Author: William Seligman

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Gadget review: Sodastream home soda maker

There are many sites on the web with reviews of gadgets of all sorts. I don’t propose to compete with them, since I’m certainly not a dedicated "gadgeteer." But I figure that an occasional post on some device that I find interesting or useful can do no harm.

One week ago, I didn’t know that devices like the Sodastream home soda maker existed.  I read about it in an article in the NY Times, on how to save money and reduce waste. I did some "homework" (meaning web searches) and decided to purchase one.

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Favorite poem meme

From lovediamond :When you see this, post your favorite poem in your journal.Unfortunately, my favorite poem is too long to post here.  Here's how it begins:Midway this life we're bound upon,I woke to find myself in a dark wood,Where the right road was wholly lost and gone.Ay me! How hard to speak of it--that rudeAnd rough and stubborn…

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Memories… like the corners of my mind…

Leave one memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you know/knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! Don't send a message, leave a comment on here. Next, repost this in your notes and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to…

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OK, let’s see how hard this is.

It’s harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people. (As is my wont, I won’t tag anyone else. Deal with it.) Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real … nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can’t use your name for the boy/girl name question.

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Love and anger, feline style

My superintendent has been working to get the heat working properly in my apartment.  He was in here the other day with a plumber.  While they were here, my black cat Shadow got very territorial and attacked the plumber; I just heard about this today.  The plumber is refusing to return to my apartment unless Shadow is…

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Sometimes someone says it just right

In a couple of recent posts, I made some lengthy statements about marketing and media. I just heard Bill Maher say something that succinctly captures my viewpoint:"Television is not a medium of entertainment [anymore]. It's a medium of advertising that occasionally entertains."I don't agree with everything Bill Maher says, especially about religion, but I whole-heartedly concur with…

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