There was a commercial a while back that announced to the guy sitting glued to his computer screen, “You have come to the end of the Internet. Good bye”. The computer turned off and the screen went black. The poor guy looked baffled. I think I might have come to the end of the Internet. [...]
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You Have Come to the End of the Internet
Posted in Education, Shopping, Technology on April 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Lucky Me
Posted in "Growing up", Children, cooking/food, Family, Shopping on February 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been lucky in many ways during my lifetime, but not with winning prizes. This is partially genetic. My mother used to say that one of our friends and her family won everything, and indeed, it seemed true. The only thing we ever won was a turkey at a Shriner’s holiday dinner, and once a [...]
Our Changing World
Posted in "Growing up", Politics, Shopping, Technology, The Economy on February 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The Internet has changed things. When I think about it, I’m thunderstruck. The following observations are only the tip of the iceberg: There are “stores” that aren’t brick and mortar. They exist only in cyber space. Even known companies offer catalogues and encourage ordering online along with help lines and customer service. We can find [...]
Personal Quest for the Best
Posted in Education, Fashion, Health, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Shopping on December 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Have you noticed supermarkets making more room for store brands and pushing old favorites into smaller spaces? Some have disappeared altogether. I went searching for Q-tips. The small area allotted was empty, but there were loads of the store brand. If you‘ve ever had a little piece of cotton stick in your ear from an [...]
Stop Discontinuing My Stuff !!!
Posted in "Growing up", Shopping, vintage on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In an earlier column, Zack declared he was old because he drops food on his shirt. A cousin told me she’s old because she received her Medicare card in the mail. I recognize some signs that I’m getting up there, of a certain age, long in the tooth, older than dirt. Things take longer to [...]
Poor Pitiful Piano
Posted in "Growing up", Children, cooking/food, Education, Ethics, Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Music/ Piano, Shopping, The Economy, vintage on November 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Poor Pitiful Piano As a kid, my parents arranged obligatory piano lessons. Mrs. Lang suffered me for four years. I learned the basics during lessons at her home, for which I’m grateful. I was never an inspired, intuitive musician, and it didn’t come easy. When God doled out my talents, he was generous with creativity [...]
Bosque County Buy Ad Sell or Give Away (Page on FaceBook)
Posted in Shopping, Technology on August 26, 2011 | 5 Comments »
There’s a phenom happening on Facebook these days that’s local and VERY interesting. Only a couple of weeks ago, someone we all know started a group on FB called Bosque County Buy Ad Sell or Give Away. There are similar pages on FB for other counties. Within 48 hours, there were over 400 members on [...]
Chrysalis
Posted in Gardening, Outdoors, Pets/ Animals, Shopping, Technology on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Since my return to Texas, I’ve tried to expand my horizons. I’ve learned more than I ever thought I’d know about tractors, cattle, barbed wire, honeybees, pickling, canning, guns, weather, critters, Peterson pipes, my religion, vegetable gardening, Case knives, Guillain-Barre, and many other subjects. I owned a computer and cell phone when I arrived, but [...]
What Are the Odds?
Posted in Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Kvetching and Whining, Outdoors, Ranching/Farming/Rural Concerns, Shopping, The Economy, Weather on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It seems things go smoothly for a while only to yield to a spate of bad luck. Spring was percolating along just fine for a while. Plenty of places have had much-needed rain, but we haven’t. So the pricey grass seed we planted in a field (third try) didn’t come up. Every time we plant [...]
