Names, the More the Better

I’m noticing a pleasant trend on such sites as Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as in general practice elsewhere. Married and divorced women have begun to use all three names as an identifier. They have begun to use their maiden names as well as their married names. Sometimes they’re hyphenated, sometimes not. I have a few [...]

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Linkbook and FacedIn

There’s something I’ve been saying to my audiences about e-mail for a long time, and it’s that e-mail is whatever we want it to be, whether we use it for business letters or a form of instant messaging. You can use it for both, but confusing the two can lead to disaster. The same holds [...]

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A Nielsen Family Twenty Years Later

I was a Nielsen family recently, even though it’s just me and two cats, and I don’t let them watch just anything.
 
There are no cost-of-living increases in Nielsen Land. Twenty years ago they paid me a whole dollar to keep a diary of my television viewing habits. They sent me the same amount this time, [...]

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The Latest Burial Artifact

I saw a news report the other day that said some people are now asking to be buried with their cell phones. Down through the ages, the dearly departed have often been interred with belongings that had some significance in their lives: jewelry, letters, food, weapons, their boots… anything to help make their trek to [...]

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An Electoral Collage

A few (mercifully few) thoughts on the election:
I’m not a political animal. Rather I tend to observe from a distance. Except for yesterday. I wanted to be a part of something momentous. So I voted.
That’s not something I’m keen on doing since I have a hard time getting past the way most politicians and their minions twist [...]

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Dumb Human, Smart Squirrel

I’ve done dumb things in the past and likely will in the future. I don’t let that tendency bother me because I’m a writer. Whereas most people want their dumb doings to stay hidden, writers use them for material. Case in point: 
 
I lived on the second floor of a duplex once. The only redeeming quality [...]

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Linking

Links appear to be important in the way Google looks at blogs. That and the spirit of friendship leads me to add links to the blogs of friends. To the right are links to Trina Hess’ comedy blog, Lynda Stucky’s blog on speech issues, and Patty Kreamer’s blog on getting organized. Good stuff there. Take a [...]

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From the “Who knew?” department

Did you know there are blank keyboards on the market? Blank as in no markings on any of the keys. To this non-touch typist, people who use this kind of keyboard to type, write, or enter data are doing none of those things. They’re just showing off. (This post is cross-filed under “sour grapes.”)
This is a topic [...]

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Paris and Bridgewater

There’s a saying about sidewalk cafés in Paris: If you sit at your table long enough, everyone you know will pass by. The sayer was probably talking about Frenchmen passing by, but the adage applies here, too.
 
Saturday marked my first participation in a book fair. The first annual Bridgewater BookFest (held appropriately in Bridgewater, PA)  took [...]

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Well, hi there.

Welcome to the Legacy Road blog. Yes, I’ve finally got one foot on the blogging bandwagon. The other one’s still dragging in the dirt.
This blog will comprise more personal content and observations than the newsletter. It will also be shorter. Communication and animals will still be the main topics, with room for some wide tangents.
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