Sunday, December 30, 2007Weird DiseasesI don't know what it is about my family, but we don't generally get sick, and we seldom need medical care. However, when we do get sick, we do it with a bang -- coming down with some of the darnedest oddities that the medical dictionary has to offer. For example, after nearly six months of tinnitus... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, December 19, 2007Kudos to These CEOsOkay, everyone reading this blog right now needs to put down their coffee / Coke and raise a serious round of raucous applause for John Mack, CEO of Morgan Stanley, and Jimmy Cayne, CEO of Bear Stearns. Both of their companies' earnings totally tanked this year. So both of them have foregone their... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, December 18, 2007Holiday Greeting CardsThere are 67 holiday greeting cards decorating the cabinet doors in my office. There are explicitly Christian cards, featuring wise men, the Holy Family, Bethlehem stars, scenes of Bethlehem, and doves of peace. There are explicitly Jewish cards featuring menorahs and Hanukkah or L'Shana Tova... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, December 9, 2007ReCaptcha -- Preserve Old Books and Fight Spam!I just have to tell everyone about this awesome program! You know those annoying boxes that you get at some websites where you have to type in a string of numbers and/or letters to prove you are a real person and not some bottom-feeding, scum-sucking bot? That's "Captcha" technology. I can't stand... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, December 3, 2007Too Many GiftingsI think there is too much emphasis on gifting these days. I suddenly realised that every place I go nowadays has a "gift exchange" at Christmas time. It's too much, and I am usually the poor sap who ends up with some useless thing she cannot stand and will never use. Seriously, my office has an... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, November 28, 2007Government Permits -- BAH!I've installed a new security system in the house. And braved downtown Memphis in all of its ghastliness to get the alarm system permit, which can be gotten only at City Hall. Why they can't mail the darn thing, or let my security company give it to me, is completely beyond me. I live about 20... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, November 13, 2007Stop With the Christmas Stuff!People, it's not even Thanksgiving yet! So chill! Stop putting Christmas ads on the television, radio, and billboards. Stop playing Christmas music! Stop, stop, stop! The year has so many wonderful holidays. Could we celebrate each holiday fully before jumping to the next one? Our society makes me... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, November 2, 2007.Dave. and the Potting ShedFirst off, thank you,.Dave. You showed up on Blogit four years ago and began promoting, not your own blogs, which would have been both understandable and expected, but my blogs. And it was great. You did what I didn't have time to do. You took my seeds and planted them, and encouraged other writers... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, October 31, 2007My Friend's Gone?Wow, I'm stunned. I couldn't get online from home last night, so I peeked in to check my account from the office this morning... I needed one cent to make enough this month to get a payout, and I wanted to see if it had made it. (It had.) But I was stunned to see that my friend and loyal... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, October 29, 2007I Want to Read This Book!I read about a book in a news article today, and I'm going to find a copy at the library and read it. It's called " Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank!" I mean, that title just says it all. What IS it with bitty kids, barely out of the nursery, running around in low-rise pants with bare... Sign in to see full entry. |