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Today at breakfast my 11-year-old son informed me he had good news and bad news. Not only was he finally allowed to bring his recorder home from music class but he was going to take his first puberty class at school. I'm still trying to figure out which was the good news. Later that afternoon after he slid into the backseat of the minivan and played a few notes of "Hot Cross Buns," I immediately began plotting how and when his recorder would meet a tragic fate. As soon as w ...

One of the unspoken rules of home ownership (such as "never shovel your snow into your neighbor's open car window") is that you must decorate your yard every holiday season. For most of us, this consists of tastefully hanging a string of icicle lights over the garage door while sacrificing a few extremities to the sub-zero weather. However, some of you may be tempted to take it to the next level this year, so I'm providing a helpful guide to six types of decoration styles you may want to ...