret. Here’s a simple tutorial on how to make your own replacement tiles from scrap wood with basic hand tools. (If you’d rather order the real deal from Hasbro and wait from them to be mailed, click here.)
For the love of Scrabble
We purchased the deluxe edition of Scrabble many years ago [...]

Happy Thanksgiving! A Day in the Life

7:05 a.m. Thought about tuning in for early TV coverage of the Macy’s T-Day Parade. The crowd started at 6:30 a.m. EST. on and it airs on NBC by 9 a.m. Visit the Web site for some cool games and video and an annoying musical underscore.

7:18 a.m.: Started baking sweet potatoes for the Obama’s cumin-spiced [...]

Fact You Should Know: Large Hadron Collider

“…it also could unmask the long-sought Higgs boson particle, one of the most elusive and mysterious objects since the Yeti.”
- L.A. Times, Dec. 1, 2009
I had no idea that the Yeti was one of the most elusive and mysterious objects in all of science. Surely the human genome is more mysterious. Or perhaps even water [...]

The Gates: Memories from New York City

Our first trip to New York City with a baby was a cold and leafless day in February 2005 to see the Gates, a 23-mile-long art installation created by the husband and wife team Christo and Jeanne-Claude, known for similarly massive art adventures around the world.
This week, Jeanne-Claude passed away at the age of 74, according [...]

How to Clean Roof Gutters: Get Someone Else To Do It

This will be a short post, as it doesn’t take much to describe how to clean roof gutters to remove fallen leaves, pine needles, and the thick layer of leaf compost that builds up when you neglect this all-important fall-time task.
FOUR STEPS TO CLEAN ROOF GUTTERS:
Step One: Borrow a ladder from your neighbor. You only [...]