~Friday~ Today after work, some of the wonderful Red Hat people I work with met at Busy Bee Cafe for a farewell celebration of my imminent retirement, on Monday, October 13. The calendar invitation read: John Martin is retiring | Let's celebrate/commiserate Reserving this time to celebrate John Martin's retirement. (His actual retirement date is … Read more
~Monday~ Recently, I was a guest on Up Top! with Matt Morain, a podcast created by my work colleague and friend, Matt. It was two hours of zaniness, which was about… well a lot of things. You can read Matt's description below. THE SET-UP In one of Matt's earlier podcasts, in talking about who, or … Read more
~Friday~ Tonight, Bob and I attended the annual 10 by 10 performance at The Arts Center in Carrboro. This year we went with Sarah and Andrew, and Kim and her friend Ed. We ate at The Spotted Dog beforehand, where I had Fish & Chips. As I have in the past, I created a ballot … 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
~Tuesday~ Today, I had lunch with someone I hadn’t seen in 33 years or so. Her name is Deborah, and she was my ex-wife’s roommate in college and a bridesmaid in our wedding. Who’d’ve thunk all those years ago that 33 years later, the marriage whose start she attended would be dissolved, I’d be living … Read more
~Friday~ Jen and I participated in Triangle Restaurant Week, having dinner at Rey’s in Cary. I arrived at her house at 6:00, where I said hello to Nala, and had one bourbon and diet before we headed out for our 6:30 reservation. Triangle Restaurant Week is described as follows: Triangle Restaurant Week (TRW) is a … Read more
~Thursday~ My friend Bob bought me a ticket to join him to see LeAnn Rimes, who performed tonight with the North Carolina Symphony in the Maymandi Concert Hall at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. I cried during five of her songs, and this blog entry is about trying to get my head … Read more
~Saturday~ I was up at 6:00, and I put the filling in the deviled eggs, before showering and heading over to Bob’s for the 2013 MICU Yard Sale. Their MICU (Medical ICU) sale was part of the larger Mordecai Community Sale (as it is every year) that was going on today. I stopped at Krispy … Read more
~Tuesday~ Back on March 10, I posted an entry about playlists my friend Bob is creating—and how every once in a while, when I listen to his latest compilation, I come across a song that I’ve never heard of, and fall instantly in love with it. At that time, it was When I Dream. Well, … Read more
~Sunday~ My previous public entry was about my friend Bob’s playlists, and this is a little bit of a follow-up to that. One of the things that’s really great about being one of the recipients of these playlists is that every once in a while, I’ll hear a song that I’ve never heard before that … Read more