Category: stuff

Review: NoteMaster

NoteMaster is a note-taking app for iOS. I switched to it after trying out various note-taking apps, and not really loving any of them. I love this app. I had been using Apple’s native Notes app for years, but I was running into limitations–there was no way to do bold, indent, make bulleted lists, and …

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Overheard: 14 year old female

“If I had a genie that would be my only wish–a time machine. And maybe money for college.”

Quotable: Jay Leno

“In America, we like everyone to know about the good work we’re doing anonymously.”

Denaug

The other day I was doing some tech support for some longtime customers, a couple in their mid-80s (he uses a Mac, she uses a PC). While I was there the topic of the next bloodmobile date came up. “They don’t like my blood,” he said. “Why not?” I asked. “I lived in Africa for …

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One More Ride: Chapter 4: Heat

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Warm air gushed from the vents with the power of one of those annoying hand dryers they put in truckstop bathrooms. Norville had ridden in several Jeeps before; rattly angular things full of crevices for wind to blow through, designed by men who either did not know or did …

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Overheard: 65 year old female

“Did you have a frozen toe last night?”

Voltron Tech Support: Episode #1

Chat Screen:  Steve: They just wouldn’t listen. Dave: I know, right? Incoming Call: Nancy Chat Screen:  Dave: Carp, it’s Nancy. BRB Call Log: Dave: Voltron Tech Support, this is Dave, how can I help you? Nancy: My lion won’t work. Dave: Excuse me? Nancy: My lion won’t work and I need it working right now. …

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Iron Snow

Thunk! The sound woke me immediately from the weird dream I was having. It was a distinct ‘thunk’–the sound of something hitting the back porch. Check the clock–245am. Someone must be trying to get into the house. I got up, pulled on some clothes, and stepped out of the bedroom and checked the back door–still …

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Quotable: Nicholas Day

“We know the fat content of elephant seal milk, for example. (It’s basically fatty fat with fat sauce.)” –from an article on Slate.com on the history of wet-nursing.  

The Hunter

My daughter’s cat, Mr. Pucko, likes to kill things. He was so adorable when he killed his first bird that we wanted to commemorate it, so we made a little bird grave with a little bird tombstone. It seemed pretty funny at the time. Over the next couple of weeks he would bring back more …

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