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The local cable TV company has unilaterally demanded that all households replace their unencumbered TVs with a little electronics box. I’d say more if I understood, but my friends and I agree that we just want on/off. No circumlocution through the amplifier with its surround sound, no extra buttons to push on the remote, no hurdles to jump before one can watch a favorite show.
A before B and C = see you later
I scrutinized my look in the mirror. Closely, as I tried to re-create my facial expression at the moment when she asked me my age.
Incredulous. Seriously. With that loo-ong beat of pause.
Drought-tolerant
“Please don’t!” I heard myself say and, expeditiously, my guest complied.
I couldn’t believe that I was refusing help in the kitchen, to clean up after a dinner party, but I was… She needed to be arrested.
Social Life
Our social life as migrated to the middle of the week? Has yours as well?
Spacey in Macy’s
Macy’s touted a sale – when does the store not? – so I trundled over to see what I could see. Even wore Skechers with arch and ankle support, to assure that my feet would not betray my hunter-gatherer needs…
High School Glad
I recently attended my high school reunion – via Skype! What a blast to the past!
Curb Appeal
My husband and I bought a retiring couple’s home in 1986, intent on renovating the house to match our dreams. Our shared hobby was fix-it, build-it, and decorate-it; I used to tell people that I lived in ‘The Projects’, just to see their reaction – ha!
Others’ reaction didn’t matter; I was/am safe.
My G-G-generation
Clique: a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them.
She smiled and said, “My generation doesn’t do cliques.”
I nearly melted in my shoes.
Better Living through Chemistry
“One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small”…
Who recalls that song opener delivered in the hauntingly soaring voice of Grace Slick? Loved her personna, truly slick and surreal.
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