The repair person didn’t show…

…I could forgive him if he’d had the courtesy to call. He said Tuesday he’d definitely be here wWednesday, and I’m still waiting.  I don’t like to get a guy in trouble—but a phone call? I think I’m owed that, since I said...

The repair person didn't show…

…I could forgive him if he’d had the courtesy to call. He said Tuesday he’d definitely be here wWednesday, and I’m still waiting.  I don’t like to get a guy in trouble—but a phone call? I think I’m owed that, since I said...

The new keyboard is in Spokane…a good thing…

since so am I. But this borrowed machine is a touchpad, which drives me crazy, and I finally got in to the odl machine and copied all 200 password combos so I can remember them—something I should have done. But thi s has thrown us for a loop schedule-wise. Here...

I’ve killed another keyboard…

I love Dell. I’ve used their machines since, oh, the 1990’s; and right now I have problems—I nurse the thing to give me functionality—oh, heck, just forgive me the misspellings this thing is causing; and the fact the mouse thinks it has a stuck...

I've killed another keyboard…

I love Dell. I’ve used their machines since, oh, the 1990’s; and right now I have problems—I nurse the thing to give me functionality—oh, heck, just forgive me the misspellings this thing is causing; and the fact the mouse thinks it has a stuck...

No snow—yet. And we got back on the ice—

I, however, got chilled. There’s something about perpetually being exposed to 32 degree cold: you don’t get cold, really. But it’s the better part of two years since I’ve been that much on the ice, and the rink was, shall we say, hyper...

Anne McCaffrey has left us….

Sad to hear. Massive stroke, gone the next day. She was an active woman physically and mentally, and a kind woman who loved her readers and her friends and most all of the world around her. To those who never met her, you’d have liked her. If you like at least...

Speed of light broken?

Cern is asking—did it happen? Or is there an error? Or is there a situation we don’t understand?

Snowing steadily…

WE had a 17 car pileup at the bottom of one of our hills—we aren’t San Francisco, but on an icy day, we have significant hills. We’re tucked in not going anywhere. Which is a good thing. We’re really glad to be tucked in not going anywhere....