The Chrome Pony lurks…

Yesterday, you said you’d ride today… I checked my email, the obits, and the weather report for the day. Yesterday… I had breakfast, waffles, and used up the last of the syrup. You said you would ride today… I read some of The Nuclear Age. I started to fall asleep toward the end of the … Read more

This ain’t-a-working…

I wanted to see the Raleigh Christmas Parade today, well sort of. Evidently not enough to get my butt out of bed and downtown in time to. (That’s niiiice — two sentences, including one topical, ending in a preposition.) I did two loads of laundry today, and thought very seriously about riding my bike. I … Read more

A little change of pace…

I worked at home in the morning, and went into work just before lunch. Joe called mid-afternoon to ask about going out to dinner. We agreed to meet at Chili’s in Cary at 6:00. I had the Lettuce Wraps, he ordered nachos for us for an appetizer and the Mushroom Burger for himself. Yummy all … Read more

The class from hell…

OMG. Tonight’s class was unbelievable… totally off kilter, as the syllabus doesn’t currently reflect where we are. What the syllabus said: Nov 18 D6, Managing Yourself which means, Chapter 6, named Managing Yourself, in Dr. Dicks’ book. Okay, so the problem with this is that Dr. Dicks already discussed the things in this chapter during … Read more

100 Things About ME!

I love to line dance and two-step. In two-stepping, I can dance both the lead and the follow — so double my chances of getting a dance. I prefer to follow if I have the choice. I have nothing living in my house but me — no animals, no plants. I was married for 16 … Read more

Project Notebook progress…

I listened in on a two-hour conference call today from 3:00 – 5:00 on Customer Satisfaction, which was very informative and interesting. Throughout the call I wondered, does anyone talk to anyone else in this company? This information would be so helpful to our teams, yet they don’t receive it. Michelle spoke to our class … Read more

Another heart-warmer…

My 1:00 meeting went well today. Lots of good discussion about componentization, and ending with getting Keely help on the Open Source Education issue assigned to her. I signed up for my IBM benefits for next year. I chose the most expensive, but best, coverage for next year, as the old bones just aren’t what … Read more

Jiffy Lubed…

I got my oil changed, and my tires rotated at Jiffy Lube today. Mike called, and we talked about Thanksgiving. He won’t come if Lisa, Doug, or his kids or grandchild will be there. He told me that Lisa had pretty much coerced him into signing parental termination papers for Michael so Doug could adopt … Read more

Cookout…

I was not nearly as productive as I wanted to be today. In addition to a 3-hour nap, I wasted about 2 hours of the day playing Zuma. I did get in the one-hundred-teens one game, at least. I did get a bunch of papers cleaned out, between my work papers and school papers. And … Read more