Some IM chats, STC board meeting, dinner @ Sylvia’s, class, Helios, and (what I THOUGHT) was Karaoke

At 8:48, I tumbled outta bed, stumbled to the kitchen, poured myself a cup of ambition, and generally yawned and stretched and just tried to come to life. How original. I worked from home today, and had an interesting instant message chat with Mary Mahoney in Austin; I like her. Later in the day, I … Read more

A missing grocery bag, a S-L meeting, and dinner with Vivian and Robert…

I started my morning off at the Food Lion on Avent Ferry, where I did Service-Learning grocery shopping for today’s meeting with the Engaged College Leadership team, and a separate order for Patti’s lab and the outing to hear Linda & Millard Fuller speak this evening. As the day unfolded, I discovered that they either … Read more

Sweet breakfast service, a nice walk and lunch, a stop at work, the L-Word, and drag…

Robert brought me coffee in bed, and then he made me breakfast. Love that man. So sweet. I met E-Ching and David at just after 12:30, and we made the two-mile walk from their house to K&W at Cameron Village. We entered the Disneyworld-like line that consisted, undoubtedly, of churchgoers coming, but with all the … Read more

Wow Yow, Mr./Ms. Smoothie, a rhetorical analysis, and Dreamgirls…

Seeing the headlines on wral.com this morning, I see that the “something going on last night at Reynolds” was none other than the return of Kay Yow to the game. Explains the media mania. Next I saw zy1125‘s comment about my Smoothie’s rant in yesterday’s blog entry: “Did you ever stop to think that perhaps … Read more

Affirmations, Lynne Cook’s presentation, class, Helios, and some phenomenal singing…

I forgot to mention a couple of things that I wanted to capture from yesterday, but that entry was long enough anyway. I know, “Aren’t they all?” But you digress… The first thing was with regards to being an editor for a living and how it makes me crazy some times. I just can’t stop … Read more

Meeting with an ENG675 stakeholder, assessing Lynne Cooke, a proposal scrubbing, and tying one on…

It’s My Turn to Follow Her Today http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/008767.html Girl #1: Hey, remember that time you got laser hair removal for your lip? Girl #2: Stacy! Stop talking, there are people around! Girl #1: Oh, right, as though you will ever see any of these people again. Random Guy: Actually, I’m in her Computer Science class. … Read more