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Articles by Sheryl Rubin-Pitel

So that’s what real [insert food here] tastes like
Sunday, 19 Jul, 2009 – 15:29 | One Comment

Nowadays I’ve been on somewhat of a health food kick, buying organic or all-natural products from smaller companies when possible. While this has not always made a difference in terms of taste, there are a …

Nokia N85 Sample Pictures II
Sunday, 19 Jul, 2009 – 11:45 | One Comment

After spending a few months bonding with my Nokia N85, I now feel comfortable providing a follow-up review of the phone. It’s good news: the honeymoon is not over. Overall I am impressed with the …

All the TV show’s I’ve loved (and lost)
Saturday, 9 May, 2009 – 12:15 | No Comment

Everyone watches television, but not everyone loves television. To love TV is to be so smitten with a show that you wait impatiently between episodes gnashing your teeth for six long days, possibly scouring the …

Nokia N85 Sample Pictures
Wednesday, 6 May, 2009 – 2:18 | 4 Comments
Nokia N85 Sample Pictures

Totally awesome.
The above sums up how I describe my new cell phone, the latest electronic toy added to our menagerie. After  years of merely getting by with a free Motorola Razr, I am now living large with a Nokia N85. …

Baby it’s cold outside
Sunday, 18 Jan, 2009 – 20:05 | No Comment

Despite living far above the Mason-Dixon line for almost a decade I have not adapted to winter weather. So after an unusually frigid month of December, I was fearing what torture January would bring. Last week …

Lost keys recovered
Sunday, 4 Jan, 2009 – 17:35 | No Comment
Lost keys recovered

I don’t remember how long it has been since Grant lost his car and house keys, and to be honest, it’s been so long that we totally forgot about it. Until yesterday, that is, when …

Entrapment Redux
Sunday, 28 Sep, 2008 – 12:21 | 2 Comments
Entrapment Redux

Our neighborhood has been home to a small colony of feral cats for as long as we have lived here. This is due primarily to our neighbors providing food and shelter to the adult cats. …

For Brett!
Saturday, 2 Feb, 2008 – 22:25 | No Comment

Making Bode a miniature omelet proved to be too much fun. Ever since then he’s had a few very merry “un-birthday” breakfasts composed of miniature versions of whatever we eat on Sunday mornings, usually pancakes.
I’m posting …

Mutant green pepper
Sunday, 13 Jan, 2008 – 13:36 | No Comment

This morning Grant was cleaning out some green peppers. He found a surprise: a fully-formed, miniature green pepper growing inside of one of them!
So we took pictures.

The tiny pepper was cute, and I regretted having …

Happy Birthday Bode
Sunday, 2 Dec, 2007 – 0:54 | 3 Comments

Today our dog Bode, the mascot of PitelSpot,  celebrated his 10th birthday. That makes him 70 in dog years, therefore he is now officially retired, and about old enough to be my grandfather.  To celebrate the …