I’ve been experimenting with social networking. It’s clear this kind of thing is for young people, or should I say younger people, much less old than me I started in the slow lane, with LinkedIn, which is actually about my speed. There are grownups on there, bragging about their jobs, blowing air into their resumes […]
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Oh to Be in the Gay ’90s Again
Fortunately, we ran out of Aqua Net just as the decade was winding down. I’m not sure, but I think we might be far enough way from the 1990s to know what to wear to a ‘90s party. Right after an era ends, it’s hard to know what defined it. It’s like when I […]
A True Obama Mama
No, not your left, my left! Dartmouth students later regretted stopping at that frat party before the Obama rally. I’m a sucker for a presidential candidate. I don’t presume to know more than the average Joe about politics. (For instance, I planned a primary returns watch party for tonight to watch the Florida results, […]
Shredding for Dollars
I’m into shredding now. I just bought my first shredding machine and it’s clear it’s going to be the first of many. I’ve already been through the four stages of paper shredding: 1) Near orgasmic joy over watching junk mail go through a really, really sharp thing and get turned into confetti. 2) Boredom and monotony […]
A Little Competition is Good for You
The Baconator: I’m gonna have to ask you to increase your degrees of separation from me right now. I love a good challenge. Especially when it involves my husband throwing down a gauntlet and me picking up said gauntlet and forging it into something a queen would carry. He and I used to play the […]
Snow Day or Let’s-Go-to-the-Mall-Day?
When you look out your window to the bus stop and see this, you might have a snow day. We’ve got ourselves a snow day here in Lexington. Which means the kids are home, hogging the computer, eating all the good snacks that I had hidden away for weekday afternoons, watching sports on TV […]