I was up before the alarm this morning and put on a pot of coffee. I prepared English muffins and sausage, set that out for mom and dad and then hit the shower. We left at 9:15, and as it turns out, it was a good thing. <drama> Mom’s knees set off the alarm. Mom’s … Read more
I worked from home today, but have to admit that I didn’t get much IBM work done. I will have to make up for it over the weekend. Grrrr! During lunch I ran to CECE to drop off a box of items for Patti to take to sell in this Saturday’s Cat Angels‘ garage sale. … Read more
I’m a regular subscriber to Slate’s Explainer podcast, where, when people hear something they don’t quite get in a news story, they write in and ask for an explanation about it. Here’s the latest (the last paragraph kills me): Bathroom Sex FAQ: Cruising signals, legal issues, and Larry Craig’s “wide stance.” By Christopher Beam Posted … Read more
Most times when I see someone who died young in the obituaries, and I google their name, I come up with a fatal traffic accident report, if anything. Every once in a while though, something interesting happens like seeing something articulated like this that happened to the person just a few weeks before they died: … Read more
I worked from home today on Joe’s edit of an ITIM adapter installation and configuration guide. Late in the afternoon, and before class, I ran three errands: to Blockbuster in Cameron Village to rent the first movie (of two) that we have to watch this semester in ENG 515, to Karen Lacey’s office in the … Read more
My day started off very emotionally today—with two phone calls. One of my dear, dear friends in life left me a voice mail message yesterday, saying that she had something very important to ask me—that it wasn’t urgent, but that it was important. She went on to say that she didn’t know if it was … Read more
Amazing SIX-Year-Old Singer I met the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement (Yay! We finally have at least a “splash page” of a web site!) team in downtown Cary for Lazy Daze, one of the biggest one-day arts and crafts extravaganza in the country. Not being a shopper in general, or very interested in arts and … Read more
From onesentence.org: Grammy I told my three year old son that he was putting his shoes on the wrong feet and he responded that they were the only feet that he had. tags: childhood humor early years [add] sigh My very married, sixty-year-old father obviously doesn’t know that you can search by e-mail address on … Read more
From the profile of a LiveJournal friend of one of my LiveJournal friends, a link to a blog called 5ives… 5ives is a collection of lists of five things. It is written by a person called Merlin Mann — a stony recluse who probably lives in a tree somewhere in Northern California. Little is known … Read more
I think this, from one of today’s obituaries, is just precious: “Martha Hebbert Wilson recently celebrated her 99th birthday by blowing out all the candles in one breath. She believed in doing things right the first time.” This description of such a simple act is just packed with the sense of Martha. With a semicolon … Read more