Category Archives: Commentary & Musing

Madeleine

Posted on July 11, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

Hundreds of years in the future, will all 200 types of Dwarfism still exist? I stopped Madeleine in the middle of Costco just to ask. Continue reading →

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A+ Students

Posted on July 10, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

I used to obsess over grades. I actually dropped a college course or two when it looked like I was only going to get a C, instead of an A. I’ve seen other students actually drop out of college altogether … Continue reading →

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Keeping Up With the Joneses

Posted on July 7, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

I came across a blog post today about a researcher who found a man who had never before used a computer.  User Testing in the Wild: Joe’s First Computer Encounter described how Boriss, the researcher, prompted and observed Joe as … Continue reading →

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Frustration

Posted on July 4, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

Φ You know what frustrates me? Black buttons on black electronics. The kind that imitate secret doors in that you can neither see nor feel where it should be. You have to know where it is in order to make … Continue reading →

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Why Buy?

Posted on July 3, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

I get quite angry with my husband when he turns to someone we’ve recently met and says “My wife should interview you!” or when he tweets to one of my friends “I’m sure my wife will buy your book as … Continue reading →

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What We’ve Got

Posted on July 2, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

People frequently tell hubby and me “I want what you’ve got.” No, we’re not wealthy. We have to juggle bills. We may live in a big house, but it belongs to my parents and it has a lot of things … Continue reading →

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Smooth Operator (or not)

Posted on June 30, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

For the past two weeks I have been playing single Mom while my hubby goes to work on the Star Trek, Phase II production of Mind Sifter. He goes almost every June to hang out with our fellow Trekkies and … Continue reading →

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Living Vicariously for RWA11 (Blog Post One)

Posted on June 23, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

RWA11 Tweets for us to live vicariously For some of us, the “Ah, someday…” dream refers to more than landing a great agent or *gasp* seeing our names on a published work. For some of us, “Ah, someday…” refers to … Continue reading →

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Asia, the Time After

Posted on June 21, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

Usually I post my stories for The Red Dress Club in the other blog, Under Loch and Key. But this prompt, besides being memoir, fits much better in The Inverness Press because I wrote it as I opened up one … Continue reading →

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When Good Blogs Die

Posted on June 8, 2011 by AmyBeth Inverness

In my misspent youth (or, rather my overactive goody-two-shoes youth) if no one laughed at an obviously hilarious joke I’d made, I would simply repeat myself. Loudly. And often. I was annoying. Fortunately, I grew out of it. These days, … Continue reading →

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