Archive for February, 2010
My sister’s hockey gold
Canada| 3 Comments »Many years ago, this typist’s sister played hockey. Back in those days, they didn’t have organized hockey for girls, so my sister faked it. She pretended to be a guy by changing her name slightly. She was tomboy-ish anyway, and young enough go to and leave the game in her gear. No one knew the [...]
I hate it when life gets in the way of the Olympics
Uncategorized| 3 Comments »Things like work – when the luge is on! Pfft! The little typists needing to be fed – when downhill skiing is on. Tsk. Sleep – when recaps are playing. Huh! The feline making food demands – when pairs are figure skating. Grrr. Tonight it’s kid’s guitar lessons. Men’s hockey. Stik. Tomorrow night- a lecture [...]
Facebook is for people you used to know;
Uncategorized| 3 Comments »Twitter is for people you want to get to know. That is why I prefer Twitter to Facebook. That is also why I couldn’t give two hoots about Facebook’s new look.
When The Who came on at Superbowl half time …
Uncategorized| 4 Comments »…my 13 year old looked at them and said : they’re old men. Ahhhh, yuf.
It’s time for a Mac slapdown
Uncategorized| 11 Comments »See my Friday Herald column here. By now we all know that Mac is cool, and good. And we know that PCs are uncool and virus-ridden. But the Mac marketing “We’re better than you PC” onslaught is getting a little tiresome. People who try too hard to be cool can end up looking like fools. [...]