Yearly Archives: 2011

Celluless
Posted on July 18, 2011 by CHC   ᐃ ᐁ

As of today, I no longer have a cell phone.  No one was calling me (and vice versa) so why pay $20 a month to have this object sit on the shelf?

Cancelling my service was an experience.  When I told the store agent I wanted to shut off my phone, he gave me that “What planet are you from?” look.  You know that look when you get it, especially when you’re near 60 and the look-giver is 25.   No surprise, then, that the agent wanted to call “the main office” and have me talk to them in person to complete the transaction.  The phone rep was as shocked as the agent, asking me not once but twice, why do I want to cancel?  Do I have another phone?  What was I going to do instead?

I lived 50 years without a cell phone.  I can manage.

P.S.  We also cancelled Netflix.  And I’m looking into TV antennas.

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News of the Worms
Posted on July 15, 2011 by CHC   ᐃ ᐁ

So Rupert Murdoch’s top two executives related to the phone-hacking scandal resigned. Good, but why haven’t the so-called reporters, the ones who actually did the deeds and embraced it as part of their job responsibilities, followed suit?  Probably because they are too busy trying to get hired elsewhere, those who haven’t been arrested yet.

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How to Catch a Fruit Fly
Posted on June 26, 2011 by CHC   ᐃ ᐁ

1.  Pour a glass of red wine.

2. Drink the wine but leave a few drops at the bottom of the glass.

3. Wait.

4. Repeat Steps 1-3 every 20 minutes until you find a fruit fly at the bottom of the glass.

5. If you have not caught a fruit fly after 3 hours, maybe it’s time to call it a night.

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