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Papal Mass at Yankee Stadium

Gram had turned into Papal Commentator during Pope Benedict XVI visit to the US. She was glued to the TV, giving me updates. The funny thing is that this lady isn’t Catholic. What was really enduring was when we were watching the last part of the Mass at Yankee Stadium, she wanted me to take [...]

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TV Going Digital-The cable battle is underway

If you don’t know, TV in the US is slated to go Digital by 2009. This is causing a rift between Gram and me.
Grandma does not want to get cable.She rather get a TV converter. She says that she would go back to what she started with, the radio. Even if it means [...]

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The touch tone phone battle of 1996

Since we have been busy with holiday preparations. I have decided to reflect back on Christmas past when the Touch tone phone battle of 1996 occurred.
Before I came home from college for good, I sent a touch tone phone down to my Grandmother and Great-Grandmother for Mother’s Day. I knew that communicating with companies [...]

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Eldercare is featured on Desperate Housewives

On last Sunday’s Desperate Housewives episode, Felicity Huffman’s character Lynette and her 2 sisters were fighting over who gets to take care of their mother.  Ironically, the mother was caregiving for Lynette and the kids due to her dealing with cancer. Lynette heard all the excuses from her sisters, they even offered to give Lynette [...]

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