~Wednesday~ No complaints—or compliments for that matter—about the bus this morning. I read on the ride in. I used Twitter this morning to garner some “customer feedback” about our organization, and forwarded it on to management. At lunch time, I caught the Wolfline bus over to the NCSU Bookstore, where I purchased two gift cards. … Read more
~Tuesday~ I was totally rushed to get to the bus this morning, and only when it pulled up did I realize I didn’t have my badge (a.k.a. “my free fare ticket”) around my neck, nor did I know where it was. Fortunately, the driver recognized me and said, “Yeah, I know you, come on in.” … Read more
~Monday~ Today will probably go down as “Black Monday” or “06/08/09. Never Forget.” or something like that at my place of employment—NC State University. For weeks a saga has been playing out around the abuse of power by our ex-governor, Mike Easley, and the hiring of his wife, Mary Easley by NC State University. The … Read more
~Sunday~ We were up just before nine after a good eight hours of sleep. For breakfast, I microwaved some pre-cooked turkey sausage patties, sliced up a hard-boiled egg, and put them on a nice soft small square roll. Good stuff. Robert was a dear and folded laundry while I worked on creating a simple chart … Read more
~Saturday~ I futzed around today, eventually getting to the grocery store at 4:00. Once home, I made up some Clam & Cream Cheese Dip, and browned Italian Sausage that I’d bought for dinner. Robert arrived at a little after 5:00, and we enjoyed the dip with some pretzels while I heated up the three-cheese spaghetti … Read more
This scene at the bus stop this morning inspired me to create my own “failblog.org-like” entry: I spent most of my morning preparing for an afternoon meeting that had been postponed twice over the past week or so. Three times was a charm, and the meeting went well. Glad I prepared for it. During lunch, … Read more
This morning’s bus was a wreck. The bus driver, on the other hand, was surprisingly pleasant and helpful. The air-conditioning on the bus didn’t work, nor did the stop cord. “You have to just shout out when you want to stop, because the cord’s broken,” she’d say to every passenger who boarded. At one point … Read more
I had four meetings today, three work meetings and one personal meeting. My morning work meeting was my annual appraisal, which actually only covered nine months, since I’ve only been employed by NC State for that long. I got the highest possible rating on three of the five key responsibilities, and the highest rating on … Read more
I tweeted about this yesterday, so those of you who follow me on Twitter or saw it in my Facebook status (where all of my tweets end up), can just move on down the page. Nothing to see here. 🙂 “America’s Best Christian takes time to explain to less informed Christians the curious details of … Read more
Where does the time go? Here we are moving into the final month of the first half of 2009, or if you’re a state government employee—into the final month of the fiscal year. The most fantastic buscapade took place today: I took a seat toward the front of the bus for less than thirty seconds, … Read more