Sep 18, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Here a a collection of not so serious head scratchers and eye rollers. •Why do we press harder on a remote-control when we know the battery is dead? •Why are they called buildings, when they’re already finished? Shouldn’t they be called builts? •Why...
Sep 11, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Among the things that I really like to avoid are heights, biting & stinging insects, and painting. And all of those came together for a perfect storm of sorts this past weekend. The wilderness retreat was in need of some exterior maintenance that...
Sep 4, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Some recent news items worthy of observation: The federal sequestration-that’s the penalty we all must pay for our elected obtuse, dysfunctional congress not being able to compromise to pass a budget bill- is being felt but not in all circles. We all...
Aug 28, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Today we are encouraged to recycle, re-use and re-purpose to save the environment. Products and leaders encourage us to “Go Green”. But for we children growing up the 1950’s & 60’s, we weren’t green: it was a way of...
Aug 21, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener That helpful but kilowatt consuming appliance—the electric dryer— is a most convenient apparatus. It sits next to the washer so that one load of clean damp clothes gets tossed in the dryer rather than hauled outdoors and hung up on a line for all the...
Aug 14, 2013 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Last spring’s high school seniors are this semester’s freshman college class. That is, unless the spring graduates found gainful employment. Either case, the following advice is applicable. You will find that you have gone from being the top dog as...
