Archives in Category: Annoyances

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Thank You, Bernice

Posted on January 23, 2025

I have officially left Facebook for good. So if you want to keep in touch you have my email, my cellphone, and my Zoom link with which to do it. If you don’t want to keep in touch, that’s okay

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Quandary

Posted on January 15, 2025

I’m in a quandary every time the quarterly bill for our local newspaper arrives.  

The Herald Palladium has shrunk in size and content for several years. But the annual subscription has stayed the same despite publishing five days a week

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Collaboration

Posted on January 3, 2025

I’ve wondered about the compatibility of buttons and buttonholes, given one must be big enough to accommodate the other. As someone who sewed for years, I simply followed the instructions on the pattern. It told me what size button to purchase

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Eggnog

Posted on December 23, 2024

Eggnog has a long history in Earl’s family. He has what is billed as the best eggnog on the planet, and for years we made it faithfully. The youngest attendee at our holiday gatherings had to create some kind of

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Deadlines

Posted on December 19, 2024

When I was a freelance writer, my clients always had deadlines for me. Given that the writing comes at the beginning of a project my deadlines were usually tight so that there was wiggle room for the delays that occurred

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Person of the Year

Posted on December 13, 2024

We all know who Time’s Person of the Year is; not that it’s a big deal anymore given the magazine’s lackluster reputation. But it did make me wonder if becoming the president-elect was an automatic “in” for the title. It

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Cleaning Lady

Posted on December 3, 2024

Have I mentioned that my cleaning lady, the one I’d had for seven years, quit in an email five weeks ago? Since this coincided with my November sabbatical from daily blogging, I probably haven’t. Which is a good thing, because

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Citibank

Posted on October 17, 2024

While I was in Chicago last weekend, I lost my credit card, the one I use for almost everything. Like the hotel. And the special spectator area with places to sit and buffets of food. And the fancy coffee.

At

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Not So Stellar Performance

Posted on October 14, 2024

The Palmer House in Chicago has a long history of glamour. And it is a perfect location to stay for the Chicago Marathon held yesterday just two blocks away. I’m sorry to report it disappointed in many ways; and we

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Buyer Beware

Posted on September 27, 2024

The idea of “Buyer Beware” isn’t new, but it does seem to be taking on a more deceitful bent these days. Here are three instances that crossed my radar the past week.

The home improvement retailer Menard’s often advertises an

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