Archive for September, 2008
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
The daring act of buying a new pair of jeans
In these days when the financial markets have gone to hell and everybody on TV speaks in apocalyptic terms, I have decided to do the daring act of buying a pair of jeans.
It’s not much, I know, but I am doing my part for the economy. I am sacrificing my sense of well-being by going [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by sandi
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
A nerve-wracking moment
I am writing this on my assistant, back-up computer, and while I write this, I am watching my REAL computer delete every single thing it has in its memory.
This is not for the faint-hearted, believe me. In fact, next to childbirth and having my wisdom teeth removed and one bad day when I thought I [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in computers, inanimate objects, technology by sandi
Monday, September 15th, 2008
If Sarah Palin named you as a baby…
Today, it must be said, was not one of the best days.
The stock market had the worst day it’s had since 2001.
There was a gratuitous snake in the driveway this morning when I went to take the garbage out.
My computer is broken, and I have to figure out how to write blog posts on this [...]
12 Comments » - Posted in fun, politics by sandi
Monday, September 8th, 2008
Writing a novel in Starbucks
Apparently I am not the only one who thinks there are novels lurking in Starbucks, just waiting to be written.
At any given moment, the Starbucks near me is filled with people typing away on their laptops, or else staring off into space hoping that the right word will appear. I am often there myself, when [...]
6 Comments » - Posted in fiction writing, real life, writing by sandi
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
A week in Cape Cod may have ruined me for work
It’s true.
Every year we go to the Cape–pack up the cars, bring the kids and sometimes their friends, and stay in the same house we’ve stayed in for years, a 3-bedroom house that comes equipped with lobster pots and playing cards, good paperback books, electric fans, feather pillows–and beds that sag in the middle. [...]
