Leap Day Laptop
I can’t help thinking it’s no coincidence that my laptop stopped working on February 29th: It’s the last “screw you” from a bad month. But in fairness, it’s also a first world problem. I still […]
Category: Technology
Minimally Invasive, So They Say
When the specialist told me he wanted to do a sinusotomy I thought he said sinusodomy. “You call that minimally invasive? It’s great that you don’t have to cut through the skin, but you didn’t […]
Pfizer, Allergan Merge: Promises Boners with Less Wrinkles
Viagra maker, Pfizer, is merging with Irish pharma giant Allergan, maker of Botox. This is a marriage straight from petri dish heaven, two companies cashing in on a desire to turn back the clock. Or […]
The Secret to Decoding a Job Description
I don’t like to brag, but in the past year alone, I’ve submitted my resume to more than 500 employers, all of whom had one thing in common: they all shredded my resume after deciding […]
Alexander Graham Bell’s first phone call – using Skype
On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made perhaps the most famous phone call in history, from his Boston laboratory, summoning his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, who was in the next room, with the following […]
Top Ten Reasons Water On Mars Won’t Change Your Life: I Need More Than a Drink
So NASA says they have discovered running water on mars. It’s great news if you’re planning a vacation there, although the first planned manned mission is in 2030. By then I will be a bit […]
You’d Be in the Nut House… if you Lived in the 1800s
See the list above? Enlarge it, study it and thank your lucky stars you didn’t live in the late 19th Century. Because this is a sheet from the Trans-Allegheny Mental Hospital in Weston, West Virginia […]
Jumping In With Both 30.48 Centimeters
I originally wrote this in early June, long before Donald Trump raised his hair into the presidential fray, and then promptly forgot about it. If only I could forget about Trump’s hair. You’d think […]
Can I Ax You a Question?
I got to break things with an ax at a structure fire Wednesday afternoon. (A small outbuilding.) But then I broke the ax. Good thing they don’t take that out of a volunteer firefighter’s pay. […]
Computer Totin’ Granny
Well, I can’t be a granny because I’m childless, but you get the idea. At my age, I should not be a computer nut. I should be mailing handwritten invitations instead of going on Facebook […]