Some people say you make your own luck. My grandmother disagreed. She said what you make is effort and the more effort you make, the luckier you'll be.

From the beginning of time inventions have changed our lives. Take indoor plumbing, for example. If indoor plumbing hadn't been invented, we'd all be outsiders.

My grandmother said beauty starts within. I hope she meant within the walls of "Spas R Us".

They say we are what we eat. If we eat what the locals eat when we travel, does that make us locals too?

A look at anecdotes and funny tales from the IT support industry in the London area.

A look at a trip for two native Scots in their hired car.

I didn't put up Christmas decorations this year. Because we were going to be away, it seemed like too much work. Instead, I decorated myself with a smile.

According to my grandmother, a house is a house; but a home is what you make it. Unfortunately, she often followed those profound words with "and you can start by making your bed".

Every winter my electric blanket was my security blanket. Then a report said I was sleeping under a magnetic field that could make me sick - and that didn't sound like a field of dreams.

This article is a light analysis of Real Estate Agents and the myths surrounding them.

As much as I miss Long Island and New York, when I am there I can't wait to get back 'home'. The horns honking, the sirens, the closed in suburbs and, yes, the traffic, all get on my nerves now. These days, I look forward to the quiet, the easy conversation, and... the 'y'all come back now, you hear!' The way I figure it, I now have the best of both worlds and what can be better than that.

Getting enough sleep is important for our health. According to the National Sleep Foundation 100,000 car accidents are caused by sleep deprivation every year - but we're not meant to lose sleep worrying about it.

My grandmother always told me that I could turn strangers into friends. Well, my grandmother would be proud of me. I turned a stranger into a husband.

Wallow in your stuff to gradually wean yourself from it. After a while you won't want to go to the mall anymore.

Signs are everywhere. You might be wearing one. You might have sat on one today. In fact, right now you have a handful.