Tired and tardy

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I’ve been a busy, busy cat. I have a full slate of computer stuff for the rest of the week – today I get to go and help a customer pick out her new Mac. She’s a photographer so we get to sample all sorts of lovely, [...]

Hurray for good tech support

Just a quick note while I’m waiting to see if a fix for this computer will work … I’d like to give ACER computers a big pat on the back for their excellent tech support. Normally I do nothing but complain about the lack of support offered by companies but Acer seems to swim against [...]

What’s with this city and it’s odd signage?

A couple times a week, I pass by an out-of-service escalator. It’s been out of service for about a year now so I don’t pay much attention to it – I’m used to seeing out of order escalators. A sign used to hang on the wall with an estimated repair time – which past 2 [...]

We can be heroes

Sometimes life hands you a terrible burden. Each of us deals with it in our own fashion, often alone or, if you are lucky, with the support of a close knit family. But every once in awhile, tragedy befalls a family in a horribly public fashion. Suddenly there is no private grief. That happened last [...]

“I can shape anyone’s body into a teeny-tiny dancer type”

“My formula works on everyone as long as they’re consistent. I can shape anyone’s body into a teeny-tiny dancer type.” …thus spake professional trainer to the stars Tracey Anderson. I have one question for Ms Anderson – are you out of your mind? I really, really wanted to use the term teeny-tiny mind, but that’s [...]