I’ve made a New Year’s resolution for 2023: this is the year I focus on building my brand, getting my writing and art out to a wider audience and turning a profit, in hopes of making what remains of my golden years a little more golden. But how do I go about it? That’s the… [Read More]
Agita – agitation, acid stomach, or both?
In my post about website design anxiety, I really wanted to use what I thought was a Yiddish idiom to convey the sense of gut-wrenching agitation the challenge invokes in me, but the word escaped me. It turns out AGITA is the word I wanted, and my search brings up a few thoughts about the internet, Merriam-Webster,… [Read More]
Design my own website? In my dreams, maybe
What is it about trying to design my own website that invariably triggers acute anxiety attacks? My site’s in need of a radical update, so for the past several days, I’ve been playing around with a program from Go Daddy called “WebSite Tonight.” The implication, clearly, is that one should be able to build it… [Read More]
Mac Attack – Laptop Seduction at the Mall
“The men don’t know, but the little girls understand.” So sang Jim Morrison of The Doors in the song “Backdoor Man.” I’m not a little girl, but I believe men don’t understand the rush that overtakes women – or at least this woman – when they zero in on that “Gotta have it!” item at… [Read More]
Final exam anxiety, the B.A.D. gang, and Erika’s bipolar revelation
Have you ever had one of those “examination dreams” – the kind where you have to take a final exam in college and you’re woefully unprepared? In my dreams, sometimes I didn’t study at all. Other times it’s the wrong course, or it’s the right course but I hadn’t realized I was enrolled in it, so… [Read More]
The computer ate my blogroll
Last night my computer flashed me a message saying “Virtual memory is running low.” It claimed that Windows was working on the problem, but that in the meantime, some programs might be affected. And sure enough, it was running maddeningly slowly, so I decided to shut down for the night and give it a good eight… [Read More]