Monthly Archives: September 2013

Going for the Gold: Why I Lined Up for a New iPhone

First of all, I am not selling my gold iPhone 5S. As soon as I returned home yesterday morning from the Cambridge, Mass., Apple Store I saw online reports of gold iPhones fetching $1,800 on eBay. It was tempting, but … Continue reading

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Keys to Getting the First iPhone: Preparation, Luck, and Standing Your Ground

(Cross post from thekindlechronicles.com) I didn’t bring my Kindle Paperwhite, but I do have Nicholson Baker’s new novel,Traveling Sprinkler, on my iPad mini Kindle app, so I won’t be lacking for something to read.  As was the case six years ago at … Continue reading

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Do Something Original Today!

  That thought–do something original today–was the first into my mind as I awoke this morning here at Ocean Park, Maine. What might that mean? The third definition of “original” that I found in The New Oxford American Dictionary is “not dependent on … Continue reading

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We are still married after a paddleboard ride before sunrise…

The other day here at Ocean Park, Maine, I convinced my wife to join me on a paddleboard ride before sunrise. She is afraid of the water, and I made a mistake. The mistake was that I didn’t realize the … Continue reading

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