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Friday, September 28, 2007
Another Baby Step
Mood:  happy
Topic: Proprietor

It is so difficult to work for oneself. My time off is so precious - and I am so spent at the end of the day. I want to flake out by the T.V. and that is it. How can I make time for my own business when I so need to veg out?

Treat it as another opportunity to veg. Love a learning experience. Even a baby step is a step.

Building a web site can be fun, but a lot of pressure even when you have nothing at stake. I have learned to deal - for the most part - with the demon of perfectionism. It is a far far better thing to do this half assed than not to do it, or refusing to publish until it looks and reads just right.

 

 


Posted by home/bercaw at 9:57 PM PDT
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Sunday, September 23, 2007
Ain't No Body's Business But My Own - and Christopher's
Mood:  on fire
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Topic: Proprietor

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Posted by home/bercaw at 6:09 PM PDT
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Friday, April 6, 2007
Happy Easter
Mood:  spacey
Topic: General Musings
We have been observing Lent - to an old atheist like me, that means I eat fish on Friday, or cheese ravioli.
I certainly have no problem with observing ritual. In fact, I find ritual quite interesting. I admire my Catholic husband. Fish is fine when covered with marinara (not a big fan of the scaly ones, but with a proper sauce...) The cheese ravioli is yummy.

Posted by home/bercaw at 7:21 PM PDT
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Monday, February 26, 2007
The Dawn of a New Year
Mood:  special
Topic: General Musings
The Mojave desert is warming. Spring is coming early. This is the true New Year, when I must remove my jacket in the afternoon but use the heater at night. Spring begins next week with Christopher's birthday and ends in June with mine. Spring is beginnings, hope and promise, even if it the promise of olive trees in bloom and a large investment in antihistimines. Spring is baseball. I became by virtue of marriage a Mets fan. 2006 was a brilliant year for the Mets and we eagerly await another. Christopher started a Mets Blog on MLB last year and developed a following of his humorous, inciteful comments. Oscar Madison, eat your heart out. RadioMan's Korner rules! A rich and happy Spring to you all.

Posted by home/bercaw at 6:11 PM PST
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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Anniversary
Mood:  amorous
Topic: Christopher
Today is the eighth anniversary of that awesome first date with Christopher. We have shared reminiscences of that night and the impressions that we made on each other. I saw a man so deep, so complex, so optimistic and upbeat. I knew I had to see more of him, and felt lucky that he wanted to see more of me. Our second date was a string of New Year's Eve parties.
These past eight years have been the happiest of my life. I get luckier every day.

Posted by home/bercaw at 8:44 PM PST
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Saturday, May 13, 2006
Learn Free: Microsoft Office
Topic: Learn Free
Your local community college wants how much to teach you the basics of Word or Excel? Oh, and then there are advanced classes for another chunk of change. Not to mention the gas to get you to class. I'll let you in on a little secret. Microsoft will teach you to use their Office products. Free. On-line. At your pace. In your underwear.
Go to the Microsoft Office website.
On the left-hand side, click on Training.You will get a list of Microsoft Office programs for which the site provides tutorials. Currently available are:
Access 2003
One Note 2003
Publisher 2003
Excel 2003
Outlook 2003
Viseo 2003
Front Page 2003
Power Point 2003
Word 2003
InfoPath 2003
Project 2003
Click on the link for the program you want to learn. Up pops a list of tutorials.
The only problem is that the tutorials are not listed in any helpful order. You have to glimpse each tutorial and judge which to take first.
Each tutorial is designed to be taken in one sitting and will inform you of the approximate time it will take you - usually 25-50 minutes. You go at your own pace and can stop when you like and resume later. Just remember where you left off.
The tutorials are divided into several lessons and you can skip forward or back as you need. Each lesson gives basic, step-by-step explanations and instructions and helpful illustrations and page views. At the end of the lessons you have the option of downloading a practice session.
If your home computer does not have Microsoft Office installed, you will not be able to use the practice sessions. These are very helpful, but by no means necessary to learn what you want to learn.
Each lesson ends with a brief overview of the lesson and an optional quiz to test your comprehension.


Posted by home/bercaw at 12:16 PM PDT
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Sunday, May 7, 2006
Learn Free Project
Topic: Learn Free
I am working on gathering information on web sites that supply the reader with free, easily accessible, useful lessons. They are out there. Finding them can be difficult.
I'll give an example: I put "free typing lessons" into a search engine. Up pop a gazillion entries. Some sites offer free typing tests. You pay for the actual lessons. Or you can download a typing lesson program (and all the adware, spyware and viruses that come with it) for a free trial. They may ask for a credit card or not. Either way, you risk infecting your computer merely to test-drive. Or, my favorite, a site that gives me a list of sites that offer free stuff, which really just replicates the search I just did.
The links I will be posting here will be test-driven. If I have not personally taken the lesson but deem the site to hold strong possibilities I will say so.
My first reccomendation is for - you guessed it - free on-line typing lessons. I am so tired of being slowed down by having to look at the keyboard. I am typing slowly now because I am still new to touch typing. My lessons are at my own pace, on-line (no downloads), sensibly organized, and of course FREE.
Alfa Typing

Posted by home/bercaw at 12:26 PM PDT
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Saturday, May 6, 2006
Introducing the Cats
Topic: Cats
Another lazy day in Las Vegas. April was the last month for many that the air conditioner does not get a workout. So for we have only turned it on when the cats start stretching out in the bathroom. We can take off clothing. They cannot take off their fur.
Wouldn’t it be cool if they could? I’d put them in a show. Sell tickets. Call it “Kittendales.” “Shed it, baby, shed it!”
Shedding is what they do best. If you ask what the theme is for our home décor, I would say “cat fur.” Snarfy is by far the most accomplished and orange fur does not go with anything.
Much of our furniture arrangement is planned with feline convenience in mind. The bookcase must rest against the window so that they have a seat on which to look outside. My old college trunk sits behind the bed to give access to the back window as well as provide a place for cats to sleep near our heads. We actually have bought furniture for Snarfy - not cat furniture, a desk and a chair. (He only thinks the ottoman is his.)

Although not the Ottoman Emperor, Snarfy is the king of our household. He has been Christopher’s animal companion for over eight years. Dating tip: you want to know what kind of person you are dating, see how they interact with their cat. Snarfy and Christopher play all the time. That cat boxes so vigorously that you can hear the SLAP of his paws from across the room.
Snarfy is the quiet one; he communicates with body language. I know what he wants in the morning by the way he decides to wake us. Head-butt: just wants company. Lick face, paw lips or bite head: wants food or water. Butt in face, slap face with tail: clean litter box! Can he be any more obvious?
He begs like a dog (how can you say “no“ to that raised paw?), loves chasing lights, goes catnip crazy for grapes. At his age (approximately 16 years) he has earned his spoiling. What Snarfy wants Snarfy pretty much gets.

Every kingdom needs a court jester. Caspar is ours, loud and boisterous. Hard-core affection junkie. He will purr if you look at him and come immediately to see if you will pet him. Cats are aloof, independent, nonchalant? Caspar missed that day in cat school. He is always flopping and rolling, making sure you are looking to see exactly how adorable he is. Hand-grabber, chair-slapper, beware of your diet: he is far too much of a ham to be kosher, too sweet for diabetics.
Caspar is a troglodyte - loves dens. Naps in the closet during the day. When I nap he wants under the cover. When I am on the computer in the evening, he will be under it. If a space is made on a shelf, there he will be. He gets his spoiling as well. He has us trained to turn on the faucet so he can drink. Won’t drink from a bowl - except the toilet bowl if we do not accommodate him with the sink.

These beasts!

Posted by home/bercaw at 11:42 AM PDT
Updated: Saturday, May 6, 2006 8:26 PM PDT
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