Category: True Confessions

The Disservice Experience

My customer service saga with my new (refurbished) Pixel replacement is finally over. I blogged about this some weeks ago in “Customer Service Woes.” At the time of this last post, I had finally received the replacement for the defective…

The Lost Art of Telling Time

While watching a show about some cops the other day, one said “Watch my six,” to the other. I instinctively understood this to mean “watch my back.” The six, in this case, clearly a reference to a clock face. In…

Customer Service Woes

Late last year I upgraded my smartphone to one of the latest and greatest Pixel models. Since I never had any issues with the previous two pixel phones, I wasn’t anticipating any issues. However, less than 3 months in, the…

Glad I Grew Up When…

I think every generation goes through a period of nostalgia when they reminisce. When they can look around at all the changes. The dramatic changes, like the way smartphones have fundamentally altered our habits. Or how social media has completely…

Snowy Days, Slow Ways

I have to confess I felt woefully unprepared for any of the warnings accompanying the monster snow storm. Namely, the thought of losing electricity put me in a mild panic. Not only are my emergency supplies disorganized, but my skills…