Remembering the Unturkey

It’s that time of year when we would be looking forward to our Unturkey dinner. I see from my Sitemeter stats that folks are still Googling in vain for the Unturkey as I did last year. Alas, there’s been no miraculous return of that beloved vegetarian alternative. I have to admit that when I see … Read more

Simple Joys

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, so I thought I would start breaking myself back into the writing habit with a quick post. Today I dashed out for a walk when I realized that I would be staying for an evening meeting. I went for my loop around the local park which hasn’t been … Read more

HP Saga Ends (I hope!)

Well, now you really can picture me using my laptop… actually a new laptop. I was contacted late Monday afternoon by an HP case manager which is apparently related to the “Escalation Team.” At first this was not a good thing, because I played phone tag with him until late the next day. When we … Read more

HP Limbo

Pamela’s happily working away on her laptop computer you’ve imagined? Nope, still waiting. Day 24 since HP received my laptop, four weeks since it suddenly died. I feel like my computer has been kidnapped without even a ransom note. Apparently HP doesn’t think that I should be informed about what is going on. As usual … Read more

Feeding a Hunger

The other day I was watching Bill Moyer’s interview with Robert Bly and I suddenly felt this terrible hunger for poetry. It was as if I had been unaware of my own starvation. Listening to Bly reading the poetry, his own, Rumi and others, it felt as if I could not help but be awake. … Read more

My Hero

It’s kind of cathartic to watch someone else express your frustration in ways you can only fantasize about. (Thanks for giving me the link, Marilyn!) Tomorrow is day 20 in the HP computer kidnapping case… er, I mean since HP logged my computer in as received. Day 25 of being computer-less. ::banging head against desk::