A Pain in the Whatchamacallit
By Tiny Ruisch
It’s even hard for me to believe. For some unknown reason, I’m having a hard time deciding on a topic to write about this month. Everyone that knows me can tell you that I am seldom at a loss for words. I have an opinion on almost every subject.
I keep an Evernote file with article ideas. Whenever I get an idea for a future article, I make a note of it. Now that I’m actually looking at the list, none of the topics seem to appeal to me.
I loaded my Whatchamacallit template file. Then I opened my index list and looked at the blank subject line for September 2017. All of a sudden, it hit me what I was going to write about.
This month, I’m going to brag a little bit. If you find that you’re not interested, please go on to the next article in the newsletter. I won’t be offended. Heck, I won’t even know you didn’t read this article.
Way back in February 2009, what originally started as a one time article where I was complaining about all of the crap ware installed on a new computer, turned into a series of 90 diatribes. That adds up to around 54,000 words or so. I sure hope that I haven’t created too much wamble.
February must be a slow month for me. In 2011, I sent the Newsletter Editor my first Mind Bender puzzle. Everyone seems to like them as I get a lot of comments and suggestions for future flummoxes. Looking back, I find it hard to believe that I’ve created 77 assorted mystifiers.
In May of that same year, so many people asked me about the KeePass password program that I wrote a review for the monthly newsletter. From that humble beginning evolved a series of 44 Lagniappe articles with my reviews of free software. Another 27,000 words or so of grandiloquence.
In January of last year, I started to run out of subjects to ramble about. That was when I went to the Darkside and started to relate my experiences and thoughts on Android devices and apps. I don’t know if I’ve managed to elucidate anything, but I’ve tried 26 times, another 14,000 words or so.
Add in a few Christmas poems and a couple of fill in for the President messages makes me think I’ve probably put way over 150,000 words in the Newsletter. No wonder I hardly ever get time to post anything on the club web site.
I may have to take a sabbatical. I could use a little rest.
That’s all of my thoughts for August. My mind is empty again. I hope I didn’t bore everyone too much. Thanks for reading.