A post from redcub caused me to wonder about something. Back in the dark ages, I took a high school typing class. It was, in fact, the only class that my parents ever absolutely required me to take. Formatting various…
New Word for Me
oligopsony (oli-GOP-suh-nee): The market condition where a few buyers control the market for a product. From the marvelous A.Word.A.Day list.
Whee!
We have nothing to do tonight. Not a thing. Nada. Zilch. That is an unbelievable relief! Katie has had four nights of dance every week since the fall. We’re all ready for a break! We’re going to have pizza, laze…
Are You Being Charged More Than Other Shoppers for Online Purchases?
From Future Brief: Most American consumers don’t realize Internet merchants and even traditional retailers sometimes charge different prices to different customers for the same products, according to a new survey. The study, “Open to Exploitation,” found nearly two-thirds of adult…
Can I Get a Day to Recover From the Weekend, Now?
curiousmay9 left town Friday to visit with her family. Her grandmother passed away on Saturday. The grand lady had been in a nursing home for years, and her death did not come as a surprise. Still, it’s never easy to…
Poetry: Pulling Up Beside My Husband at the Stoplight
Pulling Up Beside My Husband at the Stoplight –Marjorie Saiser From Bones of a Very Fine Hand We are going to the same place but we take two cars. Sunday morning and there’s not much traffic so I pull up…
Growl
I missed a doctor’s appointment this morning—one of those that it has taken MONTHS to get. I’m not happy. I just couldn’t wake up, though. Sam roused me long enough to get meds into me this morning. I fell asleep…
Thought-Provoking Quote: Mignon McLaughlin
It’s impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time. -Mignon McLaughlin, author (1915-) It makes sense to me in that you can’t have four “number one priorities.” Even with…
Congrats to ShadowKatt!
We got Katie’s California Achievement Test results yesterday. Math: grade equivalent is 13 (beyond 12th grade). I can’t remember the percentile at the moment, but it’s really high. Language Arts: same on the grade equivalent. 99% percentile. Spoken vocabulary and…
What to Say?
A friend just posted one of those “anonymous confession posts,” enabling anonymous commenting and disabling IP address logging. I never have anything to say in those threads. I can’t think of anything that I wouldn’t just say as me. I…