hummers helping?
Speaking of commercials, I just saw one laden with Katrina images, streets flooded, etc. spliced with images of a Hummer driving through the deep water. The final tagline: Visit HummerHelps.com. Upon doing so, I was directed to the main Hummer page, then to a menu of links “to learn more about what you can do [...]
holiday travel
Flew up to Chicago today with intentions to drive over to my husband’s family home in Minnesota. All I can say is snow, wind, snow, a lame white Mustang Convertible as our rental car!!!!!, snow, snow, wind, snow. We may have been able to push on, but here we are, halfway there, in a hotel [...]
XOXO! An early Christmas gift!
I was not at all expecting to receive my XO laptop before Christmas since I ordered it a little later than most, so imagine my surprise when a loud knock came at the door this evening. As soon as I saw the box, I screamed, “It’s my XO!” and I put everything down. Sadly, I [...]
dopplr followup
Like D Weinberger, I had not noticed that dopplr went live last week. I’ve been enjoying the service since July and, because I hope to see a lot of travel in my future, I plan to use it to continue to keep up with my contacts in the new year. And, again like DW, I [...]
LACC Conference / NOLA in November
[I started composing this post before Thanksgiving, but never got around to finishing it until now--my apologies] As you all know, this has been the most hectic semester for me. While I probably did not have the time to attend a conference, I knew I had to attend the Louisiana Association for College Composition conference [...]