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The Weekenders

The little condo Husband and I have upstate is a nice getaway when we manage to get away.  Because of the horrible weather this winter, we only got to enjoy it for three weekends in December and January, so I … Continue reading

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Catch a Falling Star

I live in New York.  While I am aware that location slants news coverage, I was surprised when I mentioned to a friend who lives out in the Midwest that I was sick and tired of Lindsay Lohan, and she … Continue reading

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Just the facts, ma’am

Marriage is a funny old dog.  One of its applied truths is that the more you know your husband or wife, the harder you try to color inside their lines while maintaining your artistic freedom.  The result of these maneuvers … Continue reading

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TOSHIBA MEMO: How to lose customers without really trying

In my last entry I wrote about my Toshiba laptop seizing up without warning and Toshiba’s refusal to take responsibility for their design flaw.  Briefly, Toshiba advised that my laptop be shipped to them along with $175 and they would reset the … Continue reading

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TECH is a four-letter word

I just got off the phone with Toshiba laptop support, a distinctly unfulfilling experience.  I am enough of a computer help-seeking veteran to know the second I heard that otherworldly vacuum-like hum that I was speaking with someone in a … Continue reading

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The Art of Conversation

Personal interaction has always been valued by humans and I like to think I’m a good example of form meeting function.  I enjoy being in situations where I am among strangers or people I don’t know very well.  I consider … Continue reading

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The ins and outs

I got an email yesterday morning from my friend betty’s sister, who for this entry we’ll call bettysister.  You may have noticed that I try and use artificial but relevant names for my friends and family in these posts in … Continue reading

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The Transporters

In most civilized populated places, when a citizen needs to relocate their belongings to a site other than the one they currently inhabit, they pack all their goodies up in boxes and simply transport these items elsewhere.  In practice this … Continue reading

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In the distance so near

There was a song by The Carpenters called Close to You that played continuously on the radio the year I was sixteen.  It came out over the summer and one of my strongest and glossiest memories of teen love comes packaged with … Continue reading

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Long Live the King

I just finished reading Stephen King’s part autobiographical/part instructional On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft.  Like the majority of his literary creations, it moves with addictive velocity over terrain both familiar and alien, with the alien this time being not … Continue reading

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