~Tuesday~ Yesterday, I attended NC State’s 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Campus Commemoration, at which author, businessman, veteran, and the current host of Beyond Belief on the OWN network, Wes Moore, talked about his book, “The Other Wes Moore.” A blurb about the book: “Two hauntingly similar boys take starkly different paths in this searing … Read more
~Monday~ Getting dressed this morning, I put on my belt as I normally do. I brushed my teeth, gelled and combed my hair, and after putting on my tennis shoes, I noticed that my shirt was sticking out down by my waist, looking like I had forgotten to buckle my belt. “WTF?” I thought. “I … Read more
~Sunday~ I watched the movie Gen Silent online this afternoon, whose “hook” is: What would you do if you were old, disabled or ill – and the person feeding you put down the spoon and said that you are going to hell unless you change your sexual preference? Sound absurd? Social workers around the world … Read more
~Saturday~ After a Tomato-Onion-Avocado-and-Swiss Omelet this morning, I took a walk around my neighborhood. Here’s a snaphot of the experience: How long I walked: 1 hour, 10 minutes; Approximately 4 miles Where I walked: Exited my townhouse area. Right onto Kaplan. Left onto Athens Drive. Left on Avent Ferry. Left on Crest. Left on Conifer. … Read more
~Friday~ Although this 9-minute TED talk, by far, isn’t the most eloquently delivered TED address I’ve ever watched, it’s one that hit home for me. I hope to use it to somehow reframe this mindset, attitude, paradigm—whatever you want to call it—that I currently have about aging, specifically with regards to the deterioration of my … Read more
~Monday~ Tonight I saw: My thoughts in no particular order, hence the rhetorical device known as the unordered list: I thought this film was very well done. I never looked at the time at all during this movie. I thought the Eddie Redmayne, playing Colin, did a great job of portraying that "I can't believe … Read more
~Sunday~ This seems doable:
~Saturday~ I spent a good deal of today finishing up the task I started yesterday, which was to get a donation together to bring to Goodwill today. This year’s source was my master bedroom closet, and although I ended up with a good “take,” rest assured that there are still more places to mine for … Read more
~Friday~ It’s the penultimate day of the year. Wednesday was the preantepenultimate day and yesterday was the antepenultimate day. But I digress… I began my end-of-the-year donations-gathering by tackling my shoe collection. Here’s what I ended up with in the donation box, which by the way, I’m still torn at this point as to whether … Read more
~Thursday~ In March of 2012, I will mark 10 years without a television in my home. Being a writer, one of my biggest concerns about not having a TV is the fear of potentially, eventually missing cultural references in conversation and news stories and articles I might read. So, you can imagine my delight when … Read more