Archives in Category: Changing Scene

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Web Site Angst

Posted on January 2, 2006

I’ve spent the better part of the day on various web sites, trying to get answers to questions about the new technology I received for Christmas. (New technology always requires a learning curve!) I got a Z22 PALM and a

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Out with the Old

Posted on January 1, 2006

As the first day of the New Year waned, I read the local Sunday newspaper and found a most interesting article about words that should be banned in 2006. No, they’re not the four-letter sort, although they’re just as uncreative.

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No Rocket Science Here

Posted on December 29, 2005

A recent headline on the front page of the local Herald Palladium noted that experts do not understand why college graduates are more illiterate than ever. The article didn’t say what the experts were expert at studying, but it doesn’t

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Changing Times

Posted on December 28, 2005

The world is a less formal place than it was when I was growing up. And, before you dismiss my complaint as that of some curmudgeon, let me add it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Just different.

Take thank you

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Final Preparations

Posted on December 23, 2005

It’s the Eve of Christmas Eve; and, judging from various emails and personal contacts, my friends and family are involved in an eclectic assortment of preparations, not all of them geared to the holiday.

My next door neighbor, Clara, is

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The Best of 2005

Posted on December 18, 2005

Around this time of year pundits, politicians, and pop artists release their “Best Of” lists. My son’s company, fredflare.com, issues its best too. I mention this because it is the only list I’ve ever garnered enough votes to be included

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Goodbye Starbucks

Posted on December 17, 2005

Dear Starbucks,
I have had a long, passionate and faithful affair with you, starting about ten years ago when I fell in love with your lattes. You fueled my caffeine desire and lit my beverage life. I was willing

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Gift Card Christmas

Posted on December 14, 2005

It seems to me that this Christmas the gifts are smaller than usual. I don’t mean fewer; I mean physically smaller. And I think this is because the giving of gift certificates – better known in the retail industry as

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Being Bilingual

Posted on December 10, 2005

I’ve always thought that being bilingual was a tremendous asset, one that most people in our country do not appreciate. We live in a land so vast that one can go for miles and find people who still speak the

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Merry Christmas

Posted on December 3, 2005

For years, I tried to be politically correct and theologically sensitive around this time of year. In the waning days that I sent cards, they were holiday greetings. When I was in charge of the company’s annual party, the word

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