Posts by hamblog
learning to leave them alone
I am bad with shy people. Poke, poke, poke! They just need some poking to loosen up, right? Maybe a joke will bring them out of their shell, or a rapid-fire series of questioning and a while lotta eye contact! Hey! I know! Hey.. oh, where you going? I don’t know why I do that,…
Read MoremyPhone: jeers
Now that we have the positives about the iPhone out of the way, let’s dig in to the features (or lack thereof) that make me want to claw my face off: Stinking, horrible Mail app. How do I hate thee? How about the lack of “Delete All Emails,” for starters? Stinking, horrible Contacts app. How…
Read MoremyPhone: cheers
So here I am with an iPhone, after my Blackberry died. I mentioned in that post that there are a couple things I love about the iPhone. I’m trying to dig past my annoyances and find the positives: I like not getting lost. I do not get lost as much thanks to the iPhone. The…
Read Moregooble
I got Google Voice for my phone. I activated the feature that transcribes my voicemails, often to hilarious effect. I imagine an overworked, 50s-style secretary, cartoon sweat droplets shooting from her head as she struggles to type the messages. Oh, and English is not her first language. Here’s the actual message that was left, transcribed…
Read Morerear window
This is one of the scenarios I intended to draw when I attempted to create a drawing every month. Oh well! I work on the second floor of an old building on a quiet street off the small historic/quaint/kitschy/touristy downtown section of my town. The acoustics are such that I can hear spoken conversations carried…
Read Moreseattle ho.. again again
Tomorrow, I’m off to Seattle to the International Festival of Improvisation. This is my third trip; the first was in 2006 and the second in 2009. In my mind, I’ll always link this blog to that first trip in 2006; I created hamblog about the same time — even though I had been writing sporadically…
Read Morecraft corner (such as it is)
I have not created something with my hands in months. Months! I can blame my small area craft community’s drifting apart, or my move, or my caregiving duties … so I will. Darn you, other people and/or geography, for stopping me from crafting! I actually used the ol’ sewing machine yesterday; imagine me pulling it…
Read Moreshoe luck
My boat of shoe good luck just came in, a giant boat full of shoes. I had been feeling some real anxiety about the summer — my wardrobe is in order and is quite nice, actually, but my shoes? Nary a suitable pair for this season. I felt myself slipping down towards the lazy and…
Read Moreinland (nasal) passages
I have pretty lousy cold, caught from the manfriend (“are you sure it’s not a cold?” “no, it’s just allergies!” “are you sure?” “yes, now let’s exchange saliva!”*) *blogger’s artistic license taken while writing this dialog Even though I’m in the worst of it, lying in bed atop a stereotypical nest made of tissue, cough…
Read Moreaural side effect
Now that I’m listening to IQ-lowering radio pop (as I do every summer), I occasionally experience a bizarre side effect. When I was 17, I spent the summer with my mother (as I usually did — I lived with my dad during the school year). Mom lived in a place very close to where I…
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