Polls

The world was recoiling in horror Monday (April 10) as we watched a man being dragged for filth on an airplane -- yes, he was being literally dragged off for not giving up his seat voluntarily! His name is Dr. David Dao (get THE TEA on the doctor at the end of this article), and he was on his way back from Chicago to Louisville, Ky., so he could attend to his patients.

Due to my job I make a lot of phone calls, and one thing that stands out to me is voice mails. What about voice mails, you ask? Well ... more and more of them seem to not be personalized. Is this too much to ask? I mean to the point there isn't even a name recorded. You know ... you get the robot message, "You have reached the voice mail box of .... (insert name)."

Michele was in Las Vegas last week to see Britney Spears as an anniversary gift from her husband. I don't know what he spent on the tickets, but I know that he got some great seats and went the extra mile and supposedly paid a small fortune. He didn't realize that as much as he'd already spent, it didn't include backstage passes to meet Britney. I asked Michele why she didn't go backstage and she

You've probably heard the news by now: Crayola plans to drop one of its signature crayon colors this Friday. Yes, one of the 24 go-to colors that most of us grew up with, will retire. Is it Indigo? Surely not Scarlet! Whatever it is, it got us thinking: What if Crayola made a color just for the Yakima Valley?

I saw this photo that a friend of mine posted on Facebook and thought it was funny. It never occurred to me that driving a stick shift had become a lost art until I tried to teach my son Logan to drive my pickup last fall -- it was a complete disaster.

It's that time of year again  -- teens at high schools across the country are thinking about who'll accompany them to prom. Given the looming fear of rejection, asking someone to prom can be a BIG deal.

Today is St. Patrick's Day, honoring Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. I saw a Facebook comment about someone being frustrated and offended when folks refer to St. Patrick's Day as St. Paddy's Day. I didn't even realize this was an issue, but it does make for a good poll!

It's the age-old argument: Which vacuum is the best? Dyson or Shark? Hoover or Oreck?

My son Logan was pretty independent as a child, and his mother and I started leaving him home alone when he was 8. It never occurred to us that we could possibly be breaking Washington state law.

If your spouse voted for a political candidate you disliked, would you move out? Gayle McCormick did.

Nowadays, everything is processed foods or there is some ingredient in them that is terrible for you. It really stinks, because those things always taste so darn good. Take soda pop. It taste amazing, but it is not good for you at all. I have to have a Diet Mountain Dew at least once a day. For the last two weeks, though, I have tried to make that just twice a week. I haven't made it. Anyway, each

Rik has a new fashion statement. He's been wearing this scarf. Not just with his coat, but all day, everyday. I call it the Steven Tyler scarf. I asked him why he was wearing it all the time, thinking maybe it had some significance. But nope...