By: Mary Fran Bontempo Yesterday, I spent the entire day scrubbing the glue off of the walls in my kitchen. This is not a new exercise routine. It's what has to happen when you finally remove the God-awful wallpaper that's been on your kitchen walls since 1993 before you can paint those same walls a nice, soothing, solid color that has nothing to do with paisley, or Victorianna, or any of the other [...]

By: Mary Fran Bontempo Ear wax remover Snoring nasal strips Dental filling wax Believe it or not, the above shopping list is not mine. Nor is it my husband's. I'm delighted to report that the items listed above are those of my not-quite-yet thirty-year-old son. Hahahahaha! David admitted to purchasing the items while bemoaning the fact that he had, indeed, finally morphed into an old man, or more tellingly, his parents--something I'd told [...]

By: Mary Fran Bontempo I ran this column this past summer, but after my most recent adventures with Comcast, a mere six months later, which involved five phone calls and one visit to the store today still with no resolution, I decided to run it again. The circumstances today are a bit different, but the result is the same--Aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!! Feel free to pass on the rant.   “Abandon all hope, ye who enter [...]