Category: Technology

Chats, blogs & virtual worlds

Greystone Cartel

Lulu was home for a few hours on Sunday but she didn’t have much time to hang out because of an obligation at 5:30 sharp. She had an instance. What’s an “instance”? you might ask. I have no idea, but it has something to do with killing monsters. For an hour she hammered frantically at the computer keyboard while strange sounds emanated from the speakers. I ignored World of Warcrafts’s electronic growls and zaps, but […]

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Wet Dog

Today Stella was stinky as a result of yesterday’s illness-induced mishaps. Unable to stand the stench as I labored at my computer, I logged off and gave Stella a bath. Here, Stella knows something bad is about to happen. Her theory is, if she doesn’t look at me, I won’t see her: Lather, rinse, repeat, repeat, repeat: Shake, lick the tub, and escape: She didn’t like the part at the end when I vacuumed her. […]

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Camera Mortality

Though a new camera is the last thing I can afford after my trip, I just replaced the one that I drowned in the Rio Claro on the Oso Peninsula in Costa Rica and the one that split in two when I threw it into the lancha at Lago de Atitlí¡n in Guatemala. Would you like to see what I got? I broke with conventional wisdom (Nikon or Canon for a DSLR, and Lumix or […]

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