Tag Archives: Barbara Mende

BARBARA MENDE: Human Failings

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When I submit a customer service request online, I’m told to prove I’m not a robot.

To do this I have to look at nine images and pick the ones with cars or trees or traffic lights. I always need a few tries.

I’m sure a robot could do better.

Barbara Mende lives in Massachusetts, where she fends off retirement by working as an editor, bookkeeper, and webmaster.

BARBARA MENDE: One Dog’s Life

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I was told you can’t call dogs “pets” anymore. It connotes inferiority to the rest of the family. They should be “furry companions.”

I asked the owner of an adored Westie whether he considered Gus inferior. His response: “Haven’t saved for his college, and we don’t let him read books.”

Barbara Mende writes and does other paperwork in Cambridge, MA.