Lesson learned: Never, ever use your laptop keyboard as a resting place for anything but the tips of your fingers. I severely warped my “I,” “J,” “K” and “L” keys last night by placing a piece of parchment paper on them laden with almonds I’d just toasted in the microwave. Who’d have thought that almonds […]
Writing in yesterday’s edition ofThe New York Times, Jenna Wortham sought to explain why only two out of three Americans are on Facebook. The “resisters” — that 33% of Americans who aren’t on Facebook — offer various reasons for their misanthropy. Privacy concerns, etc. But Wortham’s take on the phenomenon is that, barring some real […]
A friend went to a great deal of trouble recently trying to find a slow cooker made in America. She failed. She wanted to buy American because she’s concerned about “American jobs getting shipped overseas.” Whether such a slow cooker exisits I don’t know, but I’m not sure that I feel much sympathy for the […]
