nematome ~Thursday~ Each year the organization I work in, the Office of Information Technology at NC State University, sponsors two or three organizations as part of its Holiday Giving Project. As I did back in 2009, I put forth Love Wins Ministries as one of those organizations for this year’s project, and it was accepted. Over … Read more
~Monday~ This morning, while enjoying my breakfast—poolside at the Island House in Key West—I received a Facemail from a friend of mine alerting me to the fact that it appeared that Joe Jervis was currently at the Island House, too, which he’d surmised from this Morning View—Island House Pool entry on Joe’s blog. Joe Jervis … Read more
~Monday~ You may remember my Thursday, December 6, posting about joining Reddit’s Holiday Greeting Card Exchange. If not I’ll give you a moment to go read it. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Well, today I received the card from the person who sent one to me, who is not the same person to whom I sent … Read more
~Friday~ Shortly after I read the article, 19 outstanding words you should work into a conversation, which was in the November 30 edition of The Week, I decided that I was going to make up a story that uses all 19 of those words. Well, here it is. The first version has the words, alone, … Read more
~Thursday~ A week or so ago, my friend Jen made me aware of RedditGifts Gift Exchanges, as she was participating in their Secret Santa 2012 Gift Exchange, which was already closed to new participants. I signed up then to be notified whenever they open a new exchange of any kind. On Tuesday, I got notified … 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
~Friday~ As I watched Manbites Dog Theater’s current show—Seventy Scenes of Halloween, which is being remounted 25 years after its first run as the theater’s first show in 1987—I was thinking, “This is the kind of theater that Manbites has built its reputation on.” I tried to imagine just “coming across” this theater company and … Read more
~Friday~ October's Challenge Entry | All Challenge Entries | December's Challenge Entry And so we come to the end of the penultimate month of the year, and I am happy to report that it’s been another month of meeting my commitment toward walking every day of 2012 for at least 30 minutes. Walking I … Read more
~Friday~ On Facebook, for the month of November, I participated in the "Gratitude Marathon," which consisted of professing some form of gratitude, once a day, for each day of the entire month of November. I've captured them here for those of you who aren't on Facebook (or aren't my friend there), and for my own … Read more
~Monday~ This is an excerpt of an email I sent out to the people in the organization in which I work. If you’re looking for a worthy organization for a holiday gift, I can’t more highly recommend any one than Love Wins Ministries! Greetings friends and colleagues, I put forth Love Wins Ministries as one … Read more