I first ran across the phrase, "Bob's your uncle" in a book. The newly-single woman was making her bed, and the section was something like:
Just pull the sheet and comforter up and, Bob's your uncle, the bed is made. And, while Bob may or may not be your uncle, if you can make your bed in 15 seconds or less, Bob is definitely not your lover.
No city-supplied garbage cans in Somerville, alas. I know I'll just be tempting fate if I give in and buy some.
Also and very annoying: you can't buy replacement garbage can lids.
Really I'm not garbage-obsessed
How to control your Roomba via Bluetooth. I can't believe I don't have a Roomba yet.
I'd love to buy one, but it would take one look at my floorful of cables, closely packed furniture, and assorted clutter and send up the binary equivalent of "goodbye cruel world!"
Today the pond, tomorrow the world!
Toxic cane toads are evolving into a 'eco-nightmare' that are able to cover huge distances, a study says.
Scientists, writing in the journal Nature, found the toads are getting leggier, moving faster and further than their shorter-legged counterparts.
I don't know who to stab first.
This is a dilemma.