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Earlier this summer, my back started bothering me. Not my back actually, more like my hips. I knew it was muscular because I was walking it off almost before leaving for work each morning. This led me to believe that it was time for… Continue Reading “About the Beds”
The Project Linus people, and my own mother, will tell you that there is no such thing as too much yarn. ‘Cause we’re going to use it all, right? Just like I am going to read all of these books “sometime”. Yarn is overflowing… Continue Reading “Too Much Yarn”
Sometimes, when a lady is frustrated with her hair, she must do something about it right now. The other night, my regular place couldn’t take me, so I went someplace new. This wasn’t really a problem for me, because I don’t particularly like my… Continue Reading “In Which I Talk about My Hair, But Have a Point”
Christmas, 1992. My parents gave me a leather dual-sided key chain from Coach. And a car, but never mind that. We’re talking about the key chain. Eighteen years and it just died on me. The snap came out of the leather. So I went… Continue Reading “The Keychain Dilemma”
Somewhere resembling Day 4 with the MacBook, I noticed that the charger wasn’t charging. Jiggled the cord and it worked fine. Over the next day or so, I had the same problem and ran my own personal diagnostics involving different electric sockets and swapping… Continue Reading “Apple Tech Support”
I own the fact that I am a book vulture. Library book sales, clearance section at Half Price Books..I even stop at estate sales sometimes, just in case there are books. So I went to my local Borders today. Two of my three stores… Continue Reading “About Borders”
This story starts with me being an ungrateful brat: There was only one thing of the tangible, go-to-the-store-and-buy-it-for-me variety that I put on my Christmas list. Didn’t get it. Got lots of good stuff. My mother in particular was listening to me talk about… Continue Reading “Giving Credit Where Due”
MSNBC had an article about the state of affairs with Borders and Barnes and Noble. I am, of course, on the side of BN. When I was younger, my friends would hang out at Borders. The video/music section was better. It didn’t take too… Continue Reading “The Big Bookstores”
Weekend Assignment # 346: Holiday Shopper Ack! The holiday shopping season is upon us! What is your shopping strategy for this time of year? Do you spread out your shopping over weeks and months, or try to get it all done at once? Do… Continue Reading “A Final Word on Black Friday”
The Next Dark Age 