February 2012

Budgeting Time for a Better Life

February 28, 2012

I am getting so flicking fat! Since I got sick three months ago, I’ve put on six or seven pounds, an unheard-of thickening. Was already overweight, so an extra slug of poundage really does put me in the “fat” category. Why? Well, besides the fact that for about a week or ten days all I [...]

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Money Update: Lookin’…not so bad

February 27, 2012

Hallelujah! For the first time all winter (and..hmmm…as I recall, all last fall and summer), I came out in the black this month. The AMEX bill came in at only $844!!!! That is incredible, since it covers all nonessential spending (food, gasoline, clothing, dog, garden, pool, household goods, eating out, doodads, kitsch, hoodoos, and whatnot). [...]

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w00t! The Lion Roars!

February 26, 2012

Well, despite my recent grousing, the new iMac just paid for itself. Matter of fact, it may have paid for itself in spades. The colleges where I freelance…uhm, work as an adjunct “employee” use a course management program called Blackboard. This widely loathed suite of educational software worked pretty well in its callow youth, but [...]

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Apple iCloud: iFog?

February 25, 2012

Well, hoping that maybe a day of rest and reconsideration would clarify the mysteries of the new Macintosh OS and its wondrous new iCloud. Instead, it’s just brought on more iFog. Yesterday two different One-on-One tutors at the Apple store led me to believe that you could transmit your photos, which are collected curiously as [...]

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MacTimeWasting

February 24, 2012

Damn, but I hate, hate, HATE having to update hardware and software. It’s so frustrating and it absorbs s-o-o-o-o-o-o damn much time, some of which right this minute I should be using to read a client’s book, and now after having spent two hours schlepping down to the Apple store (in the 8:00 a.m. rush [...]

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Charley’s New Sport: Counter-surfing!

February 23, 2012

Prince Charles recently discovered that he’s now tall enough to surf counters. Not only can he reach the top of a counter easily, with little effort he can grab things that are set way back from the edge. He also noticed desirable things often reside atop the dinner table. This is what the Human calls [...]

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