My computer is old. In fact, it’s downright ancient, and one of these days it’s going to breathe its last breath. When that happens, I’ll probably really wish I had backed up my files. Right now, none of them are backed up. Scary, huh? I need to find a way of doing this. I don’t [...]
When I was growing up, I spent a lot of time at my grandparents’ house while mom was at work. I remember there was a big gorgeous grandfather clock in the living room, which would belt out a nice loud chime every 15 minutes. I really loved that clock, but my grandmother hated it because [...]
Apparently there’s a blogging convention coming up in a few months. It’s going to be in Vegas. I’d love to go and meet all the superstar bloggers, but I just can’t afford it. Plus I’m not too good with getting around in big unfamiliar cities. Vegas always looks cool in pictures, though. It’s sizzling with [...]
My yard is pretty bare. I don’t spend a lot of time outside, so I haven’t bothered to decorate much. But I’d like to, one of these days, when my health and mobility improves. I’d like to have some fun sculptures here and there, maybe some wind chimes, and some colorful hanging baskets of flowers. [...]
This post won’t contain my usual nonsensical lighthearted banter, but it’s something I want to talk about anyway. For a couple years now, we’ve known that my grandmother has Alzheimer’s Disease. Her short term memory is so deficient now, she can’t remember what she did just a few hours ago. She was married twice in [...]
Who needs horror movies when the following scenario may someday happen in real life: Picture Janna, working at her computer, creating graphics, text files, spreadsheets, and a variety of other things. Ominous music plays in the background, moments before her computer crashes. She tries to retrieve her files, but alas. They have disappeared. An earth-shattering [...]
Mom and Dad are going on a vacation up north for the next 5 days. They’ll travel up to Mackinac Bridge and spend some time in the upper peninsula. It must be fun to be able to schedule vacations like that whenever you want to. Dad’s retired, and Mom owns her own business, so both [...]
One of the things I’ve always wanted to do is write a book. I have dreams of writing all kinds of cool stuff, mostly humor, but now and then I can see myself writing sci-fi/fantasy too. As far as I can tell, two things have prevented me: 1) Actually getting around to WRITING the book [...]
Sometimes I think about packing up and disappearing. I think about leaving and not telling anyone where I’m going, and just living the rest of my life somewhere else as if I was in the witness protection program or something. Maybe I could change my name to something like “Infinity Murgatroid” and move to Colorado, [...]
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and speculate that perhaps I haven’t always been the ideal poster child for healthy living. Most of my meals are NOT vegetable oriented, and I think “exercise” is something that happened once in a Linda Blair movie. It’s not that I don’t LIKE to eat vegetables, it’s [...]
