Monthly Archives: December 2022

The very first advice I suggested to you when this “blob” was launched in 2010, was titled “Sleep is for Sissies”. It’s entirely possible – this may shock you to the core – that Octo-woman may have been a tiny … Continue reading →

Wherever you are today, I hope you’re keeping warm with your feet up, sipping your coffee, cocoa, or hot toddy, or munching on a bowl of buttered popcorn or working the Sunday crossword puzzle. In other words — avoiding tangling … Continue reading →

Pick a card. Any card. Consider this Christmas card from Gilded Age Greetings. It costs $495.00 per card! Or how about this one – a bargain for $395.00 per card. Some of the company’s “better” cards can cost up to … Continue reading →

This is the first year since 1969 that the IRS considers me to be among the ranks of the unemployed. Unless I can land a new job, (which, for a 91 year-old offers skimpy-to-few alternatives), I’m going to have to … Continue reading →

Everybody thinks the word that strikes terror in the hearts of trembling Seattlelites is the “E” word, but it isn’t. For Pacific Northwesterners, “E for Earthquake” is sorta high on the fear wordlist, all right. But in Seattle, it’s nowhere … Continue reading →