~Tuesday~ June’s Challenge Entry | All Challenge Entries | August’s Challenge Entry “7/12ths done,” “5/12ths to go,” or “Over the hump”—however you want to say it, I’m more done—than not—toward my goal to walk for at least 30 minutes every day in 2012. It’s been another month not without its challenges, including one day … Read more
~Tuesday~ Today at the gym, before starting my workout, I wanted to hear a song on my iPod that I recently downloaded, and for some inexplicable reason it was not in the “Purchased” playlist, so I selected the “By Song” sort and found it. Once it started, I decided to just let it move to … Read more
~Monday~ This weekend, I babysat (some people would call it dog-sitting, but the daddy to these kids refers to it as babysitting, and I respect that) for Vincent and Frances. Here they are enjoying the beach: Bob left at oh-dark-hundred on Friday morning, and I arrived at his house at about 3:00, and … Read more
~Thursday~ With these close to—or over—100° temperature days, when I take a lunch time walk, I’m always on the lookout for shade. Fortunately, more than many of the streets in the neighborhoods adjacent to my work building are heavily tree-lined, making for a good number of options. Today, I walked on a sidewalk near an … Read more
~Tuesday~ When I got back from lunch today, there was a very nice gift bag—complete with tissue paper to match, sitting on the chair in front of my desk. On the inside was an expensive gift, but I couldn’t find any note telling me who left it there, nor could I think of any reason … Read more
~Sunday~ When I first thought of this topic several days ago now, I was thinking I’d list five of them. I guess it’s good news that after three or four days, I’ve only come up with three. With that said, I have no delusions that these are in any way the only things I do … Read more
~Thursday~ In a recent blog entry, I mentioned two “out there” experiences that I’ve had as a result of social media: 1) Meeting someone who read my “buscapades” and accosted me on the street, and 2) A guy who was one of the victims of a crime for which I sat on the jury 10 … Read more
~Tuesday~ What’s up Doc? Tonight, the Carolina Theater showed the 1972 classic What’s Up Doc?, which I found out about through my friends Ed and Tim’s Facebook event invitation, and which I attended with my friends Bob and Laurel. I thought I had seen this movie when it came out, but if I did, I … Read more
~Friday~ I loved having a day of vacation at home. I was up pretty early, and I got to the gym at a little after 10:00 and finished up right at noon. I loved being done with my workout for the day by noon. I met my friend Ann in Carrboro at a little after … Read more
~Wednesday~ After a couple of mimosas with breakfast, Joe and I headed outside to the pool and had a couple of Bloody Marys at the swim-up bar: At one point, I went inside to use the restroom closest to the pool, where they had a waterfree urinal that saved a lot of water annually, but … Read more