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WONDERING ABOUT WORDPRESS
What ARE we going to do about WordPress? We were just talking about it, Garry, Owen and me. At $180 per year, that would be $15/month and then there’s another $20 for you URL address. $200? I’ll renew...
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5 THINGS I DON’T BUY ANYMORE
5 Things We Don’t Buy Anymore We are on a fixed income, but the world is on a fast track to insane inflation, so these days there are many things we don’t buy. Dog food. I make my own from chopped...
View ArticleMY ROYALTIES ARRIVED!
Every once in a while — which is to say very, very rarely — I get an automatic deposit to my bank account from Amazon. Someone, somewhere bought my book. So imagine my excitement when I got a notice...
View ArticleTHEN CAME THE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM NATIONAL GRID
I thought it wasn’t going to get much worse, but then… Electric bills will be $114 higher each month compared to last year. That’s a 64% increase for the same amount of energy use, driven by higher...
View ArticleALL THAT MONEY
Fandango’s Provocative Question #190 This is an easy one because I have a rich and rewarding fantasy life. So here’s my “game plan”: Here’s a nice house on one floor. I might break down a few walls to...
View ArticleMEMORIES AS THE DAYS PASS
Cue up Sinatra’s “My Way” for this one. It’s applicable for some of the random thoughts I’ll float your way. It’s perfect for some of the bonehead things in my past. My way is how I did some things...
View ArticleWHY ARE AMERICANS TERRIFIED BY SOCIALISM?
I am bewildered about American reactions to socialism. Maybe it’s because we think it’s Communism? It isn’t, you know. I spent ten years in a socialist country. The main difference was that there were...
View ArticleAS TIME GOES BY
Share Your World – 7th March This week’s questions: Does your spouse/partner (or do you) help with the household chores? Yes. These days, he does. It took him a long time to come around, but I supposed...
View ArticleLOSING EVERYTHING – Marilyn Armstrong
A lot of people figure that everyone “retires” on their own terms in their proper time. That hasn’t been true in our world. Certainly not in Garry and my world. Garry lost his job because the company...
View ArticleMEDICARE AND WHERE ARE MY GLASSES? – Marilyn Armstrong
An advertisement I couldn’t abide showed up on an email this morning, as follows: Content from Partnership for America’s Health Care Future American families can’t afford Medicare for All. Studies...
View ArticleWILL WORK FOR PIZZA – Marilyn Armstrong
There is a rumor, perpetuated by television shows, that bloggers earn a living. By blogging. Someone in Hollywood seriously thinks people like me make money doing this. I am depressed to admit it, but...
View ArticleFALLING BETWEEN THE CHAIRS, PART DEUX
Trying to get a loan to install a new boiler in this house ought to be easy. I’ve been paying off as many debts as quickly as anyone on social security can, but apparently not fast enough. Never mind...
View ArticleREMEMBER “LOOK ALIKE, FEEL ALIKE”?
“Look alike, feel alike” used to be the motto of the User Interface area of software development. The idea was that as you developed a product, each new version should “feel the same way” as the one...
View ArticleVOTE YES ON ONE !
I know there are a lot of important issues. COVID-19. Climate change. Anything having to do with Prez 45 and/or any of his cohorts. The collapse of our and the international economy. Systemic racism...
View ArticleA SPOONFUL OF SUGAR
Remember the line from a song in Mary Poppins (the original movie with Julie Andrews) where she sang “Just a spoon full of sugar makes the medicine go down?” I remember when Trump was elected saying...
View ArticleNOTIFICATIONS OR THE LACK THEREOF
I get tons of notifications from my computer. I was getting so many notifications I finally turned them off. Now, I only get “urgent” notifications. Apparently the minor detail that my hard drive is...
View ArticleI NEED A MAGIC MONEY MACHINE
When ATMs first started showing up, I lived in Israel. I had two young step-children. When they saw the machine, it was a thrill. “It gives you money!” they said. To them, it was as simple as that. Go...
View ArticleGIVING SOMETHING
JYProvocative Question #12 – Charity In 2012, I donated $3 to Obama’s campaign. We were poor then and are still poor. We managed those few dollars and they have been hounding me ever since with...
View ArticleMONEY IS NEVER “JUST MONEY”
How many times have you heard someone say “It’s only money” as if money is no more than a way to pay for “stuff” and has no other value to us. We all know it isn’t “just money.” Money is much more......
View ArticleMONEY!
Even when you know the blow is coming, it sure does hurt when it lands. The price of houses in Massachusetts has gone up. By a lot. And the cost of insurance has gone up even more. The price of... Read...
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