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I have a gin rummy app on my phone.
If I want to play that game I have to do it there…. because I beat my husband too often and he’ll only sit down for a game with me if the power goes out and he’s desperate for entertainment.
I have it set it on the most difficult level and beating the computer is challenging. Until the other day when it declared me the winner…
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Though I clearly was not.
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The new MySubaru app on my phone gave me a start the other day. I clicked just to see what it would say and saw my brand new car was having issues.
Whaaaat!
I’d barely driven it 100 miles, that couldn’t be possible.
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Five issues? Red doors?
WTH?
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Good grief.
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The doors were unlocked. Which they’ll always be when she’s safely tucked away in our garage.
Sometimes there’s such a thing as too much technology.
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I’m thoroughly enjoying my Goodreads app. It’s a great way to catalog and keep track of what I’ve read and what I want to read in the future.
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No more buying books only to realize it’s familiar after finishing the first chapter. A definite win in my book.
Oh look, I made a funny. 😉
Living with algorithms that constantly bombard me with pickles and ridiculous cat products, I was a little surprised to learn my Goodreads app doesn’t seem to know me that well.
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Need help finishing it?
Uh, no. I completed and surpassed my goal quite a while back.
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Okay, I drastically underestimated the amount I read in a year. Sue me, I’ve never counted before. Next year I shall be more on point.
But short reads? Please. Don’t recommend those skinny little overnight books.
I’m just getting interested 200 pages in.
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Are you familiar with Goodreads?
I wasn’t, but now I’m addicted.
Goodreads is the world’s largest site for readers and book recommendations. Our mission is to help people find and share books they love.
Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads.
Being a voracious reader, I had to join. Once you sign up and choose your favorite categories, there are daily recommendations based on your preferences and reading history.
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There’s also a place to keep track of what you’re currently reading, what you want to read and what you’ve already read.
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And a yearly reading challenge where you plug in how many books you want to read that year.
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As you can see, I’m eleven books ahead of schedule.
If you love to read? Check it out… it’s free so you’ve got nothing to lose. Except time.
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Does anyone blog from the WordPress phone app?
I’ve been seeing this on my scheduling list lately and it’s got me baffled.
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Local changes.
What does that mean….they think I might be editing from Paris?
And why is it flashing back to posts I wrote a year ago?
I have to physically scroll down to get it to refresh and pop back up to current day.
No big deal, I was just wondering if it happens to anyone else. I enjoy being special, but not this time.
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Ever wonder what you’d look like as a 3D cartoon?
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Apparently I look 10 years old.
And as a caricature?
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Oy vey! I’m Jewish.
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Meet Viola AI, the new app that transforms your face.
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And a great way to waste time when you’re babysitting a friend’s 6 year old.
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Yes, I’ve heard about the possible face recognition hacking … but I don’t use that feature on my phone. And if they want to steal my picture it’s nothing they couldn’t already do by cruising Facebook or this blog.
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So don’t kvetch about this mishegas….. it’s just innocent fun.
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Oh, you thought my awful gift subscription to Cosmopolitan had run out? No such luck. So sit back and see what the young women of today are reading about this month.
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Okay then… moving on.
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Apparently there’s a dating app for everyone. Not ready for Tinder or Grindr? Try Tabby.
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Meow!
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This particular article was quite detailed and had everything you ever needed or wanted to know about circumcised penises.
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As well as a lot you ( or maybe just I ) didn’t.
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When in doubt, say nothing. Apparently my mother’s advice holds true for every situation.
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What’s up Venezuela?
Wait.. on second thought. I don’t want to know.
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P.S. I refuse to put sixty nine or circumcision in my list of tags. No good can come from that. So to speak…
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I, along with what is probably half of the WordPress blogging population, despise the new block editor.
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I refuse to use it and have happily switched back to classic every time I compose posts on my phone.
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On the app, it’s one easy click and bam! Back to the simple, no frills way to post I’ve enjoyed since the day I got here. And then it happened. While fritzing around on my phone and seeing 11 of my apps needed updating today…. I scrolled down to WP.
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Noooo! The WordPress team assured me I could keep my beloved classic if I chose… and now I feel betrayed. Needless to say I didn’t update the app, which may forestall the inevitable. But for someone like me who has photo heavy blogs and doesn’t want all the added headaches of blocks, this is a nightmare.
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I’m not! No matter how many times you try to shove them down my throat. And hey, if you like and want the new editor? Fine. Enjoy it with my compliments… but why can’t they leave the old option open for those of us who don’t? Happiness Engineers my ass.
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WTF Forecast cracks me up.
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Rude clouds. What did I ever do to them?
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Inevitable selfie with uninterested cat.
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Makeup? What’s that. I wear it so rarely now I swear I feel like a carnival clown when I do.
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Gin in my pesto?
Yes please!
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Vodka meatballs? Where have you been all my life!
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Wow.
No one wants that.
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Does anyone really need a shower curtain of mushroom derrières?
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No. But you have to admit it does provide a striking visual.
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I know we’ve all gotten lazy, and gardening inside is bad enough… but now there’s an app that allows you to sit on your couch and grow tomatoes with your phone?
Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.
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I laughed at this one, but when the winter Covid surge rolls around and all the grocery stores are out of TP again?
It might be a suitable alternative.
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Okay, that one I might have to buy.
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