I think we’ve been saying “goodbye” to them for a while, but here’s an article to highlight it: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/28/business/media/28cassette.html?ref=business
I’ve still got some. I’ve replaced most of the music with cds, but of course, now I’ll eventually have to replace the cd’s with downloadable songs, something this dinosaur has been resisting for more than five years. [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Say So Long to an Old Companion: Cassette Tapes – Sniff…
Posted in media, tagged cassettes on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Can a television series reflect real life?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged childhood, Mad Men on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just finished (with the exception of a few commentaries and some extras) watching the entire first season of Mad Men. I mentioned it last year on my Yahoo blog, right before the shows began. I was intrigued with the premise of the show and especially the time frame, 1960. (Yahoo entry at the end [...]
Go back to Family Matters…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged rant, Urkel on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The esteemed Todd Stroger (whom I did not vote for – I don’t support inheritance politicians): “I’m doing what’s best for the people. That’s how I’m running the government. And until this place falls apart, then I’ll step up and say, you know what, I screwed up,” Stroger said. “But until then, I’ll tell you [...]
Favorite things…summer edition…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged favorite things on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I had a holiday themed edition, a music edition, and today, a summer edition. I still have to figure out how I’m going to organize my Faves page (summer laziness?!), but for now, this’ll go on there, too…
Lightning bugs just after dusk
The reawakening of the annual summer cicada in the tree outside my kitchen [...]
Finally some good airline news…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged airline industry, bravo, customer service on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This article made me happy:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-mxa0713pilotsjul13,0,4724428.story
The article discusses an United airline pilot who goes the extra mile (haha). I’ve seen pilots greet passengers when they depart the plane, but this pilot does a lot more. He’ll actually go into the plane and talk to passengers, discuss why a plane is being delayed, go into the [...]
What genealogy is all about…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged genealogy on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I saw this article today:
http://www.wowowow.com/post/sheila-nevins-letter-great-aunt-triangle-shirtwaist-fire-personal-memoir-62433
The topic – what would you say/write to a relative that’s no longer here? Once someone starts thinking about that, a ton of unanswered questions occur. What did the person think about? How did they react to something that may have occurred before you were even born? Someone who died [...]
Baby drama…
Posted in media, tagged rant on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am totally fed up with the baby bump, baby mama, teenage mother, celebrity mama stuff. It never used to be this bad. Now there are probably Vegas bookies placing bets on supposed baby bumps that may be happening soon. We must celebrate Jamie Lynn Spears’ baby by putting the baby (and the other baby) [...]
If anybody is missing a goat and dog, they need to let us know…
Posted in animals, tagged goat and dog, humor on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Comic relief for summer…
Police nab Mercedes-climbing goat
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cubs win! Now, how about a World Series berth? Yeah, right…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cubs, rant on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This unfortunate title comes from this misguided article:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/baseballs-dream-cubs-win-world/story.aspx?guid=%7B747C01E5%2DCC35%2D45AD%2DBC81%2D20D7A0B52800%7D
Out-of-town columnists just don’t get it…they don’t live here…ooh, wouldn’t it be a great story if the 100-year World Series losers managed to reach the World Series?!! If they lived here, they’d know how silly that is…July does not equal September. Perhaps a playoff berth might be possible, but World [...]
Happy birthday USA!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged July 4 on July 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Happy 232 USA…you don’t look a day over 200… Happy birthday to us all…it’s nice to get to celebrate a birthday when it’s warm!
