Natasha is a professional train rider, an amateur photographer, an avid kayak paddler, a long-time cartoon watcher, and a User Experience Designer at SAP. She lives in Massachusetts, on the outer outskirts of Boston.
Colors of winter
The drive to the train station was beautiful this morning. It snowed on Sunday morning and then snowed even more overnight. It got me thinking that one of the things I love about living in New England is that we get the beauty and colors of all seasons. Winter is a pristine white, spring is [...]
Putting together an Elfa closet
A couple weeks ago, we decided to remodel our master closet because the old one just wasn’t doing it for us. It had two high shelves that neither of us could reach easily and the hanger rod was totally warped from the weight of the clothes. So, we went to The Container Store and designed [...]
Tiny snowman
Someone built this tiny snowman at my train stop. It totally made my day as I was waiting for the train in the feels-like-sub-zero temperature this morning.
I dream in e-mails
I dream in emails, worn-out phrases Mile after mile of just empty pages – Keane, “Perfect Symmetry”
No matter what
“If we say your package will arrive on December 2nd, then it will arrive on December 2nd – even if we have to ship it back and forth for a couple days.” This seems to be FedEx’s philosophy, anyway… I expect my package to arrive tomorrow at 7pm sharp, even if the driver needs to [...]
The headphones saga continues
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post complaining about non-standard headphone jacks. And now the saga continues. Apparently, the new T-Mobile G1 phone, hailed for being the first “Google phone” (meaning it uses Android as its operating system), doesn’t even have a headphone jack! The newer models are now shipping with an adapter [...]
Warning!
Computer: “Warning: out of dark matter!” Leela: “That’s not a warning! A warning is supposed to come before something bad happens.” Computer: “1 second until engine shut down.” Leela: “That’s more like it.” – Bender’s Game – – – – – – – – The Daily WTF
Do it
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves as well. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen accidents, meetings and material assistance that no one could have dreamed would come their [...]
