Up, Up And Uh...Wait Paid Members Public
"Do you want to take a hot air balloon ride?" a friend asked me. Various news stories of hot air balloons hitting power lines and people dying flashed before my eyes. "Sure," I said. "Sounds exhilarating." Turns out it's not as easy
The Red Baron Flys In Paid Members Public
There was a time not many of us remember. It was before cell phones when communication was not instant and constant. Don't misunderstand me. Cell phones can be fantastic. I'm no longer scrambling for change to use a pay phone that I have to try to
You still laugh at a dark comedy Paid Members Public
You know it's bad news when you get a call from someone you never hear from at a strange time. For me, I was driving to work. I could see on the caller ID it was Pat, a cousin. (Names and relationships have been changed to protect the
The Restaurant Randomizer Paid Members Public
It sounds like a fun night out with a good meal is in our evening’s future, but then comes the important and devastating question: where do you want to go? I thought this time I’d be a clever monkey with some technological magic and make a program to
Outline of Life Paid Members Public
1. Birth You arrive in this world. 2. What the cuss is going on here? I lived in Japan for two years. Lots of crazy stuff happens when you're a foreigner. I didn't have a car when I first moved to Japan. I was living in
Scammers Redux Paid Members Public
One time, as was my hobby, I was on my hands and knees furiously scrubbing the carpet of cat barf. This was in the Old Days where phones were connected by a copper wire and each phone had a companion piece of tech called an “answering machine” (the most direct
Buried the Right Way Paid Members Public
My Name is Mary London, and this incident happened when I graduated high school in 1965. A program was started in Amarillo, Texas, that was to help young people to get on-the-job training for file clerks, mail sorters, and answering the telephone. Some of us girls went to the program
I See Scammer People Paid Members Public
Sometimes in the morass of LinkedIn’s self-congratulatory chaos (look - I have a new certificate for Waking Up Three Days in a Row!), a gem appears out of nowhere. I recently received a LinkedIn request from someone who looked like a real legitimate and human person. I get too
