This year has been difficult for our country and dull for me personally. So I’m pleased to announce some happy news. I bought a vacuum cleaner. Crazy, right? And it gets crazier: I actually bought two. About 25 years ago, I purchased a state-of-the-art (for its time) canister vacuum, the Klutz Deadweight Pro. At that age, I believed what my mother had always told me: You couldn’t do better than a Klutz. And it cost a fortune, so you knew it was good. I overlooked one thing: canister vacuums are an ergonomic … (read more)