Snowy white frost is all over my freezer, making my frozen foods an icy mystery. I sigh as I dig out my directions on how to speed clean your freezer in 20 minutes (yes, it can be done) and get to work and ask myself how I could let it go for so long. I'm always...

How Two Crafy Lawyers and a Shrewd Contract Took Coke From 9 (Yes 9) to 1.7 Billion Servings a Day In other parts of the country when people go out to eat they might ask their server, "What kind of soda do you have?" In Texas, they ask, "What kind of Cokes do you...

Too Much Cake and Too Many Freebies May Be Great Today, But You Won't Be Too Happy Tomorrow Last week I had the good fortune to celebrate 5 birthdays in one day. As with most birthday celebrations, they involved food. In addition to all the birthday cake (and one...

A Series LLC Keeps Your Eggs From Getting Scrambled When You Keep Them All in One Basket We’ve just finished Easter with its time-honored tradition of the Easter Egg Hunt; creatively decorating our eggs with a variety of dyes, decals, embellishments, and crayons; then...

Mint for Everyone - And Why It's Going to Stay That Way! Another St. Patrick's Day has come and gone, and it's time to put away the lucky green shamrocks. The days of the minty guilty pleasure known as the Shamrock Shake are coming to a close for 2013. But before we...

Extended Deadline:  Claims Must be Filed by March 25th, 2013!  May 1st, 2013 Normally, you know I post a little seed of legal information for you to grow your business. Today, instead, I’m alerting you to a special award program for Hispanic and Female Farmers. If you...

Don't Pay for Something You Don't Need! Recently I was going to try out a new recipe that called for 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. It’s been a long time since I bought lemon juice, but I’m pretty sure they still don’t sell it by the teaspoon. So this left me with two...

Let the Biter Beware One of the great year-round pass times in America is going to the movies. Even though we have the option to wait just a few short months to watch them at home, there are some films that we either can’t wait for or (in the age of 3-D blockbusters)...

Now Getting a Bite Eat Means Getting a Byte to Eat Once upon a time taking your lunch break on a work day meant getting together with some friends or coworkers. You would go to a nearby restaurant and chat over a meal away from the office. If you didn’t feel like...

In Some Cases the Box is More Valuable Than What's Inside It.   A staple of Valentine’s Day is a heart-shaped box of chocolates complete with a red ribbon. Your Valentine feels special when untying the ribbon, lifting the lid, and inhaling the aroma of chocolates...