You're mad as hell and not going to take it anymore? We want to hear about it. This is your chance to mouth off -- about your neighbor, PTA, property taxes, personal trainer (you should be so lucky) -- without losing your cover as a good suburbanite.

By Steve Levenstein

Browsing the mall the other day, I noticed several displays of colorful rubber rain boots. They caught my eye because I've also seen these wildly patterned boots at some of the Japanese websites I surf to do research for my blog at InventorSpot, and they've also been featured on "Tokyo TV", a comedy/trendy show I pick up on the cable feed of TV Japan. I thought to myself, "Geez, rain boots have really come a long way". My next...read more

You sign up for a homeowners association, you follow the rules. And some are OK, even good. For example,  the common rule against neighbors firing their automatic weapons after 8:00 p.m...on weekdays. (Weekends it's 10:00 usually.) Macaroni salad? That can get ugly. Bad mayo, too much salt, over-celery-sprinkling, you don't want to go there. Here, who knows...but there's a "serious situation", not all's right in the neighborhood and somebody apparently...read more

By The Disgruntleds

Dear Neighbors:  We're writing this to you because, frankly, we think there's a better chance you'll understand it than the 1000s of birds you invite into your yard each morning starting around 5:40 A.M. We say "invite" because, well, installing 100s of bird feeders all over your property is a helluva pretty clear welcome mat to...read more