but the Lenovo is still a piece of junk. I had one and it had a sloppy keyboard, locked up repeatedly, and stopped working entirely at less than 2 years old

but the Lenovo is still a piece of junk. I had one and it had a sloppy keyboard, locked up repeatedly, and stopped…

and your hand rests in its normal position—i love mine.

this only works if you are willing to keep rearranging it when the store moves stuff around. they do it to make us walk more and hopefully spend more. a good merchandising strategy...but it annoys the customers no end—not good customer service.

I use these all the time. I can usually get all my regular clothes in one pack. Put underwear on the bottom of the suitcase (to fill the spaces between the handles), then the folder, one pair shoes on the side (with socks or underwear in it), pj’s rolled and stuffed wherever they fit, and a hanging toiletries bag on…

my male cat liked the laser pointer—until he figured out that it was run by my hand. now he just watches my hand. his little sister, on the other hand, still will play with the laser, especially when i move it in a circle.

even better, buy one or more of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader with over 500 pages of long, short, or in between funny trivia. http://wwwbathroomreader.com

This is the coolest app! I wouldn’t recommend it for long-distance travel, but you certainly could use it from the interstate to your hotel, for instance.

I use a 3/4 length cape—with hood. Keeps ALL of me toasty. One side is microfiber, the other water-resistant. It’s red, so my husband calls me Little Red Riding Hood.

In the 80s I didn't use a cat carrier. I just put a leash on him and off we went. He even put his paws around my neck and held on. He wasn't thrilled with the car, but we managed. (If it was a long trip, he'd yowl for an hour or so, then quiet down to sleep—heaven help me if I had to stop, because we started all over…

i like waffles (and dislike pancakes) not because of the little holes holding more syrup (which is a plus), but because they are crisp. pancakes are mushy.

the University of Illinois has closed only twice—and vows never to do it again (cost too high), even with wind chills lower than -10. students can always walk and/or skip class. the real problem is faculty and staff—some come from small towns in the country. when i worked there, one lady used up her entire vacation…

I am also horrible with names, always have been and the medicine I take makes it worse. When I've forgotten a name, I use humor to deflect it: "If you had a name, what would it be?"

ABSOLUTELY NOT! My parents took me out of school for vacations all the time and I learned a lot on the vacations. I took my homework and did it and sent it back and on one trip I remember that I practiced my clarinet every day in the car. (I didn't get that much practice when I was at home.)

My father always told me that there were only 2 answers to any question: the right answer or "I don't know." Once I started library school, the second one changed to "I'll find out."

even smarter cooks buy the prechopped veggies at the grocery. saves gobs of time and the pieces are all the same size. my store even has chopped peppers (red, yellow, and green—really makes the dressing look good.

i bought a scanner that's about 12" long by 2" wide. i can sit in the living room on the couch and feed photos in. i did all my photos, from all our trips, in about three weeks (a couple of hours an evening). i did a large stack, scanning them first, putting them into Picasa, then turning the stack over and labeling…

JCPenney's no-iron shirts are just as good. my husband has several that are maybe 10 years old and still are perfect right out of the dryer.

one more question: should this be done at all? we (both people and companies) spend a lot of time doing things that do not need to be done. and/or, we spend a lot of time doing things right, but not the right things.

NO, don't do it quarterly. Every time you create or receive something you want to keep, make a copy (online or paper) and TAKE IT HOME! This includes work products that would make a good example of your abilities. Don't take anything proprietary, but if you created it, you should be able to have a copy.

Another way to look at it: never pick up a piece of paper without doing something to move it along its way. (Librarians often have to hold on to something awaiting further information to finish the task.)