If you listen to public radio — particularly to WUNC in Chapel Hill — then you’ve undoubtedly heard several people over the course of the last couple of weeks of the station’s fall fundraiser talk about how they are sustainer donors to public radio through that local NPR affiliate of ours. I am not a … Read more
Two weeks before National Boss Day (NBD), which was Wednesday, October 16th, I sent an email to our department of (mostly) writers, asking them if they were interested in doing a little something for our boss, Laura, on NBD. In the email, I suggested we each write a haiku about Laura, if they’d be interested … Read more
~Friday~ Imagine a road near to you that has a 25 MPH speed limit, and think about how slow that is. Now slow that down by 5 more mile per hour. Got it? On our return trip from DC today, Bob and I traveled in traffic for an hour-and-a-half at an average speed of 20 … Read more
~Friday~ Today, Bob and I had the honor and pleasure of attending the wedding of our very good friend Michael, and his partner of 23.5 years, Terry, as they got legally married in Washington, DC at the historic Dacor Bacon House. The house was built in 1824-1825, and during the years 1831-1833, Chief Justice of … Read more
~Thursday evening~ Bob and I had decided to wait until we got to DC to buy a wedding card for Michael and Terry, since we knew it’d be infinitely easier finding one there than back in Raleigh. After checking in to the hotel, and waiting for Carole — a friend of Michael’s who had ridden … Read more
If so, they’re making a killing this year on patent royalties! All of a sudden this year, the flavor is in another candy every time I turn around. Perhaps I just haven’t noticed it in the past, but everyone I’ve talked to has said the same thing—that they’ve never noticed it before. In fact, most … Read more
On Monday, September 23, 2013, I started working at Red Hat in their new downtown Raleigh Red Hat Tower. I’m really enjoying working downtown so far. My friend Fran took this picture of the building juxtaposed with the street name that bears my last name. The building’s not actually on Martin Street, but it’s nearby, … Read more
~Tuesday~ Tonight I saw ‘night Mother, the film. I had seen the play many years ago—some time around the mid-to-late 80s I would estimate—but I didn’t remember the intricacies of it beyond it being the purported “last night” of the life of one of the two main characters in the story. If you know me … Read more
While looking for an old ATM card the other day, I found this collection of badges, which got me thinking about all the places I’ve worked, and which companies required a badge and which ones didn’t. Pretty much the only ones that didn’t require a badge were two jobs in my “early years,” one in … Read more
Recently, my friend Rob Shook, whom I know from my IBM years, posted this status update on Facebook: One month from today is my mom’s 80th birthday. She doesn’t want a party, she doesn’t (ever) check Facebook … but you can help me with a great, memorable gift: Please send her a birthday card – … Read more