Thursday, October 30, 2008
My husband, maybe to mock my attachment to my typewriter, or maybe just to give me the good news, sent me this article, today. It breaks the much-awaited news (at least around our place) that two of the greatest entertainment inventions: TiVo and Netflix, are going to join forces.
This is akin to the Wonder [...]
Filed in Art, Colin Phillips, Consuming Things, Culture!, Eco-Q&A, Family, Home, Media, Movies, Outdoorsy Things, Techno-wonder
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Tagged advertising, Culture!, film, good, Netflix, technology, TiVo, Wii
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Colin and I are carving our pumpkins tonight on Hilltop. I bought them from the little farm around the corner from us. They didn’t grow them there (their crop got whacked by the hailstorm in August too), but got them from Hamden up the road.
I am going through all the motions of my favorite favorite [...]
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Lately I’ve been keeping my laptop packed up in my backpack. It’s been getting Jan Brady’s worth of my attention these days.
The combination of feeling overwhelmed (over-digged, over-twittered, over-booked) and of being the proud mother of conflicting pieces of beautiful technologies has caused me to rework my communication priorities. Here they are:
1. The Future is [...]
Filed in Consuming Things, Details, Humor and Rant, Life in America, Media, Techno-wonder, Writing
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Tagged facebook, iphone, problogger, too much technology, typewriters, wired
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The Genius on my iPod might as well just say “Awesome Singer Songwriters Need Only Apply.” It is constantly shuffling around Chapin and Lyle, Pink Martini and Tom Waits, Emmylou and Patti Griffin, Catie Curtis and the Tragically Hip. And, of course, Jonatha. I’ve got other music dappled on the lists, but it is just [...]
Thursday, October 16, 2008
My Romanian dentist gave me a bouquet of pink mums today! Why would a dentist do that?
I was admiring the vase of flowers on her front desk and she said “Would like like some to take home?”
I blustered and said “Oh no really, I couldn’t” but she took me directly outside, to her backyard (who [...]
Filed in Connecticut, Deep Knee Bends, Details, Giving, Life in America, My Photos, Outdoorsy Things, Writing
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Tagged Mary Chapin Carpenter, milford, mums, nice dentists, twilight
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I caught of glimpse of myself — el nudo — in a full length mirror the other day and stopped. “Hmmm, not bad.” Not as bad as I thought, anyway.
I hardly ever see myself full length, especially without clothes, and I bet most women don’t.
The mirrors where we get intimate are the ones we use [...]