Sunday, November 26, 2006

MS Thesaurus

Microsoft Word has me scratching my head again.

I wanted a synonym for the word 'information' and since there was a cat on my lap and my thesaurus was on the other side of the room, I decided to see if MS Word had any good suggestions.

Yes, I was balancing the laptop computer on the lap desk and the cat on my lap all at the same time. Obviously, it was Oreo and not either of the boys or there wouldn't have been room. There wasn't really enough room for her, but she was so insistent. And purring....

Anyway, which of these do you think I should use:

in order
in sequence
in turn
in rank
in a row

Huh?!

And here I thought we were living in the Information Age?

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Thanksgiving 2006

The tradition continues...

Things I'm thankful for:

Opportunities
Having others believe in me
Second chances
Answered prayers
True Love
Laughter and smiles
Friends
Family, including my three black shadows
My wonderful house and shiny car
Chocolate
Disney
Books, Music, Movies

I hope you and yours have a fantastic week.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

A Matter of Courtesy

Picture this:

Your favorite radio station is giving away a CD that you want. You’re the correct caller and the DJ (announcer?) tells you you’ve won. You say, “Wow! Really? That’s great!”

Stop.

What’s the next thing you say?

I listen to a country music station that’s broadcast from the Mainland and they have contests every Thursday and most weekends. I hear a lot of calls, received from cities and towns all over this nation, where people have just been told that someone is going to give them something. And only one out of every twenty or thirty says what I consider the natural, logical next thing: Thanks.

I’m going to refrain on posing this as a commentary on our modern, materialistic, “I deserve this” society.

Or maybe I’m not…