In the past two days I’ve spent several frustrating hours locking horns with so-called customer support for three companies. The terms “customer support” and “chat” became fairly Orwellian quite some time ago, but the situation has gotten even more ridiculous … Continue reading →
Here’s the description [emphasis mine]: [From] JFM > “These are educated people who always take the news at face value. I can’t understand this. It drives me crazy.” When they only see the news from one side, in which so … Continue reading →
I won’t be watching. Speeches – particularly from the left, but speeches in general – are not my cup of tea. I’m not a glutton for punishment, although I usually watch some excerpts. But there’s plenty of coverage all over … Continue reading →
The other day I was watching a video about Margot Fonteyn, the most famous British ballet dancer of the mid-twentieth century. The video featured a few seconds of her dancing in Fokine’s Les Sylphides. It was a role I immediately … Continue reading →
And getting rid of clothes I don’t wear and probably will never wear again. In other words, I think perhaps my miniskirt days are over. The project requires trying nearly everything on, which is always kind of puzzling. Certain things … Continue reading →
Commenter “om” was the one who guessed right about my trip: I went on a one-week cruise from Vancouver to Alaska. That sunset in yesterday’s photo was one of the highlights of the trip, and I almost missed seeing it. … Continue reading →
Bet you didn’t know I was away, did you? I’ve just returned from a fairly lengthy trip out west, and now I’m in re-entry: laundry, groceries, reconnecting with friends. The trip was long because I combined a bunch of things, … Continue reading →
Yes, yes I do. By “small Kleenex boxes” I mean those ones that are taller than they are wide or long. They’re meant to take up less space, and I suppose they do, although the difference between those and the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I thought you might enjoy a reprise of this old post.] By the time my mother reached her high 90s, she seemed to care less about everything. Part of this, I’m almost sure, is that she was experiencing a … Continue reading →
I found this ode to clogs years ago in the New Yorker. I won’t be joining in, though. I’ve never been successful at wearing clogs, although I tried when I was young. They wrecked my feet, I think because I … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a somewhat revised version of a post that has appeared previously on this blog.] Unbelievable that it’s been fifteen years since commenter FredHJr died suddenly and tragically. As time passes, the number of readers here who … Continue reading →
And that means I finally signed off on the proofs. Proof-reading is one of my least favorite occupations, and at a certain point you just have to say enough, because it seems it’s always possible to find mistakes. I still … Continue reading →