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There are people who swear by the social media site LinkedIn. I am not one of those people. Yes, I have a LinkedIn profile.  I haven’t updated it in ages.  I don’t care.  It’s done nothing for me. Oh wait, I should clarify that.  It’s brought me plenty of spam. Spam from people who want…

My regular blog readers will know that I detest robocalls, spambots, telemarketers and cold call swindlers.  I detest them with the same loathing and hatred shared only by those who are dragged to a Smash Mouth / Nickelback concert tour. That’s why I’m excited to hear that Bill H.R. 3375 – the “Stop Bad Robocalls…

“Planned obsolescence” is a term from the 1960’s, it means that a product will have a finite amount of time before it breaks down or stops working.  And this will occur at the worst possible time.  Because it does.  It just does. Case in point. I have my iPod Classic connected to my 2013 Chevrolet…

As you know, I do NOT operate on the theory of “just good enough.” And while I’m working on an art project for Competition Season 2019, I don’t want anything delaying my progress. I shall explain. I’m currently working on the second of two latch hook rug projects.  The first one, which you see on…

So at around 5:00 last night, I was working on a couple of projects – just a crafting thing, mind you – and waiting for a basketball game to stream online. Then the lights went out.  Poof. Darkness. Wait a second.  I paid my light bill.  I ALWAYS pay my light bill.  What’s happening here?…

My morning routine involves waking up (yawn), writing this blog, taking a shower, getting dressed, making breakfast, and then driving from the Town and Village to Downtown Albany.  That’s a short ten to fifteen minute drive, depending on traffic, along Interstate 787. Yesterday, we had the first significant snowfall in the area, and my 15-minute…

As you know, I’ve been battling an increase in telephone solicitation calls, including scammers, spammers and slammers.  They use spoofed phone numbers to trick people into thinking it’s a local call, or they wait until you answer and then they hang up, which confirms that you’re a real person and would like oodles of cold…

So yesterday was another date night.  Dinner and a movie.  We saw A Star Is Born, yeah there’s going to be some Oscars distributed with that film attached to the statues.  No question. Before the movie, we stopped at the l9ocal Johnny Rockets retro diner in Crossgates Mall for a nice little late afternoon /…

So … let me recap. Last year, after the Times Union and I parted ways, they started soliciting me to get a subscription to their newspaper.  You know, the “two questions on a meaningless survey and you get thirteen free Sunday issues with a hidden caveat to have your name secretly signed up for a…