Sunday I stopped at the Borders store on my way home from church. I had $5 in Borders Bucks and a coupon for 50% off a second item. I had seen an item that I thought might be a good Christmas present for my niece and I knew I could always find a book.
Then I [...]
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Good Customer Service
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Knitting, books on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Quick Trip to England and France
Posted in travel on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I made a quick trip to England and France through the film shown at the monthly travelogue at a local university. It centered on the English Channel which in French is called Le Manche which translates as “the sleeve.” Not sure why the French call it that.
The lecturer alternated between the southern coast [...]
Old-Time Radio Shows
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Senior Seminar on November 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The Senior Seminar this week was about Old-Time Radio Shows. The lecturer was the same man who has done the programs on ragtime and jazz. He must have an enormous collection of CDs and DVDs of these musical programs and now the radio shows. He’s always well prepared. It amuses me, though, to watch him [...]
A Splashing Good Time At Symphony
Posted in music on November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday night I attended the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra concert. The program had a Chinese flavor to it in preparation for the orchestra playing at a Chinese festival in New York this week.
The second number was “Water Concerto for Water Percussion and Orchestra” by Tan Dun. Watching the stagehands set up for this was very [...]
Waterlogged Mini Vacation
Posted in travel, weather on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have had the wettest October since they began keeping records over 100 years ago. There are flood warnings out now. The ground is so saturated there’s no place for the rain to go but into the rivers.
Last night a friend and I went to a program on Thai Classical Music and Dance at Jefferson College in [...]
What’s Up with Typepad?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like most people in blogland, I read a number of blogs each day. They are hosted on a variety of sites.
Several weeks ago there was a flap on the blogs hosted by Typepad. It had something to do with how comments are/were handled. I didn’t understand what the problem was and since it didn’t directly [...]
To-Do List Tryanny
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I like To Do lists. I find they help keep me focused on things which I should/need to get accomplished. But sometimes I think there’s a bit of tyranny in them.
Take yesterday for example. I had quite a long list of items on my list. I accomplished all but three of them. While I had [...]
Digital Magazines
Posted in Uncategorized on October 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What do you think about digital magazines? I receive digital newsletters from several publications. One, in particular, I subscribe to in its paper format.
The magazines have gone to a digital format as well as the paper one. Each newsletter encourages subscribers to switch to the digital format. I haven’t done that because I don’t think [...]
Disturbing News If True
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As I mentioned in a previous post, I read a copy of the student newspaper while waiting for a concert to start. One of the articles in there was disturbing to me.
According to the writer, all the countries involved in the United Nations will be forced to take part in universal food and supplement standards [...]
Faded Fall Colors
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been feeling the need for another mini-vacation. In lieu of one, I wanted to do something fun this past weekend but wasn’t sure what.
I saw a sign on the highway that the Wild Bird Sanctuary was having an open house over the weekend and decided that might work. I’ve never been to it although [...]
