Archive for category: No Country for Old Women

/ February 1, 2012 3:09 pm

Wanted: a pair of purple ear plugs

After getting my ears blasted, I think I will opt for a quieter form of fanaticism

/ December 7, 2011 2:36 pm

Out of touch with the iPod Touch

Centuries later, the supposedly user-friendly Apple gadget still befuddles me

/ November 9, 2011 2:46 pm

The Devil wears Abercrombie

A popular clothing store is a classless store filled with obscenity, depravity

/ October 14, 2011 5:07 pm

Wanted: Spirit and chicken wire

I have only been to quad decs once, back in the day when we built floats. I went to gawk at the floats for a mere five minutes, and then left. I have only been to a rally once, back in the day when  we assumed rallies were mandatory. I stepped inside, ran my eyes over the huge masses of [...]

/ September 21, 2011 1:44 pm

Opening up the book

Since who knows when, I have been called a grandma by friends and parents alike, and with good reason, too. I’m flat out old-fashioned: I loathe TV, do not listen to music (except classical), never go to rallies (or dances, for that matter), and do not have a Facebook account. Correction: I did not have a Facebook. I had my [...]