I am writing my blog today from the Syracuse VA Medical Center. I am here because my son Noah had to go to the emergency room to try to get some help for what has grown into one of the most prolific and severe cases of hives I have ever seen. I qualify that the hives diagnosis [...]
Oprah and Gayle’s Big Canadian Adventure – Part Deux
Oprah and Gayle's Big Canadian Adventure - Part Deux - is finally officially afoot. We escaped Detroit and made our way to Syracuse and then our end destination of Wakefield, Canada (in the province of Quebec). Oprah and Gayle's Big Canadian Adventure - Part Deux - is finally officially afoot. We escaped Detroit by making our [...]
The pinnacle of an epic fail…
We (Noah and me) are still in Detroit. We arrived here at 11 AM yesterday via a Delta flight and were supposed to fly to Syracuse via Delta's partner - Pinnacle Airlines. It seems that Pinnacle Airlines decided to switch over to a new computer system yesterday - a system that manages things such as routes, [...]
The power of a dream…
Dell has a new series of commercials that seek to illustrate the way folks can use technology to make their ideas come to life. One of the commercials features Annie - the girl who dreamed she could fly. In the commercial, Annie does indeed fly. She does it with the help of technology, but is ultimately successful [...]
The North Dakota Way…
I abhor political campaign ads, so I tend to ignore them. However, there is a rare exception that strikes me in a way that I give it some of my attention. Case-in-point, Rick Berg's ad that features four older ladies at a diner lamenting that Heidi Heitkamp can't be trusted because of things she has said and [...]
Moves like Jagger?
I have had Maroon 5's song, Moves Like Jagger in my head for the past few days. Unfortunately, it has been more like a Weird Al Jankovic version given my labyrinthitis. In my current version the main chorus line replaces "I've got the moves like Jagger" to "I've got the moves like Grandma" - pitiful, I know. [...]
Jaded – that’s me.
The days of me trusting politicians, even the ones I like, are over. I guess you could say that after years of watching the ins-and-outs of politics, I am jaded. I no longer believe in the notion of the white knight (of any gender) riding into the political landscape and making everything good and honorable [...]
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