CECE work, more Confessions, and “musical clips” night…

In the morning and up through early afternoon, I worked on Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement tasks, and at about 1:30 I drove to campus for an afternoon meeting with the team. Our two-hour meeting was shortened to an hour-and-fifteen minutes, due to, let’s just call it a “calendar integrity” issue, around the meeting start … Read more

Paying forever, no one left to serve, some coffee art, Confessions, and a short night out…

I worked from home today, and had a mid-day meeting with my financial advisor, which was, as they always are, a real pleasure. He was telling me about this offering of a financial instrument that allows you to invest with a company and get a guaranteed (currently) 6%-ish payment for life—even if the amount you … Read more

One Sentence, technical communication issues, rewarding work, and dancing…

About One Sentence One Sentence is about telling your story, briefly. Insignificant stories, every day stories, or turning-point-in-your-life stories, boiled down to their bare essentials. Here are my four favorites so far: JDRose He told me I was pretty from certain angles. tags: beauty love [add] N On his last day of class, the middle … Read more

Gathering carts, tedious editing, a 30-minute walk, CECE meeting prep, and a planned 50th!

Just this Saturday, Robert and I were discussing the shopping carts that “wander away” from a Food Lion near my house. The conversation started when we saw a couple pushing one up the sidewalk to the corner at which we were turning, and then after making the turn seeing two more of them—carts, not people—waiting … Read more

Value and self-worth, meeting Chris @ Helios, and a 30-minute walk…

Very, very interesting… What messages does our society give African American children about their value and worth as human beings? In her documentary, A Girl Like Me, teen filmmaker Kiri Davis conducts interviews with her peers to explore the impact and consequences of these messages. She then re-conducts Dr. Kenneth Clark’s “doll test” with young … Read more

Mergers & Acquisitions, Australia plans, and a little scareyoke…

Investments Tips: Watch for these Acquisitions and Mergers in 2007 Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W.R. Grace Co. will merge and become:  Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace. Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and ZestaCrackers join forces and become:  Poly, Warner, Cracker. 3M will merge with Goodyear and become: MMMGood. Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, … Read more

A Meme

I have been tagged by chasman to participate in this meme. (Thanks for the acknowledgment in #6 in your list, Charles. ) Meme Each participant lists 8 facts or habits about themselves—the meme first, followed by the responses, ending with 8 tag names. My Responses I squeegee my shower stall after each use, and I … Read more

A break in the cycle, a usability test at a $200-an-hour rate, and a return to the bar…

Interesting international “gay” ad for Mastercard. (1 minute, Safe For Work) Joke of the Day A guy was seeing the nurse today for his annual checkup. “You’ve got to stop jacking off,” she says to him. “Why?” he asked, alarmed. “Because I’m trying to examine you,” she said. I woke up drenched in sweat once … Read more