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Fresh from mocking my friend who was excited to buy file folders for his two new filing cabinets, I realized again I had not achieved an important goal that I’ve had for a while quite yet: the paperless office. Though my friend, who claims not to be a Luddite but veers close to such things, …

The main room of my apartment is the living room, office, library, and art studio, all in one. Out of respect for my landlord, I try not to put nails in the wall and so consequently, I have painted canvases propped up on empty easels, and every shelf, chair and bookcase. The art on my …

I don’t have cable TV here in Bismarck. About the only thing I miss are the mind-numbing SyFy Saturday nights, which I only got acquainted with back home on the farm through Direct TV which was an impulse decision by my parents after I suggested we rig up an antennae so we could get PBS and I could watch the …

Companies like Midcontinent Communications are the reason for things like the French Revolution. Granted, the historical time lines won’t match up, but the rage of the commoners is there. Midcontinent, the IRS, and people like my former landlord. I’m sure you fellow Third Estaters can add to the list. It is rare that, in communication …

If he made soup, there was a Seinfeld episode dedicated to him. Upon tendering my notice that I was moving to a new apartment on the same day that the porch ceiling was serving as a sieve for melting snow, my landlord gave me a detailed list of how to clean my apartment. No, it wasn’t enough …