nematome ~Sunday~ Back on Thursday, I received a directed tweet from Dr. Michael Evans, who created this video that I watched on January 2nd, and which started my Walking Challenge 2012: I had directed a tweet, which is also included in the tweet stream here, to him after posting my April Walking Challenge 2012 update: It … Read more
~Friday~ On my way down to Myrtle Beach, I saw my first yard signs urging a vote for Amendment One on the May 8 ballot. I’d heard from friends that as soon as you’re out of Raleigh and into the rural areas, you’ll see a lot of them. This is the first one I saw: … Read more
~Monday~ March’s Challenge Entry | All Challenge Entries | May’s Challenge Entry I’ve made it through another whole month of walking every day for at least 30 minutes. I really struggled—both with my eating and with my walking—this month, mostly due to a setback in the recovery rate from my knee surgery, which I … Read more
~Thursday~ At lunch time today, I went to the NC State Bookstores‘ Sidewalk Sale, and while I found it had been moved indoors, I serendipitously came upon the NCSU Libraries‘s Friends of the Library annual book sale in progress in the general vicinity. A tent was set up for the book sale, and I walked … Read more
~Tuesday~ It sounds like a question you might get asked during an interview. Not being a wine drinker at all, I’d be stumped for an answer. That’s why I was pleased to receive an email from an old friend yesterday, who said: “We were doing a wine tasting a few weeks ago and I came … 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
~Thursday~ Several days ago, my friend Joe told me about an app called PaperKarma that allows you to take a picture of labels on junk mail (in the US mail) and submit them to a company that will remove you from the offending sender’s mailing list: As someone pointed out, perhaps it was the karma … Read more
~Wednesday~ There are so many great, free, tools available to help me “stay on track” with my Walking Challenge 2012. Props to my friend Joe for introducing me to geodistance.com, where I can plot my walk to get a quick distance total to enter into dailyburn.com. It’s just a matter of entering the address around … Read more
~Sunday~ Today I did something totally unexpected—I went to see a “Christian” movie, albeit ‘Blue Like Jazz’ Director Steve Taylor Says Film Isn’t ‘Christian’. I heard about this movie via a Facebook friend, Mike Morrell, whom I’ve met on a couple of occasions, each time connected with an event sponsored by, or to which I … Read more
~Thursday~ Today I participated in the third—and final—part of the Sour Cream Taste Test. If you’re not caught up, and want to be, you can read about part one and part two before continuing. I arrived about ten minutes early, but they were ready for me, and I took a seat at a table with … Read more