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Excellent Entertainment: Go see MIDDLETOWN at Manbites Dog Theater in Durham
~Saturday~ Do you like to think? Of course you do. Do you like to laugh? Of course you do. Do you have existential angst? Of course you do, or you have in the past, or it's time you do. I absolutely loved Manbites Dog Theater's current run of Will Eno's Middletown, and would have loved … Read more
Where I was when I heard: Steve Jobs died
~Wednesday~ I was on Facebook when I saw the first status update about it. Having really only joined the Apple “family” a few months ago with the purchase of my MacBook Air, I was surprised that I felt extra grateful today for the user experience I’ve enjoyed on it, albeit for such a short time. … Read more
Disappointed: Adele cancels her North American tour…
~Tuesday~ Two-and-a-half months ago, I bought tickets to the October 8, 2011 Adele concert at the Durham Performing Arts Center in a frantic twenty or thirty minutes at her UK website and on and off the phone with the fraud department of both my credit card and my debit card. I was so looking forward … Read more
Back to work, catching up my blog, calendar updates, and coffee w/Joe @ Caribou…
~Monday~ I decided to work from home this morning up until my 11:00 meeting at the Avent Ferry Technology Center (AFTC). That made more sense than catching the bus into my office, staying there for about an hour-and-a-half and then catching another bus to the AFTC. When I sent an email to my manager to … Read more
A salon and sleep kind of day…
~Sunday~ I was up at 10:00, and while I showered it occurred to me that not only was I not going to be able to buy Cinnabon cinnamon rolls for Salon Brunch at 11:00, because they didn’t open until noon, but that I also wasn’t going to be able to buy the champagne I said … Read more
Mom shows off on the stairs, a slow discharge, and home sweet home for mom AND me…
~Saturday~ I got up at 8:30 and dad was already up. I showered and got dressed, and when I went out into the living room, dad announced the he was running to the base to pick up the other half of a partial refill he received on some pills last week. I see where I … Read more
Mom checks back in (to reality), walks “a miracle mile” on her new hip, and a rainbow celebrates…
~Friday~ Dad and I left the house around 9:15 and we stopped at the Jacksonville IHOP for a quick breakfast. Just as we approached the place and saw the long wait, Meagan called to say that mom had left her a voicemail message crying that she’s afraid she’s been abandoned at the hospital. This did … Read more
A trying trip to J’ville, a scary day at the hospital, dinner w/dad, & sleeping in my boyhood bed…
~Thursday~ I got up at 7:30, showered, and packed, and headed over to the Jiffy Lube by my house on Western Boulevard, where I had them change my oil, since it’s been forever since I’ve had that done, and then I asked them to run diagnostics on my “Check Engine” light. The “Emission-Related Powertrain Diagnostic … Read more
So much energy when they’re young, not-so-much when they’re not, and mom’s recovery from her surgery
~Wednesday~ I was out of the house at 8:14 and after checking my US mail was at the city bus stop at 8:15. The bus arrived at 8:25, and it had a fair number of people on it for a change. Lately there’s only been 2 or 3 people on when I’ve boarded at my … Read more