How to cook corn on the cob

I deliberately keep my clocks on the wrong time, which causes my Rebbetzin some frustration. There's no real reason for it; I just do things that way.

[I also never changed the dead battery in the clock in my shul office, but that was for a specific purpose: to avoid the temptation to look at it during a meeting. That same goal was the reason I never wore a watch; I didn't want to fall into the trap that took George H. W. Bush in 1992.]

So once my long-suffering wife asked me, "How can you tell what time it is?" To which I replied, "Just go to www.whattimeisit.com!" She called me on it, so I typed it in - and sure enough, there it was, a site to inform the poor, achronistic websurfer of the time of day.

That came to mind this evening, when I was preparing corn on the cob for the kids' dinner [the last of my Rebbetzinless week]. I wanted to do something unusual with it, rather than simply boil it. So I went to www.howtocookcornonthecob.com - and lo, there was a page offering instruction on steaming, boiling, microwaving and grilling becobbed corn.

This, of course, led me to contemplate some other potential How-To websites addressing life's challenges:
www.how_to_cook_rice_without_clumping_it.com (I like the clumps, for the record)
www.how_to_find_that_missing_sock.com
www.how_to_see_the_doctor_without_spending_two_hours_in_the_waiting_room.com
www.how_to_tie_a_tie_right_the_first_time.com

And life's particularly Jewish challenges:
www.how_to_find_a_seat_in_shul_in_the_non_talking_section.com
www.how_to_eat_enough_before_yom_kippur_without_feeling_bloated_at_kol_nidrei.com
www.how_to_find_kosher_cheese_that_wont_turn_moldy_before_you_get_home_from_the_supermarket.com
www.how_to_light_your_menorah_outdoors_on_a_windy_night_without_burning_down_the_porch.com
www.how_to_choose_a_rabbi_who_isnt_too_lenient_or_too_strict.com

For the record, I found a recipe I thought would be different enough to be interesting, without being so interesting that the kids wouldn't go for it; you can find it here. It wasn't bad!