I just had one of the more frustrating categories of conversation with my mother, i.e, anything involving modern technology ( Read more... )

comicbook_greek asked people to post stories about their mom today if they wanted to, so here are a couple that illustrate my mother's character ( Read more... )

Ever since I started doing the seasonal hair colours four years ago people have been suggesting that I do white for winter ( Read more... )

Years ago, my mom put my name on the deed of her house as co-owner, having been told that it would make things simpler (and cheaper) when she died, as I would automatically become the sole owner of the house without it going through her estate ( Read more... )

( long, wifty, ventful, and contains minor spoilers for Crow clan )

Is there any compelling reason I shouldn't go out of town the weekend of Oct. 23 - 25?

I'm going to New York this weekend to take my mom to the Belmont Stakes (sorry, New Yorkers -- quick trip, with mom, means no seeing friends; if I'm lucky, I'll have time for a hot chocolate at City Bakery on Sunday evening ( Read more... )

This what I will look like in forty years. I hope many of you will be around to double-check that assertion.

( Ma )

United is clearly not paying top dollar to staff their Mileage Plus award travel call center. Yesterday I completely stumped one of their reps by asking, "I want to book a round-trip ticket. The return trip is available a saver ticket*, but the outgoing trip is only available as a standard ticket. How many miles will the trip cost me?"**. The ( Read more... )

I just googled "Rogers on Demand" on behalf of my mother*. Rogers' site came up at the bottom of the third page of results. A page demanding that the Randy Rogers Band come to Lubbock, Texas, came up before theirs. Someone at Rogers needs to be fired ( Read more... )