I slept in again today. Glorious redux. I met Joe at Panera Bread at 1:00. We had coffee and a bagel, and enjoyed the free wireless Internet access for a couple of hours. I showed Joe how to get to podcasts, and we started with I also showed him how to enter his gift cards. … Read more
I slept in this morning. Glorious. I did the 3-mile loop around Lake Johnson from about 4:15 until 5:00. That isn’t me, or the lake I walked around, but it sure is purdy. On the way home, I stopped at Great Clips at Avent Ferry and Western Blvd. This is my third time there, I … Read more
GOING ON going on – verb phrase: approaching [e.g., I am 4 going on 5.] Yesterday, Robert and I celebrated four years together. Today, we started on our fifth year — our second term — if you will. People, and gay people in particular I think, count their anniversaries in so many different ways. At … Read more
This is an excerpt from an e-mail from the professor of the class I took this semester: “Attendance is mandatory and required for a successful completion of the course. Unexcused absences will affect your grade directly. Three unexcused absences will result in a reduction of your final grade by ½ letter (e.g., from A+ to … Read more
I did indeed complete my final paper on time. Thank god it’s done. Thank god I’m done with classes for this semster. Speaking of class, today was the last one, of course, and we had to fill out those evaluations on the professor. Every other class I’ve taken, they’ve done that at the end of … Read more
I attended two one-hour long teleconferences today. One was interesting and educational, the other one was, well it just was. The educational one was a “technical vitality session,” on how to edit messages in Computer Message Guides. Avoid blaming the user! This is not a good error message: The database update failed because you did … Read more
I did a quick edit of a 19-page presentation Irene is giving tonight. It was well-written, and the content was very, very interesting. Bonus. While doing research on recognizing faces, for my final research paper in COM 487, I came across this website containing a prototype of a new program to be adopted by the … Read more
I picked up Joe at 8:00, and we had coffee and a bagel at Panera Bread, before I whisked him off to the airport. He’s in KCMO this week on business. After dropping him off, I came home, showered and drove over to the: I found the book I needed in the 7th Floor Stacks, … Read more
I worked on my COM 487 Internet & Society research paper until about 3:30. I got to Ben’s and Dale’s at about 5:10 for the cookout they were having in honor Joe’s birthday, which is Tuesday, but he’ll be in Kansas City on business that day. Military Mary (Bill) was just arriving, and Joe followed … Read more
The exterminator, not Ahnold, came today. How many times have I used that one in my blog now? Today I received this form letter from IBM HR. Dear John: I am pleased to inform you that your request for a Flexible Work Option Leave of Absence has been approved. Your leave will begin on May … Read more