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ROOMBA on a mission at 230 in the afternoon

by Nellie Curtiss … It was 2:30 in the afternoon when the gunmetal colored ROOMBA left its station and embarked on its mission. There were no notes left behind; no clues as to it’s trek that day. The twin teens were not yet home from Grant Middle School where they ran for the track team.Continue reading “ROOMBA on a mission at 230 in the afternoon“

Commercials? Had enough already?

by Nellie Curtiss … Turn on the CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell and with a little bit of war, gasoline prices, and budget woes, comes a gawd awful lot of commercials. Watch a streaming service like AMC Plus, and with Law and Order you get ads out your legal hardbacks; or watch the AndyContinue reading “Commercials? Had enough already?”

Sometimes you have to turn it off

by Nellie Curtiss … My oversized mobile kept making mistakes when I tweeted or posted on Twitter and Facebook. Forget Instagram or TikTok. An “A” became “S” and the overseer Siri couldn’t respond to my pleas, “Siri, where is my phone?” “Siri, reboot my phone.” If the technology quit loading, I had to turn itContinue reading “Sometimes you have to turn it off”