nematome ~Thursday~ I was up at 6:00, and Bob arrived at about 6:30—with a birthday card from Frances and Vincent, no less—ready to whisk me off to the airport for my long birthday weekend in New York City. My flight was delayed by 40 minutes, which was annoying in that they didn’t make announcement about the … Read more
~Thursday~ I remember the first time I saw this sign, during a previous visit to New York City, and thinking for a time that it meant I couldn’t stand in that area. I wondered why they didn’t just use a “No Loitering” sign. For those of you who might not know it, it’s actually referring … Read more
~Friday~ The second, and final, day of the conference offered to sessions, again with three presentations each, followed by a “Wrap-up and Feedback” session to close out the conference. My colleague, and friend, Sarah Egan Warren, presented on “Creating Student Chapters” this morning during the one-hour breakfast time. As always, she was a “smooth operator,” … Read more
~Thursday~ Today was the first day of the conference, and I attended four sessions, each with three presentations scheduled. The first presenter in the first session didn’t show up, so all-in-all, I attended 11 presentations today. Here’s what the day looked like, with an electronic copy of the program available here: Continental Breakfast & Welcome … Read more
~Wednesday~ I got up at about 9:00 today, and I worked on my blog entries for Sunday and Monday. It took longer than I wanted it to due to my yet limited knowledge on how to manipulate photos on my Mac. I didn’t dare touch these bottles of gold for the hotel: I had lunch … Read more
~Tuesday~ I was up at about 8:30, and Jen was up shortly after that. I prepared my bagel, which was now a day old and rather hard, and when I pressed down on it with one of Casey’s very sharp knives, I sliced into my thumb. After posting about it on Facebook, someone commented, “If … Read more
~Monday~ Casey was up first this morning, and quietly out of the house and to the gym before work. I got up at about 7:00, I think, trying to sleep longer, but after 10 hours of sleep, I was ready to get up. I thought I was being respectfully quiet, but Jen said I was … Read more
~Sunday~ I was up at 4:45, Joe arrived at my place at 5:15, and Jen a little bit after that. Joe dropped us off at American Airlines at around 5:45 for our 6:40 flight. Going through security, there was a soldier in front of me and the TSA guy said, “Thank you for your service,” … Read more
~Sunday~ August's Challenge Entry | All Challenge Entries | October's Challenge EntryWell, I've done it yet again. I've squandered away another month walking for at least 30 minutes a day. And even though New Balance winces whenever they hear me say it, I used a pair of their shoes only to walk between one and three … Read more
~Thursday~ At the end of July, I received a notice from the IRS that a discrepancy had been found in my 2010 income taxes. As it turned out, I had a taxable event—four of them to be exact—take place in my investment account that I—wrongly—thought was a tax-sheltered event. The net of the audit was … Read more