Soured On Apple — The Unusable iPad

December 22, 2010

It was to be the perfect Christmas present for me. My beloved husband knew I had been lusting for an Apple iPad, so he went on-line and ordered one. He couldn’t wait to give it to me, even though he knew it would capture my attention for the holidays. It WAS to be the perfect [...]

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Shocked By Artwerx

October 27, 2010

Y’all, I was in shock when we exited Artwerx Alley, a gallery in San Antonio, leaving behind the items we had planned to purchase. I don’t believe I’ve ever had an experience where a shop owner was quite so rude. We had been planning our visit all week to visit the shop and see the [...]

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Chew On This One

August 21, 2010

Raise your hand if your Momma insisted on you displaying table manners when you grew up. I remember my mother telling me, “Close your mouth when you chew.” She told me that a jillion times. She also sometimes told me, “Don’t talk with your mouth open,” (ahem) but I didn’t learn to be a ventriloquist. [...]

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Is This The Party To Whom I Am Speaking?

May 20, 2010

Y’all told me I should say something about the smell that drove me out of my local movie theater. Since I always do what you tell me, especially when you are right, I spent an entire day on Monday following through with telephone calls. Besides that, I was still suffering from the headache that occurred [...]

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Movies Stink

May 16, 2010

Well, at least the theater does. We decided to go down to the local Cinemark Theater in Denton to catch a matinee of Robin Hood. After buying our tickets, we found our way to the auditorium where our movie was playing. However, the moment we stepped into it, a strange smell assaulted our senses. I [...]

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Sin Tax On Soda Pop?

March 9, 2010

The nightly news reported that Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York is encouraging lawmakers to place a penny-per-ounce tax on the sale of sodas sold in his state. Do what? While the news story focused on the fact that Americans are obese, and putting a tax on sugary drinks will help fight that problem, I [...]

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Twitter Support Is For The Birds

November 19, 2009

If you have a Twitter account, you’d better hope that nothing goes wrong with it, because you will be flying on your own. It all works great until you have a problem. Then you will find that Twitter support seems to be totally unreachable. Perhaps I shouldn’t complain, since the Twitter social networking “service” is [...]

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Christmas Card Controversy

December 7, 2008

There is a minor controversy brewing, along with the morning coffee, at the Tucker house. It’s over the issue of Christmas cards. Mr. Tucker wants to send them out. I do not. You see, I think that the sending of Christmas cards needs to go the way of the dinosaur. It’s not that I don’t [...]

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Bully For You

November 19, 2008

Would you be embarrassed to discover that your child was known as the class bully? I don’t know about y’all, but I would be mortified! I would hope that I could raise my children to be sensitive to the feelings of others. Recently, a librarian friend asked me if I knew any stories about “bullies” [...]

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Squat Diddly

November 7, 2008

Y’all, I know that I said I wasn’t going to be snarky on Only The Good Friday, but sometimes I just can’t stand oozing goodness out of every pore for a whole day. This is one of those times! Whatever happened to the days when the wait staff at a restaurant stood respectfully at the [...]

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Advertising Is Not Rocket Science, BUT…

September 25, 2008

… if you are using a theme song, you should know the lyrics! With the television on, just for the noise while I knitted, a commercial caught my attention. The advertisement was accompanied by a haunting song that is a favorite of mine. Originally it was performed by David Bowie; it’s called “Space Oddyssey.” I [...]

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Raising Children Is Like Tending Roses

September 2, 2008

Raising children is no job for sissies. It is the most difficult task we ever take upon ourselves. When those tiny, fragile humans come into our care, they don’t come with instruction manuals. What a pity! It’s a job that needs a manual like no other. Now, if y’all believe my newspaper, you would think [...]

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I Love/Hate My Job

May 15, 2008

Yes, I’m having a “love-hate relationship” with my job right now. I bet most of y’all go through that, too. I am relieved that there are times that I love it, because I know there are some people who despise the work they do to make a living. I realize I’m fortunate, and I try [...]

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Makes You Want To Turn Off Comments

April 29, 2008

Oh, children. Someone who calls him/her self “realist in Denton” commented on my post about the Denton Jazz festival. Do y’all ever get comments that make you want to twist someone’s head off? I just have to share with you. This is what the goofball had to say: Either you haven’t been to a concert [...]

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Now They’ve Done It. Blogger Made Me Want To “Change My Tone”

April 2, 2008

I’m on a rant. Yes, I am. I’m so angry that I’m pounding the keyboard. I’m FURIOUS at Blogger.com. The IDIOTS. Blogger does the same thing my Hoover vacuum cleaner does. Do I have to spell that out for you? Here’s why: So, I decided a couple of days ago to participate in the x365 [...]

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Here’s A Little Tip For You

March 16, 2008

“Hi! My name is Tiffany*, and I’ll be your server tonight,” the young woman gushes while flashing a megawatt smile. Her face indicates she is just thrilled to see us. “Can I start you off with something to drink? A glass of wine, maybe?” “No thank you,” I answer sweetly. “We will have two diet [...]

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The Shape Of The Economy

March 9, 2008

I listened with half an ear to the news as an economist pretended he was “Chicken Little.” You know Chicken Little—the critter that went around chirping, “The sky is falling, the sky is falling!” That fella said we are entering a recession (you need degrees and stuff to tell you that?). He said that we [...]

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Foraging

March 5, 2008

“Despite their burdens, they [the women] foraged as they traveled, and so efficiently it hardly slowed them down. A patch of day lilies was quickly stripped of buds and flowers, and tender new roots exposed with a few strokes of the digging sticks…shoots and tender young leaves of clover, alfalfa, dandelion; thistles stripped of prickles…a [...]

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Pierced Parcel Post Package

March 1, 2008

He shook his head as he handed me this package. I detected a mock woeful look upon the face of my local postmaster. “Now, iss is whah ah tell people never ta use at parcel post. Probly whut happined wuz a fitty poun box fell smack dab inna middle a this. Mmm. Mmm. Parcel Post. [...]

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An Insidious “ism”: Ageism

February 18, 2008

Yesterday, I said the only controversy bubbling at my house was over chili with beans or chili without (go vote, if you haven’t). I lied. Well, I didn’t actually lie, but I did a little blog hopping to some of my favorite places and found some more controversy to consider. I read this post by [...]

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