The Challenge:  My wife let me know that we needed to get more forks.   For some reason we had fewer forks than knifes or spoons.  Not sure how that happened but we have a lot of kids so its not totally surprising.  I'm sure the local landfill has a few of them and maybe the school lost and found has the rest. The Solution:    Liberty Tabletop  aka America's Flatware Company.   They came up with that moniker not me.  On their website they explain why part of their mission is to support  American jobs .  Liberty was started after the Oneida plant in Sherrill, New York that was opened in the 1800s closed in 2005.   The Rant:  This is what really drives me to buy American.   When a company, or private equity firm that owns them, decides that they could increase profits by offshoring, they often overlook the lives that are affected by their bottom-line decision.  Consumers might benefit with a sli...

Well it only took me a year and half of working at home to buy a chair mat.   Yes that's right, I've been rolling around on my wood floors without protection.   When I realized that I was smashing some crayon like material into the wood floor, that's when I decided that I needed to take action.   So I did a web search (trying not to mention the Kleenex of search engines) for best office glass chair mats.   Why glass you ask?   I wanted glass because we had a plastic one before and it cracked which ruined the rolling experience.  Anyhow I came across a list of 5 or 10 floor mats.   They seemed to all have the same specs and price:  can withstand 1000 lbs without breaking, flat, glassy, and about $200.   Well I figured that if I have to shell out 200 large for a floor mat I might as well get one made in the good ole US and A.  Luckily  Vitrazza  was on the list.  They are located in Bolder ...

This week I was scrolling through the reddit feed on my phone when I came across a post for t-shirts that were made in the USA.  In the comments sections there were a few links to other US clothing makers.  The one that cause my attention was  Ciano Farmer .  They custom make vintage-looking jeans, jackets, and other denim products.  No I'm not talking about your 1980's jean jacket (though it was very cool I'm sure).  The design and variety of products is amazing.  These items can be understandably expensive and take a while to produce but they do have some products in stock like blue jeans and t-shirts.   I ordered a 3-pack of the  Texas Made Tee  for $45 because I finally admitted to myself that I can no longer wear medium-sized t-shirts and I am in the process of upgrading my wardrobe to large aka grande. You can tell that they are real shirts in the picture because there are wrinkles.  Anyhow check it out and thanks for rea...