Me, ChatGPT and aging

June 17, 2026
(I knew we had crossed the Rubicon when I read that a guy killed his girlfriend, then asked ChatGPT to help with an alibi. He conversed with Chat GPT over a period of days. Sort of like I do. Sigh.) In continuing conversations with ChatGPT, I addressed the topic of aging. Quite a bit came...

Diva’s Top 10 easy, budget-conscious Christmas shoppi...

November 21, 2011
It's time. Past time, really, because the crowds are starting to mass and it's already hard to find a parking space at the mall.Diva's almost a professional shopper, and...

WTF moment when dog confronted with tap-dancing Christmas t

November 21, 2011
Riley's little Cairn terrier girlfriend, Lexi, and her mom came out with us the other night to the tree lighting at the Pruneyard Shopping Center in Campbell. (Riley is...

Love without legalities

November 20, 2011
Here in the 21st century our lives are chock-full of relationshipsthat remain long after "official" status gone.Like an in-law.{I hate the "in-law" designation.}Or...

Fall but soon winter

November 19, 2011
It's dark earlier now*, and carpets of leaves are everywhere. It's still fall, but we're moving relentlessly toward winter, a cold, dark season for many of us.Our wet...

Finding our way home

November 18, 2011
South in winter, north in spring: birds always know where home is. Back in the day, extended families all lived in the same area. "Home" was clear. Today, not so...

Creating our own reality

November 17, 2011
What if we did create our own realityand had to take responsibilityfor everything that's happened in our life,had an internal locus of control,had to face that our...

When imitation turns into obsession

November 16, 2011
Back in my early 30s, I had a really good friend. Someone with whom I spent a lot of time. After a while though, I began to notice a strange pattern.Whatever I did, she...

Simple Sicilian cooking

November 15, 2011
The trouble with two people of Sicilian descent cohabiting is that the entire household believes that the best meal has these ingredients.Garlic, onions, red, orange and...

Me, myself: a 21st century grammar lesson

November 14, 2011
Few grammatical errors make me as crazy as the misuse of the reflexive pronoun, myself.Unless it's using "media" as a singular, when it's a plural. One medium; two...

Let in the light

November 13, 2011
This is what love should feel likedecades later.In the early 1980s an older friend told methat her heart still skipped a beatwhen she saw her husband,20 years and four...

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