The important thing about me

After reading The Important Book, by Margaret Wise Brown, Garrett’s 1st grade class wrote about what makes them special.  I think some of the kids’ stories provide wonderful insights into how they feel about themselves:
The important thing about me is I am a good sport.
I am nice.
I am fun to play with.
But the important thing about [...]

In praise of Cardinal Camera

I wanted to buy a small digital camera.  How hard could it be?  I went on the Internet and reasearched cameras.  I read about megapixels, auto stabilization, batteries, focus, zoom, ISO simulation, etc.  Holy cow.  There are so many options, and so many cameras out there!  What to buy?  I couldn’t decide.  I decided to [...]

Blog Cleanup

That was fulfilling!  I reviewed my blogs, cleaned up the categories, deleted a few articles, simplified the theme.  Ready for mobile posting. 

Bad advice for 20 year olds

Penelope Trunk gave out some very bad advice.  The more I think about it, the more I object to it.  The article is so egregious that it is difficult to limit myself to a single quote, but here is a sample:
The majority of twentysomethings today move back home with their parents , job hop every [...]

I want an IPAQ, so I had to buy a new purse

I ordered my HP IPAQ 111 PDA.  I’m really excited about it!  I have been tracking this device waiting for it to go from announcement to an actual release for a few months now.  It finally hit the online stores last week.  I debated going with a bargain retailer, but I ended up ordering through [...]

Pearl Jam

Great to hear Pearl Jam again.  Have I been out of touch, or have they?  The controversy is, Eddie Vedder sang (paraphrased) “George Bush, leave this world alone.  George Bush, find yourself another home”, and AT&T bleeped it.  “A wakeup call”, PJ’s website called it.  Really?  Has no one notice the monolithic state of the [...]