DQTI and “John Time”

The DQTI class was fun today. This is the first time Courtney and I have been in an IBM class together, and we actually behaved ourselves. Fran taught it, and he is such a delightful teacher. So funny. At one point he accidentally skipped a slide, and he made this sound like he was rewinding, … Read more

PF Changs

I worked from home today. At about 9:30, the doorbell rang, and it was the Fed-Ex man with my chair replacement for the patio furniture. Glad to be home so he could catch me on the third attempt. There was a notice on my door, the second one, though this was the first one I … Read more

“Top 10” and dancing…

Uneventful work day. No meeting with Cassandra today. I’m beginning to think Wednesday’s are not a good day for us to meet. We had our weekly call with Allan. I think he’s lonely. I’m annoyed with the rescheduling of the 06/23 GLBT Education Module, but I’m dealing with it. I hate when things are unsettled. … Read more

The Terminal

The TIGR meeting went well today. Randy facilitated. I asked for 15 minutes on next week’s agenda to talk about effectiveness assessment. I asked Mary’s question about impact assessments for defects. We had bookclub, which was shadowed a bit because Suzanne didn’t show up, and didn’t call anybody to let them know. This is unusual … Read more

Walking and coding…

My Monday meeting went well today. The reaction/response to my effectiveness analysis was underwhelming. Oh well. I got responses from both Carl and Alan on my follow-up Will & Ned poster. Nothing from Mel and Mark. Typical. I received acknowledgment for my thank-you notes to both Chris and Barry for their participation in the conference … Read more

Work and play…

I caught up my journal, and Robert “fixed me” breakfast. He toasted me an energy bar, and brought it up to me along with a hard-boiled egg, and a cup of coffee. Sweetness. He had a little bite, some coffee, and did the N&O crossword puzzle. He left around noon. I showered and headed out … Read more

A Man’s Man…

Though the concert was sold out, we didn’t wait at all to get parked. Amazing. We ended up in our seats by about 7:10. The concert was scheduled to start at 7:30, but actually started at about 7:25. The first warm-up band was The Warren Brothers. I had never heard of them, and didn’t at … Read more

The Man on the Train

Since we got to bed by about 10:30, we were up by 8:30. I made mushroom, onion, and cheese scrambled eggs, which we had with some toast and coffee. It was pretty yummy if I may say so myself. I worked on my Tour de Friends web page, converting my Training Journal from Word to … Read more