A hedge trimmer on a pole for high shrubbery? No problem. Drag out extension cord, plug it in, and go at it. But a hedge trimmer powered by a battery?
SEATTLE FREEZE WARMS TACOMA
February 4, 2023 by
The Seattle Freeze in February isn’t about the weather. It’s not about the weather in July or August, either. If it’s not freezing weather, then what is it? Attitude, a chilly attitude.
AMAZON PRIME DELIVERING MORE THAN ORDERED?
September 2, 2022 by
Amazon Prime ruled the road during a recent outing. It wasn’t every car, but enough to make me wonder: ‘Are these electric vans? Why aren’t they electric vans?’ I must have wondered aloud because my wife said, “This is a lot of vans. What’s going on. You should blog this.” So . . .
BIRTHDAY WEEK? DIFFERENT THAN DOG YEARS?
June 27, 2021 by
Does birthday week add extra years? A seven day celebration adds seven extra years? Maybe it should to discourage people from extending the party. At least until it’s your birthday. Or mine. Unfortunately, since we don’t get to erase a year for every ignored birthday, adding years never happens either. But what does happen is […]
BOOK SEARCH FROM FIRST LIBRARY TO AMAZON
September 22, 2020 by
My first book search occurred in the first library I remember. It was more shock at so many books in one place than a search. In a small library in a small school in a small town, I was small and looking for a small book. I still like small books. When I was slightly […]
AMAZON SEARCH FOR BITTER, ANGRY, PROFANE MEMOIR
December 28, 2018 by
Amazon search is easy, like google, except you can buy the search results right away. Not so much on google prime. I’m not searching as much as researching the competition during editing breaks of my cancer memoir in the works, and happy to find great books on the topic, though not too many […]
John Grisham Novel Camino Island Includes Portland State And A Portland Story Idea
September 28, 2017 by
I was cruising Costco and in between food samples of tangy chicken, yogurt drinks, and a new pasta, rolled through the book aisle. There’s something magic about stacks of books in a big box store. If you’ve got a book on the table you’re a real writer? You’ve arrived? Or is it something worse? […]
Jenny Forrester Widens The River, Brightens The Sky
September 6, 2017 by
On a night of ash falling across Portland, Willamette Writers gathered inside the Old Church. Wildfires be damned, they came and listened to Jenny Forrester talk about her burning memoir, Narrow River, Wide Sky. I’ve never been more prepared to hear an author talk it out. First because my exchange student came with […]
Microsoft, Amazon, Shocks World With Alexa, Cortana. Houston Next?
August 30, 2017 by
Companies with arguably the most sophisticated logistics in the world, the top supply chain to feed demand for their life changing products, Amazon and Microsoft have joined each other at the only possible place: your brain. They should connect over Hurricane Harvey and Houston next. But first, these business behemoths agreed to let Alexa […]
AMAZON FULLFILLMENT FROM END USER TO YOUTUBE
August 11, 2017 by
An Amazon fullfillment center isn’t the work of the devil. That shade of red is special to places like Walmart. In either example it’s about material culture, things, objects. By watching American Roadshow on PBS you get a sense of the power objects hold. If that’s a little too tame, the same power emanates […]
