Necessity is the mother of invention, or so they say. [Jason] was in such a situation where he needed to install some safety railing at his grandmother’s house. He didn’t have the necessary tools ...

As post-war shortages faded in memory, the 1970s-80s became a time period when middle-class Americans felt relatively comfortable financially and increasingly able to indulge themselves. During the ...

Two things I spotted at the recent pencil party I attended made me drool: a Palomino long-point handheld pencil sharpener (I had not known that a handheld pencil sharpener could be anything but a toy; ...