Bornfamous

Here’s why:

Robby starts school on Tuesday
my niece started school last week
her mother [my roommate] has hooked up with the county to provide her with housekeeping help and transportation to her therapy and medical appointments
which means that I a] don’t have to clean the kitchen or bathroom any more and b] don’t have to spend all [...]

It’s not like I don’t hate Microsoft. I do, really I do. I’ve been wanting to switch to Linux for years. My cousin even sent me a whole set of Linux CDs–but see, here’s my dirty little secret: I’m afraid to install them myself. My cousin has a geek boyfriend to take care of all [...]

I know, you’ve been dying to know where I’ve been–or beening to know where I’ve died. Wait–that’s not right.
Well, the truth is that my hard drive died. I was able to stay online thanks to my kid’s computer but it just wasn’t the same, you know? Plus it’s a little disconcerting to try to write [...]

“I’m so broke I can’t even pay attention.” - Jimmi Hendrix
Um, yeah.

Your chances of winning this contest are a lot better than, say, the lottery.

Goodness, I feel so validated.

I don’t know why, but I worry about all the has-beens of show business, the child stars who grew up and weren’t cute any more, the actors who almost made it big, the stars who did make it big and then faded. What happens to them? How do they figure out a life for themselves [...]

As it turned out, my roommate got over her anger surprisingly quickly. Instead, she’s been going out of her way to stay out of my way, like taking it meekly when I asked her not to smoke on the balcony any more, and leaving with her daughter to spend yesterday and last night with her [...]

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I finally got up the nerve just now, and talked to my roommate about setting a date. She didn’t take it at all well, unfortunately. I knew she wouldn’t. But it’s done, and I’m relieved. Now I will just have to live with an angry roommate until she can find a place and go.

The good news is that I will soon have my computer back, with new hard drive paid for by my son Chris. The bad news is that I let things get to this point in the first place by never opening the dang thing up and running a vacuum on the fan.
The good news is [...]

What with the heat wave in Europe and all, I guess I won’t get much sympathy for my suffering. It’s only 95 today, compared to 104 in France. Fifty people have died in Paris alone. And according to this temperature calculator, it’s way worse for folks in Iraq. The news story says it’s 57 degrees [...]

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My best friend Barbara is feeling disorganized. I can relate.

My roommate Rhonda has been here for 13 months almost-exactly. She talks a lot about moving out but what with her disabilities and financial situation, there isn’t much incentive to do so. I know she wants to move, but she doesn’t seem to be able to figure out how to make it happen. The original [...]