Salon LI Agenda & Responses Sunday, April 12, 2015, 7:00 PM Hibernian Restaurant Identity show-and-tell. Bring your current (and any old, why not?) passports, employee IDs, driver licenses, and conference badges to share with all. (John) We had a fantastic display of all of these things! We did take a photo of all of it, … Read more
Salon XLIV Sunday, May 4, 2014, 7:00-10:00 Anna’s House Share our "Creative Routines" using the graphic John will provide, as inspired by the Creative Routines Infographic brought to our attention by Kim. (John) 8:00-9:00 Morning prep for work. 9:00-6:00 Work 6:00-7:00 Workout 7:00-7:30 Dinner 7:30-1:00 Information/Education/Entertainment on the web What things do you procrastinate … Read more
Salon XXXIX November 10, 2013 Salon Headquarters 1. How do you feel when you read sociobiological evolutionary theories of contemporary social patterns (e.g.,Monogamy evolved as a mating strategy)? I tend to react negatively but wondered if others feel a sort of Ah-Ha moment when they read these sorts of research accounts. (Brad) In general, any … Read more
~Sunday~ Tonight we had our 38th Salon meeting, at Mitch’s, and we finished discussing the 9 agenda items right as Mitch’s was closing, almost 3 hours to the minute of starting. As always, a rip-roaring, cheek-hurting (from laughing) good time was had by all. For your reading pleasure, here is our agenda with my answers … 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~ Today was our thirty-sixth Salon meeting, and we met at Anna’s house and Skyped in Kim, which didn’t end up working so well this evening, so she dropped out after the Burlesque question. Below is our agenda, with my answers following each item: 1. If you’ve published something that allowed a dedication, did you … 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
~Saturday~ From Wikipedia: Salon (gathering): A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "either to please … Read more
~Sunday~ I had a crazy busy day for a weekend day, with my Manbites Dog Theater board of directors meeting, an open house at Love Wins Ministries, and Salon in the evening. This Salon meeting's agenda with my answers provided where I felt like sharing publicly: Salon XXIX Agenda Sunday, April 22, 7:00 Brad’s Home … Read more
~Sunday~ Tonight we celebrated the third year of our salon meetings, starting it off with what was supposed to be a "fun and quick" quiz, but which was neither fun nor quick. Discuss. Oh well. I had fun creating it. Before Kim signed off, she presented me with the TWTS (“That’s what they said.”) Award, … Read more