Tasers were introduced as an alternative to shooting someone with bullets because their use can be lethal but is less lethal than bullets. Tasers are less likely to kill the person tased than shooting that person with bullets from a gun. Less likely, but still a lethal tool for stopping someone from an action that […]
My Cat Went Mad While I Was Away
Jujubee, the Siamese, and Itty Bitty Gray Kitty are shy kitties and most people, if it wasn’t for the litter box, would never know I had cats. They, in fact, are downright anti-social. I didn’t think it could get worse. It did. While I was away at #BlogHer13 and then vacationing in MN with my […]
#BlogHer13 Is Over But Travels Continue
Swag to the Rescue I’m at my daughter’s! She gave me Monday to recover from a week of travel preceding this Minneapolis visit to chill and organize my contacts from the conference. It is a good thing she is at work; I’m a bit under the weather today and wouldn’t be a lot of fun […]
Surprise! I'm not Boycotting Coca-Cola at BlogHer
Surprise! There was no content here other than my great title when this post went up. Why? Well, that is the stuff of another very important post on security that I will try to get up later in the day. Long story short, security maven me had my iPad pick-pocketed on the CTA train, the […]
A 19th C. Bookplate for Wordless Wednesday, a Day Late.
A Book Plate that is in the Public Domain This book-plate is from a book of collected book-plates by Frank Brangwyh, , 1867-? and Eden Phillpotts, 1862-1960. The plate was for the library of Mario Borsa. The only alteration I have made to the image was to crop it and extend the black border to […]
Cayo Santiago, Chaucer and Change
As part of a “blog hop” for the Generation Fabulous site/magazine I am writing on the topic of Transformative Travel. (How I dislike that phrase, blog hop, there has to be a better one.) Where do I start? I love travel. I grew up on a farm and Summer was not a time of vacations. […]