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I got a Christmas card today. Because of the crazy weather here in Portland, our mail delivery has been a little off schedule. We always get a few cards after Christmas, but this year there were a ton of them. Then today, we got one more. To understand why this one was different, I have [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Losing a Friend
Posted: December 30, 2008 in Musings, WritingTags: brain injuries, cancer, Friends, memories, Writing
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It’s come to my understanding that an extra second has been added to the end of this year to adjust the atomic clock. Great, that oughta get me caught up! I don’t often write poetry—like maybe once every other decade—but a couple of years ago I came up with this. It’s my testament to how [...]
White Christmas
Posted: December 24, 2008 in MusingsTags: Christmas, commercialism, community, Snow, tradition, white Christmas
It’s December 24th, and all over the Pacific Northwest kids are experiencing the only white Christmas they may see in a lifetime. My own snow and ice memories are something I deeply treasure, and I can’t help but wax romantic about this new generation of kids storing up similar memories without even being aware of [...]
With the wild weather in Portland (and from what I’ve heard, throughout much of the US) I’ve been reading a lot of blog and Facebook posts grumbling about the snow. Come on, guys! You are part of a historical weather event. Years from now you’ll brag about this snowstorm. So what, you say? Okay, let [...]
God Rest ye Merry Gentlecats
Posted: December 15, 2008 in HumorTags: carols, Christmas, God Rest ye Merry Gentlecats, YouTube
I wrote this song a couple of years ago. Today my husband, Webfoot Bob, helped me create a You Tube video. The lyrics: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlecats God rest ye merry gentlecats, let nothing you dismay You know that I will snuggle you and fill your bowl each day I’ll save you from starvation’s [...]
Several of my blogging buddies have posted the following Christmas “getting to know you”. Here are my answers. I’ll warn you, I’m a total fruitcake when it comes to Christmas. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Usually wrapping paper—but I feel guilty about it. Real tree or Artificial tree? Artificial. They can’t grow a tree that [...]
WARNING: Classmates.com automatic renewal system
Posted: December 11, 2008 in TechnicalTags: Classmates.com, Warning
Has Classmates.com suckered you into a Gold Membership so you can contact an old friend or organize a reunion? Did you go for that 3 month membership for $12? If so, you need to know that you may have unknowingly agreed to an automatic renewal plan that will deduct $15 from your account or charge [...]
Kodak / Customer Disservice
Posted: December 10, 2008 in Humor, MusingsTags: Customer service, Frustrations, Kodak
Have you ever had to deal with a company’s online customer service and had them give you the runaround? How did you respond? I try to remember that these people are only human, but sometimes they push me so far that I’m forced to unleash my inner smart ass. The following is a transcript of [...]
No More Negativity / A Little Good News
Posted: December 5, 2008 in WritingTags: economy, Obama, publishing industry, Writing
It seems that everywhere I go lately all I hear is negativity, and blogs are no exception. The other day I read about the restructuring in the publishing industry on at least four different blogs. I won’t go into details because I don’t want to add to the Chicken Little mentality. If you want to [...]
A challenge was posted on the Kidlit listserve a few weeks ago: Comment on five blogs each day for three weeks. Heck, I’m lucky if I can read five blog posts a day, which is why I currently have a backlog of 191 on my Google Reader. So I created my own more manageable challenge: [...]
