I moved to a foreign country yesterday and I don’t speak the language. But, I’m learning. I’m taking deep cleansing breaths and learning. A lifetime Android user who politely shrugged off her children’s pleas to move to Apple-town for the past 21 years , I finally, secretly acquiesced. I thought they would all be thrilled [...]
I haven't been bored in more than a decade and I think that's a real shame. Have you? Good, old-fashioned, listening-to-the-clock-tic-toc-and-wondering-if-the-hands-are-moving-at-all boredom leads to all kinds of wonderful things like innovation, introspection, art, music, poetry and, occasionally, a ridiculously clean and well-organized bedroom. I'd like to be so bored one day that I pull out [...]
I can't have nice things. I know this and, generally, rise above this particular affliction. But, I also like to live in the modern world and I have certain hobbies that require technology, so I try. If the last few weeks of 2018 and the first few days of 2019 are any indication, though, the [...]