Until now, I have left out potentially the most sensitive of all my jobs: the fish tanks! How hard could it be to plop in a few pellets? If you’re asking that question, you have clearly never owned a saltwater fish tank. This thing is more complicated than the computer…

As General George S. Patton said, “A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.” Well tomorrow has arrived, and this time we’re not messing around. …

It was a miracle! My first night totally alone and everything went according to plan this time….for about 10 seconds. I played the waiting game with a few goats who were head butting the main door when I walked in. You know, just like we all do at McDonald’s when…

With one shaky night under my belt, I returned to the goat house apprehensive, but with a plan! Step 1: Fill all the bowls first (#mealprep) and set them down just outside the fenced area. …

Oh you thought Night 1 was over. I did too! But returning home after a celebratory dinner, our guard was let down for just long enough for me to forget Robert’s foreboding stories about their dog, Tuka, who had run away from two previous housesitters. Within a millisecond of opening…

I am taking a break from the usual EV content for a special miniseries about a very memorable week. Describing the week as “house-sitting” is both a comic understatement and an apt description of the basic charge of my mission: feed and provide water for my coworker Robert’s animals. Yet…

Let’s say you are approaching a car decision and are convinced it should be electric. Go you! How do you decide which model is right? In this post, I’ll go through the majority of available options along with recommendations to get you started on the decision-making process. I found found…

As a promoter of electric vehicles (EVs) in both my personal and professional lives, I frequently get asked some version of the following question: “Are EVs actually beneficial from an emissions perspective?” More often than not, the question is framed as an assertion (in the negative) accompanied by a picture…