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 »
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 [...]
Customer Service is Dead
Posted in Just Life (or "Idiot File for the Unknown", Kvetching and Whining, Outdoors, Ranching/Farming/Rural Concerns, Technology, The Economy on December 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Customer Service is Dead We’ve all been disappointed and frustrated for years now by the misnomer “customer service”. Once upon a time, in a land, far, far away from our present reality, a regular person could place a phone call to any reputable company, reach and converse with another regular person in customer service and [...]
Older or Wiser?
Posted in "Growing up", Creativity, Education, Kvetching and Whining, Technology on November 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I wish people would please stop texting me. Folks seem to assume that everyone uses all this new technology. I don’t totally live in the past. I love my computer, DISH Network, DVR, running water. But I’ve explained that I don’t text. I don’t want to. It would require the use of reading glasses. Anyone [...]
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 [...]
Writers vs Texters
Posted in Education, Family, Like the "Olden Days", Technology on February 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
There are writers and there are texters. I’m a writer. My daughter recently warned me against sending too long an email thank you to one of her associates. “He doesn’t have time to read it”, she warned. So I wrote what I considered a short, succinct (for me) message, grammatically correct, appropriately grateful and well-constructed. [...]
