FTD Fail, Candy Hearts and Other Valentine Stories
Got a timely Valentine's Day e-mail today. It was from the FTD.com floral spot that I had done some business with the other day. "Despite our best efforts, due to…
Facebook Sells Me Out
It’s tough for me to feel sympathy for the Winklevoss Twins, but with talk this week of Facebook going public with a $100 billion valuation, it only makes me feel…
Erasing the Holiday
January second couldn’t come soon enough. The Christmas tree had been dropping needles since the time we carried it home. Just natural, the saleswoman said. Well, yes. Everything about the…
Making My 2011 Mix, Under the Wire
I’m missing a holiday tradition tonight – joining my friends Jim and Molly for their annual New Year’s Eve dinner. The dinner itself isn’t the best part of it –…
My Friend Rich Sivel
I am sorry that I missed the memorial meeting for my friend Rich Sivel this afternoon in Hartford. It had only been 10 days or so ago that he was…
The Christmas Hearth, Circa 2011
Managed to survive another Christmas season, mostly by lowering expectations of myself so far, nobody was too disappointed. Part of the problem came with a big move from New England…
At the White House Fall Garden Tour
It wasn’t exactly an occupation at the White House. Instead, it was one of those biannual events when the White House grounds were thrown open to the great unwashed for…
Comcast Fail II
Here’s a good way to get speedy reaction from the monopoly utility that can’t quite get your service right: Write a blog. I may not have legions of readers here…
After Irene
Now that the hurricane is over and most people who had hunkered down with the rest of the Eastern Seaboard suffered little more than lawns littered with ripped down leaves,…
Hurricane Diary: The Sandbagging Snarl
I thought it amusing when I saw the light-up sign offering free sandbags last night. Not so funny this morning when I learned that the sole distribution area for sandbags…