How to deal with

With the cost of gas on the rise and our investments on the way down, the price of being a loved one's unpaid personal driver is even more burdensome. And who couldn't use a little more me time in their weekly schedule? Of course, those who take advantage of one's willingness to run them around on...

You've finally bought a little patch of Mother Earth that you can call your own. Then you discover your neighbor is encroaching. Perhaps his fence is two feet over the property line, or the dying limb of his sugar maple is overhanging your garage, or his barking dog is keeping you up all night. How...

Moms know what I'm talking about; the boss brings his kid to work on Bring Your Demon to Work day, and asks you to 'keep an eye on' him/her while boss hides in his office playing solitaire on his Blackberry. Or cousin Sally appears in your driveway with a Voyager full of tots buzzed on sucrose,...

Neighbors can be a joy, providing you a sense of belonging and community. They can also be a PITA when they treat your stuff like community property. This is especially true of equipment that we use only occasionally, such as ladders, roto-tillers, chain saws, car jacks, rug shampooers or slide...