If you, like me, have been reading about this era of high tech surveillance (and how can you not, considering the news these days), you can’t help but get a little paranoid about what might be spying on us.
I...
It has been a very interesting few weeks in politics, hasn’t it? This being election season, you’re stuck with it, whether or not you follow it.
And while the platforms and party politics are interesting, the most fascinating part of...
You’ll be forgiven if, like me, you missed The Big
Birthday, what with busy lives and all the usual horrors dominating the news.
Nevertheless, it’s not too late to issue best wishes to the one thing that has
changed our...
It started with sticky fingerprints on my laptop screen. (I’m not sure how they got there or who was responsible; all I’m saying is that they looked small and there is only one person in this house who eats...
I love food. I love to eat. I love to talk about food
and cook food and buy food and see other people enjoy food. I love to watch
food TV shows and recipe videos on the internet. My...
It’s always when I’m doing something mindless like
chores or paperwork that a memory reminding me of an old friend is triggered.
I was looking out the window last night while loading
the dishwasher when an...
I have this document on my laptop that I use to compile useless trivia. I’ve had one for years, and since it’s come in handy so many times, I’ll probably always have one. Its word count is in the...
A few days ago, I decided to begin the new year by quitting Facebook – deleting my profile, deleting the app from my phone, the works.
My husband quickly reminded me that not only would I not be able to...
It was bound to happen. It was only a matter of time before somewhere, sometime, somehow, the universal disease of self-aggrandizement combined with our unnerving penchant for voyeurism to produce tragedy.
I read a lot of terrible things on-line, but...
Like many people I know, I spend most of my work hours
sitting in an office chair that I leave only for bathroom breaks or when I
remind myself to move. After decades of peering into a computer screen...