Archive for July, 2009

My Husband, The Organ Builder

I didn’t know that my husband was an organ builder.  Neither did he.  That is, we didn’t know until I inherited an organ from my nephew.
One of the pedals needed to be fixed.  So my Mr. Handy Dandy Do-It-Yourself-Fix-It husband went to work.  And work it was.  He ended up taking the whole organ apart.  [...]

Friday, July 31st, 2009

This is Me. Totally.

I went to a conference a couple of weeks ago. In one of the sessions, I learned about Voki where you can create an avatar. You select the character — from dogs or cats to political folks. (I almost selected the Sarah Palin face but I’ve already been told I look like [...]

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Singing on the Bus

This morning as I got on the bus to go to work, a young man was playing a ukulele.  And singing.  I smiled at him as I walked passed him.  I enjoyed what I heard.  After a while, he switched to a guitar.  And kept singing.  He played for most of my ride to work.  [...]

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Competition for PowerPoint

What would the world be like if there were only one flavor of ice cream, vanilla? Those of us who love caramel pecan would be sorely deprived.
What would the world be like if there were only one presentation software, PowerPoint? We’d all be mad as a hatter.  All college students and conference attendees would [...]

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

The Results of the Poll Are In

4 Out of 5 People Are —– WRONG!!! Wrong, wrong, wrong, I say.
In the painting of my exercise room (a.k.a. Christi’s old bedroom), we collected brochures showing rooms painted in different color palettes. The colors we selected are: Popcorn, hay, Arizona, and California Poppy. Everybody knows that popcorn is white, right? [...]

Monday, July 13th, 2009