My Cooking Assistant

Remember when the newest innovation in home refrigerators was that you could choose your color? I don't either, but our refrigerator is an important member of our family. "What's for dinner?" is a question I must answer every day, and my first step in answering the question is looking in the fridge. I'm not much … Continue reading My Cooking Assistant

Everything’s Amazing and Nobody is Happy

I took the title of this post from this YouTube video. A twitter follower directed me to it after she read my post "Our house circa 1980-1990." I love this video. It made me laugh out loud and nod in agreement. Technology is a wonderful thing. In my lifetime we've gone from cassette tapes and … Continue reading Everything’s Amazing and Nobody is Happy

The social media revolution

Lately, it seems I've been having to defend the benefits of social media. I see the value of listening, connecting and publishing, but others don't. Maybe this will help. The original version of this video was posted in July 2009. In less than a year, it had to be updated.

Our house circa 1980-1990

Today, the typical eight- to 18-year-old in the US lives in a household equipped with three TV sets, three video players, three radios, three hand-held music devices, two video game consoles, and a personal computer. (via The Future of Children). Our house doesn't have any eight to 18 year-old's yet, but a six- and seven-year … Continue reading Our house circa 1980-1990