Last night I fell asleep at 10:00PM, woke up at 12:30AM, tossed and turned until 1:15, got up and read until 3:30, reset my alarm from 6AM to 8AM, fell back asleep, and woke up at 7:30AM this morning. Annoying. I have a friend who on occasion has asked me, “Do these pants make my … Read more
Jolly? Really? You’d never know by looking at him. Wilbur Morton Jolly Wilbur Morton Jolly, died Saturday, August 18th, 2006. He was born January 16, 1916, in Pitt County. He is a graduate of Wake Forest Law School and was admitted to the NC Bar in 1941. He entered the U.S. Army in November … Read more
Arguably, Jon Stewart is America’s Best “Straight Ally” to the gay community. Robert and I slept in this morning—as well we should have after last night. I spent a couple of hours at Helios this afternoon, most of which time I spent creating my presentation to be given tomorrow night as the incoming president of … Read more
In a recent post, I alluded to the importance of having your last wishes documented. I forgot to mention a most wonderful organization and place to get a document that will help you do this in the most comprehensive and expeditious manner. The “gist” of the document is outlined below. (It’s been described as The … Read more
Even though I wasn’t out very late last night, I gloriously slept in this morning, my alarm waking me up at 10:00. I received two “writing affirmations” via e-mail today. Writing affirmations are particularly powerful for me, not only because they affirm what I’m passionate about, but because they often totally surprise me. You just … Read more
Instead of just whining about that field on the form in my yesterday’s blog entry rant, I decided to do something about it, so I wrote to the guy who runs the website. Here is our e-mail exchange (I’m in yellow; he’s in blue): Hello, I hope you will take this in the vein in … Read more
A friend sent this to me today, and it totally freaked me out. I’m posting it now as a separate entry, because I don’t know how long it will stay up.
I drove in to work today specifically to attend one of my longest-time friend’s 25-Year Anniversary with IBM. He invited 7 or 8 colleagues to have lunch with him (on IBM) at Manchester Grill in Morrisville. His name is Kevan, and he also invited another guy named John who we hung around with in the … Read more
These guys do get pretty tickled over this! (And you can’t really blame them.) My sister has a cameo appearance in this video podcast. (It takes a little while to “transfer” before you can start playing it.) She’s at a little over a third of the way through—she’s after these four speakers: Dr. Rhea Miles, … Read more