Frivolous Views

Category: Random thoughts

  • I will be cursing because of the blessings of technology

    So we’re going to have some changes to the cable. It turns out that by having faster internet speeds,  HD cable, a DVR, and 2 fewer channels than we have now, Mom and I can save almost $100 on our bill. Wait…what? Yeah.  We lose 2 channels that we never really watched anyway and gain…

  • Caution: Under Construction (OR Re-imaging and Re-naming: The process continues)

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day, my friends. I was having some fun this evening with themes for the blog.  Not to write about.  But actual themes provided by WordPress for blogs. I chose a new one.  It’s simpler.  Sleeker.  Hopefully, less cluttered. I’m still working on a new name for the blog.  So far, I have…

  • It’s a little Salty – Like Veruca, not Job’s wife

    Encyclopaedia Britannica to end print editions | General Headlines | Comcast I guess we all knew this day would come, didn’t we? Is it the end of an era?  Or is it the beginning of the inevitable? The article says that the last printed edition was in 2010.  My reaction:  I didn’t realize they’d printed…

  • The Museum of Divine Statues – Saving and preserving religious art

    In September 2010, the priest at my church asked me and my mother if we wouldn’t mind making a trip to Ohio to pick up some statues that he had ordered.  He commissioned a set of Adoring Angels for our church.   To have them shipped to Chicago would have cost about the same as…

  • Letting my geek flag fly

    BBC News – Venus and Jupiter to pass in the night sky. Here’s a bit of information that not everyone knows about me…I used to be a science geek. Yes, it’s true.  I spent the first 2 1/2 years of college as a Physics and Astronomy major.  You see, my dream was to work for…

  • We can quote Shakespeare, but that doesn’t mean he’s right (Or, don’t call me a thistle or a skunk cabbage)

    I’m sure that I’ve just committed some form of heresy by typing the title of this entry.  If any of the 2 or 3 of you who read these posts take offense, please accept my apologies. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet stands at her balcony pining for her love – and family enemy – Romeo.…

  • March Madness – And it ain’t about basketball

    Short post here tonight. I have an idea for March.  I want to blog something every day of the month.  Even if it’s just a few sentences or a couple of paragraphs.  I want to see if I can do it. Since I don’t have an idea for a writing topic this evening, I thought…

  • If I were artsy-fartsy, I’d probably have a better blog

    I’ve spent about 3 hours looking through new themes for this web page.  Previewed each one that I thought might be interesting; each that might be “me”. If it was pink, I passed.  If it was all flowery, I passed.  If it looked way too light and airy, I passed.  If it looked too complicated,…

  • Confessions of an office supply junkie

    I made a purchase today.  A purchase that pleased me quite a bit. I bought a Rolodex! Okay, so it’s a small Rolodex.  But still, I got rather giddy when I “checked out.”  Sure, I could use the Outlook contact list.  But what happens if my work computer crashes?  (It just might any day now.)…

  • My quandary: Continue as is, make changes, or start over.

    So, here’s the thing.  I wrote something.  Well, I started writing something – fan fiction.  I started it years ago.  I posted what I wrote as I went along and collected feedback from readers.  Most of it was good feedback.  It was encouraging.  The problem is, I stopped with chapter 14b.  I sort of left…