The Details of Our Daily Lives!    Last weekend, I spent time resolving a lingering problem with a clogged washing machine drain. It seems that 40 years of slowly accumulating soap, grease, fiber and food residue had finally taken its toll and every wash of laundry ended with the flooding of the utility room.    On Sunday evening, I was watching television, and I realized that, among all the other things that are pure fantasy in such shows, the ...