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I Might Have to Revoke My Fan Club Membership in Protest
This evening I checked the weather report and immediately went to sleep, because Weather.com showed the graphic that says “you will have a dog pacing across your face all night.” I woke up to the discordant sound of TiVo recording something I would never want to watch. I half listened to it from the other…
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Breather
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And, Kids, I Had a Transistor Radio Too
In 1980 I visited a college boyfriend’s family in Indiana, and we settled in for a movie. They turned on the TV and changed to a local channel. I was really surprised by the quality of their local channel and the impressive graphics! Big spinning H, big spinning B, big spinning O. “Our UHF channels…
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The Coolest Thing I Have Ever Seen.
I have been transfixed by the capping of the underwater BP gusher. I saw it live on the streaming video on CNN.com. What was actually ON CNN? Larry King. Yeah, talking to the president, sure, but hell, guy, live video! And Rachel Maddow, running tape, seriously? So, if you follow my Twitter feed (which is…
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I Cry In Public! Enjoy My Emotional Pain.
Here was my night at the ballpark. The ballpark elevator operator said, “Ooo, you’re in the suite.” The elevator occupants tried to supress their envy but could not. And that was worth the price of admission. Which was nothing. La la LA. From there the evening went downhill. I walked into an air-conditioned suite with…
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Like Harrison Ford I’m Feeling Frantic
Gary has begun to accept the idea of going to Paris, in part because every time he complains about the idea I chime in with, “It was YOUR idea.” Last night I made him read the hotel part of the guidebook, because I wanted to cross-reference that list with my list that cross-references Concierge.com and…
Putting the TMI in absentminded