Archive for December 2020
What I learned setting up a computer may help other novices
Three weeks ago I wrote about my inattention to technology and today I’m doling out computer advice. Before you think “What chutzpah,” know that I’m not posing as an expert. I merely think that what I learned when I came home with a new MacBook Air might be helpful to others who also never set up a... Read more »
An editor’s opinion about “Dr.” Biden
Since I spent my entire working life adhering to editorial usage guides, I want to weigh in (a little late) on the Joseph Epstein brouhaha. If Epstein’s December 11 Wall Street Journal op-ed deriding Jill Biden’s use of “Dr.” hadn’t been so condescending, maybe the topic could have been discussed without consideration of gender. Epstein... Read more »
Are you behaving weirdly during isolation?
We’ve heard of people having weirder, more vivid dreams during the pandemic. Bizarre waking behaviors haven’t been discussed as much, unless you count hoarding toilet paper, which seemed reasonable to do back in the spring. When I started moving around the living room furniture without having had a notion that I wanted to rearrange the... Read more »
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Is your computer old? Replace it before it dies.
“Things work until they don’t.” A doorman at my building offered that consolation when I was chiding myself for not replacing my ancient desktop computer before it died last week. I appreciated his sympathy, but it would have been better to replace the computer before it didn’t function. You can wait to buy a dishwasher,... Read more »
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Marianne Goss
A retired university publications editor and journalist, I live in the South Loop and volunteer as a Chicago Greeter. Getting the most out of retired life in the big city will be a recurrent theme of this blog, but I consider any topic fair game because the perspective will be that of a retiree.
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Why can't novels be more like my favorite TV show? »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted Monday at 2:28 pm -
An overdue list of pandemic diversions »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted February 15, 2021 at 10:16 am -
Reflecting on my reading habits »
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Why aren’t hearing checks part of routine screening? »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted February 1, 2021 at 9:28 am -
Leanne, I wish you could read this post »
Marianne Goss on Retired in ChicagoPosted January 25, 2021 at 7:33 am
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Beautifully put, Marianne. Thank you. I'm the same way in some things; if I don't have a character whose company…
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Interesting way to check whether your hearing ability has changed, Margaret.
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Thanks for an interesting analysis. My doctor isn't calling me in for a while yet, so I have a do-it-myself…
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Could you let me know that you received my reply? Thanks.
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Your comment came on the very day book group was meeting, so I was able to share it. Thank you.
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