My Christmas

I spent my Christmas with my sister and her family. We laughed a lot and ate a lot! I came home pleasantly tired and watched Christmas programs on TV until I gratefully climbed into bed. It was a good Christmas after all.

And now it's TECH's turn to post!

Woohoo!

We have posting under our names now! Life is good.

The idea unrealized

When I started this blog, I thought I would have plenty to say. It turned out that I didn't. So it languished.

In talking with my friend TECH of 51313 Harbor Street, we decided to add him as a team member, the idea being that we'd both be able to post and thus develop an ongoing dynamic. We have both posted, but we thus far have been unable to make the posts show up as one and then the other. They all show up as mine or his. We're going to keep working on this problem, but bear with us.

A good point to remember: If the post is talking about tech toys, it's probably TECH. If the post is about romance, it's probably me. I hope that helps.

Flash Drives

I told you already about how much I like my DVD player. Just as much I like my USB Flash Drives. I have several, including ones by PNY, Lexar and Sandisk. I have one 64 meg drive, a couple 128 meg drives, and the rest are 256 megs. They all work perfectly well and are a great alternative to carrying a box of floppies around - as long as the computer you're trying to use has USB ports, and most do.

The great advantage of floppies is that nearly every computer will accept them. That's why diskettes continue to be with us even though everyone agrees they're old tech. No one has come with anything that's so widely accepted. But flash drives - and their more-equipment challenged siblings flash cards - are poised to take the place of floppies. Wish I had bought stock in the companies producing them a few years ago.

Christmas gifts I don't want

I appreciate all my friends and family thinking of me at Christmas, but despite the humbug factor, I want to mention gifts I don't want.

Nick-knacks of any kind. My house is soooo stuffed with things that I can't hardly move. Nothing more to dust, please.

Hard candy of any kind. My teeth would appreciate it.

Perfume. I rarely wear it.

Bath oils. They leave a ring on the tub, and since my servants quit, I hate to clean the tub. I shower anyway.

Clothes. You don't know my sizes or tastes. Don't torture both of us, you with trying to find something that you think I will like, and me with trying to smile and thank you and then having to return it.

Yes, bah humbug to me, too, but listen, I do love you for you thinking of me at all. And to make things simple for you. Here are a few things that are perfect for me and easy for you, too:

Gift certificates for Wal-Mart or Blockbuster.

Simple scented candles. Nothing elaborate.

Socks. White. Cotton. Short. Easy.

Chocolate of any kind, but particularly chocolate oranges. Deeelicious.

This list should help us both out.

Merry Christmas, my peeps, and Happy New Year!

DVD Burner Heaven

I have a Sony DVD burner. Love it! It burns almost all of the DVD formats. I've been able to store all my photos on a handful of DVDs. Excellent. The technology is advanced enough that you can really trust it. I've always had good luck with Sony products, and I'm pleased with this one.

Happy Writing

I really am happy writing. I like it better than almost anything else. Perhaps this shows a willingness to leave this world and retreat into a world of my own devising. Certainly I've been accused of daydreaming enough in my life.

Getting published and being able to support myself by writing would be realization of a life-long dream. It's what I work for daily. And even when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about it. My life revolves around it. I have to be careful to make sure that it doesn't co-op time that needs to go to God, my family and my friends. It's that important to me.

This blog will cover my attempts to write and what I learn. I'm looking forward to it.