Sally’s blog

Amazon.ugh

2009-12-12T02:12:41Z

In yet another example of Santa as Salesperson, Amazon has taken Christmas wish lists to new heights. Why would a kid of any age bother to write a letter to the old man and mail it to the North Pole when, with Internet skills or savvy pa...

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Lessons in Self-Publishing

2009-09-16T01:58:56Z

I’ve written, I’ve edited, I’ve done flyers and newsletters and blog pages and various other forms of distributing the printed word. How hard could it be to compile a book, a memory keepsake, from a family reunion? It would be a personal challeng...

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Stay Well, Read Less

2009-08-27T00:35:07Z

Stay Well, Read Less I’ve got to stop reading. It’s the source of all my hypochondria. And since I’m healthy head to toe and don’t feel anything more insidious than muscle aches and pains from exercise class or other physical activity, I projec...

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Worth 996 Words

2009-08-16T17:48:19Z

We bought into the dream, or rather the dream vacation. Conde Nast Traveler magazine is running a photo contest. Win your dream vacation, worth up to $25,000. After looking at past winners and making the inevitable comparisons, the ...

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Wrapped in family

2009-05-31T03:48:18Z

I've spent way too much time lately trying (and failing) to edit old 8mm movies that are part of the legacy left by our parents. Dad wasn't a great photographer, and given the technology of his era, he could make his audience seasick just watching...

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No Easy Answers

2009-04-12T21:38:36Z

The shopping cart is always a dead giveaway. At first she just had the usual plastic bags and wore too many clothes. Then she acquired a beach mat, a blanket, more stuff, and eventually a shopping cart to wheel it from one spot to another. She...

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Not so Lucky You Live Hawaii

2009-03-27T21:25:25Z

There’s a definite price added to living in Paradise. While South Dakota is flooding and California struggles under state budget deficits larger than most nations, we console ourselves with thoughts that living in Hawaii is rela...

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Technophobe

2009-02-20T23:42:19Z

Log in User name Password Email Create a new one, remember the old ones I’ve secured myself out of my own cyber realm Mobile phone Computer Heart rate monitor Camera The manuals to operate daily devices Read like encyclopedias translated from C...

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Death of the American Dream

2009-02-12T03:48:09Z

So Congress has passed an economic stimulus package that will supposedly save the nation and, by extension, the global economy from ruin. We’ll be shackled with trillions of dollars in debt for generations to come. And this is supposed to solve o...

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Snow dance/Sundance

2009-01-23T01:22:51Z

Attended our first Sundance Film Festival movie this morning. Too wierd standing in line at the Eccles Center before 9:00, but that's the drill. The movie was saw was "Shrink," with Kevin Spacey as a psychiatrist who needs more help than his pati...

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