Last night I dreamed I had a smart phone and I was eating it. Weird, I know. I’ll chalk it up to being in the process of writing this blog post. Because I had a moment this past week that shocked me, even though it was only a visceral confirmation of things I already knew.…
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That Moment When I Realize the Problem is Me
This might come as a shock to many people. (Brace yourselves, sisters!) Occasionally…very occasionally…I do fleetingly think, “Gee, if I had a smart phone right now I could…” I always decide that for me, the benefit would be far outweighed by the nuisance, the expectation of being always available. But I’ve realized in the past few…
Read MoreOn the Proper Etiquette of Text Messages
I am the weirdo in the room who doesn’t use a mobile phone. The sound quality is reason enough—I don’t like having to work so hard to understand what people say. And I find it cumbersome to have to punch in every letter—plus extra for capitals and punctuation—one-fingered. I am not a complete Luddite. I…
Read MoreRemembering Grandma and Rants About Technology (a 7QT post)
___1___ Today would have been my grandma’s 99th birthday. It’s been nine months since she went to her rest and reward, so I wanted to share some “then” and “now” photos in her honor. ___2___ I forgot to include this oddity in my “weird things” post a couple of weeks ago: Because I ordinarily buy them one…
Read More7 Quick Takes, vol. 113
Whew! It’s been a very intense week around this blog, going through our infertility story, so I owe you some very shallow, non-taxing, and most importantly QUICK quick takes! ___1___ We’ve been reading a book called Sky Boys to Alex, which is about the building of the Empire State Building. Alex wanted to know if it was…
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This year, Christian and I decided to make some New Years Resolutions for our marriage. I had suggested this before, but he resisted last year, fearing (correctly) that I had an agenda. And because I knew he was correct, I also knew I couldn’t force the issue. So this year when I brought it up…
Read MoreBecause of a Virus
Because of a faceless, anonymous jerk somewhere out in the e-universe, our computer caught a virus this week. Because of a computer virus, my husband had to take our computer in to work, where the gurus could do their magic. Because my husband took the computer to work, I had no access to my files.…
Read More7 Quick Takes, vol. 88
Takes 1-3: Wardrobe Malfunctions 1. On Wednesday morning, we actually got going in plenty of time to get Julianna to her language preschool. Until Alex discovered he was missing a shoe. Not his shoes. A shoe. We turned the house upside down, but we could not find that shoe. Knowing that my two non-verbal children…
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Several months ago I saw an ad in Writer’s Digest and bought a little thing called NEO from Alpha Smart. I kept meaning to review it, but, well, life’s been pretty busy. But today I have a few minutes. The NEO is basically a text-only word processor. It has a few other functions, but it’s…
Read MoreCell Phone Nation (or: Why I hate cell phones)
First of all, let me say this clearly. It’s. A. Telephone. Not a camera, not a Game Boy, not a computer, and not a boom box. Modern society is ruled by technology, much of which is good for humanity as a whole. One of the most pervasive technologies, however, is the cell phone, and…
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Kathleen M. Basi 