Marlene McKay » Computers and/or Internet

Being the Youngest

Marlene — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:46:57 +0000

Guest post from: Constance Rodgers

It’s hard being the youngest in a room and at my job, that’s always the case. I work for a restaurant marketer and there’s always some kind of fire to put out but I feel like being in such a professional, fast paced environment makes sure I learn something new each and every day. If only I hadn’t waited so long to graduate and had been doing this for two extra years! My bosses seem to really see something in me and they’re always giving me some kind of cool assignment like looking up card services or talking to a vendor about price and it’s only a matter of time before I think I get promoted. I already make more than a lot of my friends who have jobs right out of school so I’m doing pretty well for myself and don’t think I’ve got too far to go! I love this place and I feel like I’m lucky to have fallen into a job I really see myself staying at for the long term.

My aunt sent me an article about a leopard

Marlene — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:36:53 +0000

I know I’ve told you that I have an aunt that lives in London. She sent me an email yesterday with a link to a local newspaper (to her) that was running a story with pictures about a leopard that attacked a large crocodile. It was quite a battle; the leopard won the battle and hauled the crocodile off to eat. All I can say is that the leopard must have been pretty hungry to take on a crock! The article was on the Earth news section of the website of the London Telegraph paper at Telegraph.co.uk if you want to check it out.
Absolutely amazing!

The shoes arrived

Marlene — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:45:09 +0000

Well the clogging shoes that I bought off of EBay arrived. They are a little bit snug on my feet, but I think that they are made of leather and that they will stretch. Besides, I only wear them for an hour a week, so it really won’t be a big hardship for me to wear them for that period of time. What is really weird about them, though, is that there seems to be some kind of lining that bunched up in the toe box, and that is a little bit uncomfortable. I don’t know what to do about that. I don’t know if I’ll get used to it, or if frequent wear will soften it up. What do you think I should do to make them more comfortable?

My friend want to buy a van

Marlene — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:27:02 +0000

My best friend wants to buy a van. She wants to use it to take crafts she makes to local craft fairs, hoping to make some money off of her favorite hobby. She wants me to join her in her “weekend” business by helping her load the van at her house and going to the fairs with her, unloading the van at the fair and setting up her display and then help her man her table at the fair. She’s offered to pay me a percentage of the money that she takes in. I’m not sure that she will really make any money doing this, but I told her I’d help her for one season.

I’m really concerned that the cost of gas is going so high that she’s not going to be able to drive it out of her driveway! But, she is pretty insistent, and she is telling me that right now the prices of vans are getting lower because of the gas crisis. I’ve told her that if she is so insistent on buying a van I will help her try to find the best insurance by doing some Internet research on the coverage and prices that are available from the many different insurance providers.

Meeting new friends

Marlene — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:48:16 +0000

My family lives in a fairly rural area, which I really like. We are close enough to the city to go into the city for special occasion shopping trips and special occasion meals, but I would not want to live in such a congested area.

Living in such a rural area, however, can get kind of lonely, and we’ve found ourselves thinking about how to meet new people beyond our neighbors and work on finding friends on our local area. We’ve heard that there is a community center supper next weekend, trying to raise money for the Community Center. I think we should go to it!

Played for a fool

Marlene — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 20:11:12 +0000

Last July I ordered several items of clothing from a merchant on Ebay. When they arrived, one was not the size advertised, and one was damaged. I noticed these flaws AFTER I left positive feedback. (Note to self, inspect everything carefully before leaving positive feedback!)

So I contacted the merchant, who told me that he did NOT want me to return them, but that he would replace them. So I waited a couple of weeks, and asked for a progress report and was told “so sorry, we’ll be shipping them tonight.” A couple more weeks, and still nothing. My inquiries to the merchant have now remained ignored, so I am assuming that the merchant has “stiffed” me at this point and has no itention of doing the honorable thing.

This looks like such fun!

Marlene — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 03:08:16 +0000

This looks like an Improv Everywhere stunt – but I don’t think it is. Apparently it’s a commercial for Volkswagon. But the fast lane slide sure looks like a lot of fun!

FAST LANE Volume 1 @ Yahoo! Video

Nutritional help for fibromyalgia?

Marlene — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:14:40 +0000

There is a product called Capra Flex that claims that it is good for joint health and relieves fibromyalgia. One of my uncles suffers from fibromyalgia, and my mother is going to order a bottle of this for him and see if it helps relieve his symptoms. My mother was told about this Capra Flex by one of our neighbors, who swears that it helps her husband.

Cool mouse

Marlene — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:08:17 +0000

I found a new kind of computer mouse that is called a wireless air mouse that I think is just about the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. I want to buy one, and I found a great deal on one from a website called bestonlinecoupons.com. This wireless air mouse you don’t even have to put on a mouse pad or any kind of surface, you can just wave it in the air! How cool is that! The mouse that I have right now is the standard mouse that uses a USB cable to connect to the computer and you have to use it on a mouse pad. Imagine the freedom I can have if I don’t have to have it connected with a cable and can just wave it in the air!

A reading debate – is reading comics really reading?

Marlene — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:19:01 +0000

I can remember when I was younger, I read everything I could get my hands on. I love to read! I always HAVE loved to read! When I was babysitting a neighbor’s kid a few nights ago, I brought a book with me to read after the kid was asleep. The mother asked me how I would suggest she get her kid to read more. I told her to let her kid read whatever interested her – even if it meant just reading comic books or reading things over the Internet. Reading is reading, it doesn’t matter what the medium is. If you take away your kids comic books, and that is the only thing the kid WILL read, you are hurting the chances of the kid ever developing into a good reader and moving on to other things. I brought that up because when I was younger my father always complained that I was wasting my time reading comic books. Well, I’m an avid reader, and I think that reading comic books encouraged me to read more things! So, parents, if your kids want to read comic books, then let them read comic books!