Archive for January, 2009

Wild Times in the Library

The other day Craig, my husband, mentioned an article he read that said public library use has increased since the economy turned bad several months ago.  Why is that? I wondered.  Instead of paying outrageous prices for movie tickets, are library patrons checking out videos from the library?  Instead of purchasing books, are patrons saving [...]

Friday, January 30th, 2009

My 38th Book

During December, we spent less than $80 on gas.  Back in April before I started riding public transportation, we were spending almost $400 a month.  Quite a bit of savings.  Quite.
As the amount of money spent on gas has gone down, the time spent reading has sharply increased because of riding the bus.  I have [...]

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Inaugural Address

Did you listen to Obama’s presidential inaugural address?  I did.  I was in the middle of a meeting — and we took time out to watch the proceedings for half an hour.  On a HUGE projection screen.  I was warmer than the one million people packed into the the mall between the White House and [...]

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

My Lil’ KupKake

What does every professional career woman need? What technology is a must-have? What Christmas present did my sweet husband give me that tickled my lil’ technology heart?
Why a little KupKake (2 GB USB drive), that’s what!
Imagine how impressed folks will be when I pull KupKake out to download files.  Imagine how envious my [...]

Monday, January 5th, 2009