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Dear Friends, Have you ever found yourself in this type of situation? You are at a professional or social event where there are ten people crowded around a circular banquet table. You barely have room to move and your table setting is millimeters away from your neighbors’ table settings. You try to make the best . . . → Read More: Yes, You May Drink Your Soup…But Only If…  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Etiquette, Theatrical Thursday, Vintage School Films  Table Manners Dear Friends, A couple of weeks ago, I ordered a 1950s handbag from an Etsy seller. I didn’t hear from her indicating that it had been shipped so I sent her a note. Much to her embarrassment, she hadn’t shipped it. She was apologetic and even gave me a coupon to use if I decide . . . → Read More: How Old Am I, Again? Dear Friends, I love watching old cartoons, don’t you? Before they became computer animated, the cartoons were like short movies and required a great deal of artistry. But I also love watching old cartoons now that I’m adult because I “get” most of the jokes that the characters were telling. These cartoons aren’t just for . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943) Dear Friends, Today is Independence Day in the United States. Although there are serious issues our citizens need to resolve, I am glad to live in such a diverse country…and that I have had the opportunity to live and work in different regions to better understand the similarities across the country (I hate that the . . . → Read More: 1940 Movie Trailer: Independence Day Dear Friends, When I was a new schoolteacher, “multimedia” primarily meant filmstrips or reel-to-reel films. High tech was having a filmstrip projector with a cassette or record player attached. There was one VCR and TV for the entire school (but there were so few educational videos, the machine wasn’t exactly in high demand). I discovered . . . → Read More: 1955 Educational Filmstrip: “Trying New Things” Dear Friends, I have jury duty again today but, since we were talking about vintage phones this week (and click here, too, for Ann’s “handbag” phone), I wanted to post this silent movie from 1927 that explains how to use the dial telephone before I head for the courthouse… Click here if the player does . . . → Read More: How to Use the Dial Phone (c. 1927) Dear Friends, Yesterday was “Administrative Professionals Day” (formerly known as “Secretary’s Day”). During my college teaching/administrator career, I had the good fortune of having either a department secretary, an assistant, or student workers that I shared with others but who were very adept at taking care of tasks for me so that I could attend . . . → Read More: I Miss Having An Administrative Assistant! Dear Friends, I’m in love…with our new washer/dryer combination unit. Our previous unit was dying a slow death. The agitator was getting slower and slower. Sometimes it forgot to actually move until I would give it a bit of turning assistance to encourage the motor to kick in. And our loads kept getting smaller and . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: I’m Done Being Agitated with the Agitator! I just read the breaking news that ABC is canceling the long running daytime serial “All My Children.” Even though I never watched that particular soap (and haven’t watched any since the late 1980′s), I am still saddened to hear of its demise. It feels like the end of an era. After all, it had . . . → Read More: No More Erica Kane? Dear Friends, I was so busy writing and doing homework, yesterday, that I completely forgot to do my Wednesday homekeeping! With the heating guy here, my routine got completely out of whack. But! I’m in luck! According to the commercial, Mr. Clean will clean my whole house and everything that’s in it. I’ll let him . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Mr. Clean |
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