Monthly Archives: June 2011

Miss Manners

In the posting of May 20, I implied the columnist Miss Manners had retired and was probably giving only heavenly advise.  Our local newspaper carried her etiquette  column years ago, so I had assumed by now she was no longer … Continue reading

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Gulpsty

When I was young, my primary playmate was Gary Shillingford, the son of my parent’s friends who lived in Primos.  We were the same age within a few days and often visited each other. Like other boys in those days, … Continue reading

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More On Bliss

After posting the blog on Bliss (May 23), several people have mentioned they, too, have had the same experience.  I had thought mine was unique. Now, I find, the experience is fairly well-known.  I have begun reading a book called Biocentrism.  I … Continue reading

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57th Mini-Reunion on the Ocean City Boardwalk

Well, okay, maybe the joke is getting old.  We all know it is more like a few old high school friends getting together than an official reunion, but it still is fun. When we arrived, our meeting place on the … Continue reading

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Billions and Billions

Right now in my pocket is a common eight-gigabyte flash drive.  Nothing special, but handy to transfer files between computers.  I think I got it on sale for about $15. But a gigabyte is one billion bytes.  Each byte is … Continue reading

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The Pioneer Woman

So here I have been writing this blog for free all of these years when I read an article in the New Yorker of a woman who makes over a million dollars a year from her blog.  Each month she … Continue reading

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Korean Tables

A classified ad in our local News-Journal lists for sale a custom-made “Dupont Korean Kitchen table,” including upholstered chairs, puzzling until you realize it should be a “Dupont Corian Kitchen table.” Whatever.  Maybe it is Korean Corian. RWalck@Verizon.com

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