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AIL! AIL! The Gang’s All Here

October 30, 2018

By Sue Murphy Don’t look now, but it’s time to get your holiday house in order. We’ve cleared the Halloween hurdle and are now careening into the full-on holiday rush. It may be hard to believe, but if you haven’t already booked the venue for your holiday party, it may be too late.  If you have, good for you. Now you just have to hope that you will be well enough to … [Read more...]

DIY Dreadlock

October 16, 2018

By Sue Murphy Yesterday was a banner day. For the first time, I used the self-checkout kiosk at Walmart. I slid my purchases across the scanner, put them in the bag and stuck my credit card into the little slot. I wouldn’t have attempted it, but the regular checkout lanes were jammed and my daughter was standing right next to me for backup. I kind of resent the fact … [Read more...]

Debugging

September 18, 2018

  By Sue Murphy I was standing in the driveway last week when 22 wasps flew out of my stove exhaust vent. My daughter and I hurried my grandchildren inside and successfully fended the wasps off with synchronized cans of bug spray, but let me tell you, it was a harrowing experience. It could have been worse, though. If the wasps had instead decided to fly … [Read more...]

Happy Birthday (Honk, Honk)

September 4, 2018

By Sue Murphy On the day you were born, you emerged into the light, the nurse checked the clock on the wall, and – bing! – you were assigned a birthday, a day that will cyclically fall on different days of the week as time goes by, but whose number is yours forever. Your birthday is important. It’s part of your legal and medical identity, not to mention that it gets you … [Read more...]

Gimme A Sign

August 22, 2018

By Sue Murphy The game is getting tense, the quarterback is poised, and over on the sidelines we see a guy frantically waving a giant sign featuring four pictures: Britney Spears, Argyle socks, a garlic press and a lesser kudu. What do these things have in common? I have no idea, but the players do. Or they’d better. It’s a code, I’m guessing, each card signaling … [Read more...]

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