Thanksgiving is coming up, and what better way to spend it than making cards for the people you love! When I was in elementary school, our G.A.T.E. teacher taught us how to make these pop-up cards ...

Mr. Beals, described the other day as "the genius behind" the pop-up timer, was 86 and was still keeping busy, building a wood smoker, playing cards and fishing.

Consider the genesis of the now-half-century-old pop-up turkey timer. My interest was piqued in how this simple gadget came to be when I ran across a cute little pop-up timer that was shaped like ...