There was a time when the Dear Abbys of the world were unique and few in numbers. Of course, there have always been busybodies. There are always those in the neighborhood that know or got to know everything that is going on and on top of which they […]
I have written much the last few years as to how it is cool to not be wedded necessarily to just one job industry as we have just one life to live. As part of Generation X, we have learned to take big leaps out of our […]
I am one of those people that loves shopping online. Yes, Amazon knows my doorbell quite well. And my dog has yet to stop barking at all the packages. What can I say? You win some, you lose some. Despite my love of online shopping, I decided to […]
I eat out often which is why I get food poisoning once a year. More or less. To avoid food poisoning and ending up in the emergency room, there are certain things I avoid. I never go near the salad bar, buffets in general and I stay […]
We all have a happy place. Even the most curmudgeon of us has a place that can fill them with some joy or perhaps less angst. I often describe myself as a curmudgeon because I am a snarky New Yorker. However, there are many that note […]
Everything these days seems to be either about personalization or psychometric profiling. I suppose that by now you have heard about the little problem that Facebook has been having the past few weeks. Apparently, according to the news media companies, voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica harvested private data […]
Look, I do not relish the thought of a major earthquake occurring in California. Just like the majority of Californians, it scares me. I look at all the new high-rises that are being built in Los Angeles, with a teeny bit of anxiety. Supposedly, these new buildings […]
Sometimes we picture the past in a way that it didn’t exist. We romanticize some past points in ways that make us nostalgic for things that never existed or happened. There is even a book by Stephanie Coontz called “The Way We Never Were” that dissects decades of our […]
I am sometimes frightened by Facebook. Actually, we all should be considering how much craziness has ensued in this world as a result of Facebook. Also, how often have you been thinking about something and the next thing you know there is a Facebook ad on that […]
There are many things to rant about these days. Toys R Us is closing due to a perfect storm representative of the changing times. I loved that store. Although, I will admit I didn’t shop there all that often as of late. That’s part of the problem, […]
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