Today’s affirmations: I would like to congratulate you on the quality of the newsletter. It’s well done. Dr. Stan Dicks, Director of the M.S. in Technical Communication Yet another fun—and funny—newsletter. No clip art, no pictures of cats. Ahhh. Anonymous, Tech Comm friend I took the Wolfline to Tompkins, where I attended a presentation by … Read more
Today’s affirmation from the mother of iwc41: I don’t have your snail mail address so I can’t write you immediately to tell you what a delight you are and to thank you for your gift. (If you will send address by return e-mail I will tell you in writing how much I appreciate it and … Read more
These crack me up: http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/008545.html Old lady: Do you have gift cards here? Employee: Yes, we do. Old lady: Can I get one for Best Buy? —Barnes & Noble, Whitestone, Queens http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/008546.html Teen girl #1: He broke up with me on Facebook! Teen girl #2: Like, on your wall? Teen girl #1: No, he just … Read more
Gerald, of Syd’s Plumbing, arrived at 10:00 today to check out the leak in the water heater he just put in a week or so ago. He got it all taken care of. Before he left, I asked him to take a look at my upstairs toilet, which I’ve been tinkering with on and off … Read more
I had coffee in my Hoedowns mug this morning. Thank you, my sweet. I worked almost the entire day on the STC newsletter, after finding out the competition deadline is this Wednesday, instead of next Monday, like we thought it was. Grrrrrrr! I met Joe at Flex at 9:30, where after waiting a bit for … Read more
I really need to get to the grocery store. This is my third or fourth day of using “emergency” hotel coffee filter packs — that I’ve collected traveling — for my morning coffee. They’re actually fairly decent, with the caveat that I’m not by any means a coffee connoisseur. They have fancy schmancy brand names … Read more
I added two birthday pictures to yesterday’s blog entry about Irene’s birthday. I got up at 10:00 today, stopped at IHOP for breakfast on the way out of Charlotte, and was on the road to Raleigh by 11:30. The ride back was tiresome and tedious due to the vast amount of rain, especially during the … Read more
I worked from home today, taking an hour conference call from 11:00 to noon, which was actually worthwhile. I volunteered to demo my editing database at next month’s meeting. I drove to Charlotte, stopping at Replacements, Ltd. on the way, where I returned two place settings of the eight I bought Vivian for Christmas. I … Read more
My sister told me that she saw a sign in a store the other day that said: Candy Canes 33-Cents Each or 3 For A Dollar She said she was hard pressed not to go to the counter with three of them, and say, “I want to be charged separately for these.” I told my … Read more
A friend of mine found these pics in a box that had still been packed up in his garage since his move. These are from around 1994, when I was about 37 years old. And my close up, Mr. DeMille. Lord, to have that jet black color back again! But I digress wistfully… I worked … Read more