~Tuesday~ A month ago, I saw the 2013, Leonardo DiCaprio version of The Great Gatsby, about which I shared my thoughts and observations in my July 20, 2013 blog entry. Tonight, I met most of our Mostly Social Book Club (Mary couldn’t make it) at Janet’s house to watch the 1974, Robert Redford, Mia Farrow … Read more
~Sunday~ Today was both Mostly Social Book Club and Salon. Mostly Social Book Club met at the Crossroad Panera in Cary, and we discussed A Fault in Our Stars by John Green, which everyone had finished except Sharon, who ironically, was the person who recommended this book. It's my turn to pick our next book, … Read more
~Sunday~ I had Mostly Social Book Club today from 4:00-6:00. We're currently between books, so we were the Completely Social Book Club today. Various members are in various states of wait (i.e., on library request lists) for our next book, which is The Fault In Our Stars. From 7:00 until 11:00 this evening, I attended … Read more
~Sunday~ I met the Mostly Social Book Club at the Carolina Theatre, arriving at about 1:45 for the 2:00 showing of Anna Karenina, which we read as a group back in 2009 at Janet’s suggestion. In addition to me, Janet, Suzanne, Sharon, and Mary, Mary’s mother joined us. I really enjoyed this movie, but I … Read more
~Sunday~ I was up at 10:00, and while I showered it occurred to me that not only was I not going to be able to buy Cinnabon cinnamon rolls for Salon Brunch at 11:00, because they didn’t open until noon, but that I also wasn’t going to be able to buy the champagne I said … Read more
~Sunday~ I finished the Manbites board of directors meeting minutes this morning, and sent them to Jeff and Ed for review, before making them available to the full board. I got a chuckle out of this postcard in this week’s PostSecrets: I met Sharon, Suzanne, and Janet out at the Brier Creek Caribou for this … Read more
~Monday~ I was ready to head out at 8:05, which is about 15 minutes too early for the city bus, so I checked to see where the Wolfline bus was. The GPS service indicated, “Route not in service.” Oh yes, it’s that week after summer session ends, but before fall session starts, so only three … Read more
~Tuesday~ I had a good eating week this week, and I appreciated that my scale agreed with me on that this morning. Progress. Since I’d made my breakfast and lunch sandwiches last night, and my coffee pot was set to automatically start brewing my coffee at 8:00, I was essentially ready to go when I … Read more
~Sunday~ I slept in again this morning, and my first glance at this week’s PostSecrets startled me as I didn’t read the title and since they were all about fathers, I panicked, “I thought Father’s Day was next Sunday!” It may be shallow, but it’s honest. Of this week’s collection, this one resonated the most … Read more
~Sunday~ I was up at around 9:30 this morning, and I celebrated my ethnicity by making a chourico and cheese omelet. I “food-processed” about ten chourico hot dogs, some of which I put in the omelet, and the rest of which I’ll add to a dip I’m going to make. For the first time ever, … Read more