My Prolonged Absence from NT

Learning of Dowser's death, today, jerked me back to some sort of "reality." By that, I mean that I have pretty much avoided "social media" since dumping Facebook over a year ago. More than that, however, I should probably explain that I have another "excuse." That excuse is that I have been...

Farewell Facebook

Well, today I did something I didn't think I'd have the nerve to do: I deactivated my Facebook account. What made me do it, instead of allowing the full year to pass before re-thinking it, was all the pop-ups telling me who had posted what to where... they popped up while I was in email, while I...

Nasty Virus!

Well... I'm almost recovered from one of the worst "common" colds I have ever had.  It is truly the nastiest thing this side of pneumonia, which, fortunately, I actually didn't have! A friend in Denver says that just about everyone she knows has this bug, while I know of no one here, besides me...

Sunset in Virginia

Sometimes, I get lucky. There is something about the way the sun hits the tree-tops at the end of the day, especially when there are dark clouds in the background. I grabbed my Nikon Coolpix camera and got a few decent shots before the sun went down. These were taken at about 6:08 - 6:10 PM today...

Snow Day! A Genuine FlowSnake!

I'm not the world's best photographer. I'm stating this up front just to get it out of the way. However, having admitted that, I still confess to enjoying my camera, a Nikon "CoolPix." And today is the kind of day for which cameras were invented!It's a wet, slushy snow, barely cold enough to...

Adios, Sayonara, Adieu, So Long Newsvine

Well, today I finally did what I never thought I would do: I deleted my Newsvine account. There is no more "bitemore" on Newsvine.Shortly after I sent it into the vast reaches of Cyberspace, I looked at an article by someone I respect (I refrain from using names here), who had a very good article...

Newsvine is Hemorrhaging!

It's almost funny, if it weren't so sad. But, since 10:28 last night (EST), I count 24 new members here on NewsTalkers... the vast majority of whom I recognize from the Vine. Quite possibly all of them are Vine refugees - and I predict that we'll be seeing more and more and more. Newsvine is, to...

Newsvine Has a Start Date for Beta

Tyler has posted an article telling everyone that the"New" Newsvine will begin on February 7th. For those of you who still care, you may wish to check it out. I still haven't made up my mind whether to stay or go or just lurk (as I do now). But, in all fairness, those of you who have also not...

Have Humans Gotten Really Stupid?

I don't know how many here have seen the latest commercials for those air-bubble Hershey bars, but every time I see it I want to scream at the whole world to pay attention because you are being robbed blind!A couple years ago or thereabouts, Hershey's Kisses came out with a new variety filled...

KK Privacy (NV Version)

I don't know if anyone here is aware of it or not, but it looks like Kato's Korner articles published on NV are no longer "private."I'm a beta tester (albeit a lousy one), and until today I've pretty much not only ignored the beta version, but the last time I did check on it (over a week ago),...