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Last Friday, lured by the promise of a newly-launched LTE network and usage plan rates that would save us more than $50.00 per month, we switched from AT&T to T-Mobile.  Thirty-six hours later, we came crawling back to AT&T, our tails...

I’m not much for following celebrities’ social media accounts. But when I hear that a celebrity’s social media presence is managed and generated by a staff, I lose whatever little interest I might have had. George Takei has gained...

We were on our Holland America cruise around South America when we met the Crazy Lady: a hot-headed older woman who had “had enough” of Holland America’s “ridiculous behavior.” “Our room was so noisy,” she...

Four days ago, someone I’d consider a stranger stopped me in the elevator and asked, “What are you doing to lose that weight?”  That was an important milestone for me, because it means the changes I’ve made in my...

We admit it: Clyde and I spend a lot of time fantasizing about winning the lottery. But given the odds of winning, we’ve been spending more time lately asking, “Which ‘lottery lifestyle’ elements could we add to our lives...

I took my first trip to The Container Store last week. The new location here in Atlanta is big and bright, with a friendly (but not cloying) staff and helpful (but not aggressive) people demonstrating products. It’s a bit like an Apple Store...

Today, Clyde and I celebrate twenty-one years together! Twenty-one years ago today, I had my first date with Clyde, my soulmate and the love of my life. We’ve been together almost every day since. Whether we’re home together or traveling...

I’m not into the “Apple vs. Google” or “Android vs. iOS” arguments. I use whatever tech works best to get the job done; to me, that’s all that matters. That said: I wonder if commentator John Gruber really thought...

While the rest of the planet was watching Iron Man 3 in Super Imax 3D Sensurround, we took in two remarkable films this weekend: Dans La Maison (In the House) brings two unlikely characters together. First, there’s Claude, a high school...

The wide-eyed couple walks into Mary Mac’s Tearoom, ogling the other diners. He’s a sort of small-headed, wide-hipped man. His wife towers over him — that is, her hair towers over him, because it’s teased up into a...