Star Wars posts

Everybody loves to read about what Ricky Martin, Dr. Phil, Mel Gibson, Hulk Hogan, Hilary Duff and Mark Wahlberg are all selling their houses for. Hint: If you're in the market for a piece of real estate from the rich and famous, ALL are selling their houses at a discount these days. Thank you, real estate bust.

The star-gazing is what makes websites like TMZ and others so popular.

When there's that much money involved, chances are the owners aren't doing their own yard work or plumbing. For the rest of us though, happily (or not so happily, depending on who you ask), there are also DIY shows to watch and emulate if we are so brave and crazy, or contractors to hire.

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Dear Homeowner:

Water flows downhill and will always find its way to the lowest point in your house. (You might want to store that collection of Beanie Babies or Star Wars memorabilia off the floor – your insurance policy doesn't fully cover collectible merchandise).

I was standing on a friend's balcony this summer, looking out over all of the neatly subdivided yards, many of which were dotted with newly installed, pop-up swimming pools.

A lot of these pools are awfully cheap, price wise. I think you can get the whole kit for around $200 at certain points during the year. But they hold enormous amounts of water. What happens, I wondered, if some of them were defective or set up improperly? (I'm not sure I would want to be the next-door neighbor if that happened – a lot of the yards I was looking are really small. There isn't really anyplace for all of that water to go.)

If you've ever had a debate with your dad over whether Star Trek's NextGen series was better than TOS (the original series), or whether Jean-Luc Picard was a better captain of the Enterprise than James T. Kirk, then you need look no further than ThinkGeek to find a fun Father's Day gift he will love that will fit almost any budget.

Star Trek
Some of the most conservative gift choices on this website are Star Trek bathrobes ($39 US), Enterprise-shaped pizza cutters ($29.99 US) (that, um, "Boldly cut pizza where no man has cut before!), Klingon corkscrews ($19.99 US) that flip up the wings of a Bird-of-Prey starship, Interactive Tribbles ($14.99 US) that coo when picked up and are "guaranteed to sooth most humanoids" or a six-pack of Romulan Ale Energy Drink ($14.99 US) and Tribbles 'n' Bits Breakfast Cereal ($5.49 US).