Vinegar is diluted acetic acid. If you just go buy “vinegar” at the grocery store, you’re buying an aqueous solution that is almost always 5% acetic acid. Ah, but here’s an intriguing product. Meet Heinz Cleaning Vinegar—in “special cleaning strength.” Vinegar is indeed a good cleaner for many things. A stronger vinegar could be useful … Read more
Quoting myself from four and a half years ago: Particularly since the Web came of age—so, for perhaps the past 15 or 16 years as I type—Playboy’s pictorials are really rather quaint. I mean, if you’re crackin’ a Playboy to see naked women, you’re leading a very, very sheltered life. (You’re also going to get … Read more
Sigh. More misery for the Cubs. I thought it might happen for them this year. Uncle Bill and I became Cubs fans watching WGN in the mid-’80s. I haven’t followed baseball closely since the ’94 strike, but I thought I might watch a Cubs World Series. Alas… I’m having epic allergy troubles. I can’t remember … Read more