Friday, November 24, 2006
Techie Share-fest
Now that I'm bloated from Chicken-Ham-Stuffing-Cheesecake Day, followed by another day of non-stop eating (mmm, pumpkin pie!), I'm feeling mighty lazy about blogging. I do have something to be eternally thankful for - my family of brilliant conversationalists. We keep up a running conversation that bounces from religion to politics to creative ventures to education to economics to the workings of the mind and back again. Rarely is there a lull in our discussion - maybe just long enough to grab more food.
We did venture into new topic territory this time around. We exchanged our experiences with technology. I showed a few family members my blog. One asked whether everyone on the internet could access it - Yes! - and then pondered how detrimental a blog could be for employment purposes, thinking that a blogger could reveal too much personal information. That is definitely a danger, but I consider myself a writer and I have to watch pretty much everything I say that I intend for public consumption. I treat my blog this way, too. It goes with the territory.
One family member is revamping a website and we exchanged ideas about that. There was also discussion about hooking up the internet to a big screen, something I blogged about here. In general, we had a techie share-fest, passing along information that each of us has learned, but that the others hadn't yet heard about. A few of us even took a fieldtrip to Radio Shack and had a good look around. I found a nifty password protection device, plus we oohed and aahed over all the other gadgets we found. It's enough to make a head spin, which is why none of us knows everything we need to know about technology and why the share-fest was so important.
We did venture into new topic territory this time around. We exchanged our experiences with technology. I showed a few family members my blog. One asked whether everyone on the internet could access it - Yes! - and then pondered how detrimental a blog could be for employment purposes, thinking that a blogger could reveal too much personal information. That is definitely a danger, but I consider myself a writer and I have to watch pretty much everything I say that I intend for public consumption. I treat my blog this way, too. It goes with the territory.
One family member is revamping a website and we exchanged ideas about that. There was also discussion about hooking up the internet to a big screen, something I blogged about here. In general, we had a techie share-fest, passing along information that each of us has learned, but that the others hadn't yet heard about. A few of us even took a fieldtrip to Radio Shack and had a good look around. I found a nifty password protection device, plus we oohed and aahed over all the other gadgets we found. It's enough to make a head spin, which is why none of us knows everything we need to know about technology and why the share-fest was so important.
Labels: blog, conversation, family, food, password key, technology, writing
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Turkey Day
Happy Turkey Day to those of you who eat turkey. I for one will be enjoying ham, chicken, my husband's killer stuffing, and cheese cake a little later today at my in-laws' house. The family does this get-together every year and we all bring a little something, so that one person doesn't have to do everything. Normally, we supply the turkey along with the stuffing (really - the stuffing is to die for), but this year we're forgoing the big bird. I love ham and chicken, but what would make this a heavenly meal is the addition of Swedish meatballs & lefse with lots of butter along with the stuffing and cheese cake. A little fruit soup, some whipped smooth buttery squash, and apple pie with a giant mound of whipped cream would top it all off. Hey, if we can have two meats during the Thanksgiving meal, surely we can get away with two desserts. Man, I'm getting hungry.
Happy (insert whatever you love to eat) Day! Enjoy!
Happy (insert whatever you love to eat) Day! Enjoy!
Labels: family, food, husband, turkey
