Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on August 27th, 2006 in high-tech stuff
Thanks to everyone who gave me recommendations. I like to do a lot of research before I pluck down money on something high-tech. These are the features I would like in an MP3 player (I don’t think I’m going to do the iPod because I feel it limits me too much.) 1. Playback of my [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on August 27th, 2006 in pro life
Why not try Plan A? (Hat tip to Garrett.)
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on August 27th, 2006 in cats
Whenever I take my early evening stroll through the neighborhood I see various critters, but mostly cats. Whenever I pass by a house with cats in the yard I always talk to the cats — meow. I get one of three reactions, they look at me but do not reply, they totally ignore me, or [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on August 24th, 2006 in gimp girl life, life in Scottsdale, life with Norm, weather reports
We have had three days of thunderstorms this week. Monday late afternoon we had a nice thunderstorm that cooled things down quite a bit. Tuesday morning we woke up to the sound of thunder and about 20 minutes of rain. Thursday morning we woke up to lightning, thunder and rain which lasted over two hours. [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on August 24th, 2006 in gimp girl life, world events
I learned today, via Pat’s Pond, that Pluto is no longer a planet, at least according to “leading astronomers” who have created new guidelines as to the classification of planets. They have determined that Pluto is a dwarf planet. So does that mean that dwarf people are not really people? I know a few who [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on August 21st, 2006 in high-tech stuff
… that is the question. My birthday is less than two months away and I told Norm that I would like an iPod so I could listen to cool tunes while I take my evening stroll through the neighborhood. After thinking about it for awhile and looking around on the Internet, I’m wondering if I [...]
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on August 18th, 2006 in life with Norm
Check out Norm’s new podcast.
Posted by Karen of Scottsdale on August 17th, 2006 in gimp girl life, life in Scottsdale, life with Norm
Since we had rain the past few weeks, not a whole lot but some, we’ve also gotten mosquitoes. The first year I lived here, back in 1999, we never had mosquitoes. Now we get them every summer when we get monsoon storms. Mosquitoes like me for some reason. I swell up instantly when I get [...]