You haven’t gone for the posters-as-decor thing since your rabid seventh-grade Depeche Mode obsession.

And, generally speaking, this has been a positive development.

But not so fast. Jason Munn has reinvented the wheel with his hand-silk-screened album and concert posters. ...

You’re no Julia, Martha, Nigella, or Barefoot Contessa. Some days you can’t even pull a Rachel Ray. But the battle to see your cuisine reign supreme (or at least get it into an edible form) doesn’t have to get ugly.

As a cat person, you’re highly amused by such things as dog walkers, pooper scoopers, and canine diaps for that time of the month.

You purr with delight when reminded of how easy it is to care for your feline ...

Sure, it’s easy to dump on capitalism for spoiling the environment and turning a nation of once-rugged individualists into a drooling pack of consumerist sheep.

But that would be seeing the glass as half empty.

Consider the good news: Only ...

You’re standing in a crowded record store attempting to hum (over blaring emo-core) the melody of an unidentified song you heard on the radio to a bemohawked salesperson who has a look on his face that, translated into English, means ...

It’s inevitable.

Shiny, spanking new gadgets enter the home, alleviating stress and making life easier. Slowly, imperceptibly, we hand our lives over to them. And then, one day, BAM! The world is dominated by power-hungry machines.

Or the things just ...

January 5, 1985
Dear Diary,
Christmas came and went again. Barbie Dream House, Mall Madness, “Weird” Al Yankovic album. No drum set. And, again, no dog.

October 31, 1994
Dear Diary,
Sweet Sixteen. I awoke with visions of wagging tails ...