~Monday~ March’s Challenge Entry | All Challenge Entries | May’s Challenge Entry I’ve made it through another whole month of walking every day for at least 30 minutes. I really struggled—both with my eating and with my walking—this month, mostly due to a setback in the recovery rate from my knee surgery, which I … Read more
~Thursday~ At lunch time today, I went to the NC State Bookstores‘ Sidewalk Sale, and while I found it had been moved indoors, I serendipitously came upon the NCSU Libraries‘s Friends of the Library annual book sale in progress in the general vicinity. A tent was set up for the book sale, and I walked … Read more
~Tuesday~ It sounds like a question you might get asked during an interview. Not being a wine drinker at all, I’d be stumped for an answer. That’s why I was pleased to receive an email from an old friend yesterday, who said: “We were doing a wine tasting a few weeks ago and I came … Read more
~Sunday~ I had a crazy busy day for a weekend day, with my Manbites Dog Theater board of directors meeting, an open house at Love Wins Ministries, and Salon in the evening. This Salon meeting's agenda with my answers provided where I felt like sharing publicly: Salon XXIX Agenda Sunday, April 22, 7:00 Brad’s Home … Read more
~Thursday~ Several days ago, my friend Joe told me about an app called PaperKarma that allows you to take a picture of labels on junk mail (in the US mail) and submit them to a company that will remove you from the offending sender’s mailing list: As someone pointed out, perhaps it was the karma … Read more
~Wednesday~ There are so many great, free, tools available to help me “stay on track” with my Walking Challenge 2012. Props to my friend Joe for introducing me to geodistance.com, where I can plot my walk to get a quick distance total to enter into dailyburn.com. It’s just a matter of entering the address around … Read more
~Sunday~ Today I did something totally unexpected—I went to see a “Christian” movie, albeit ‘Blue Like Jazz’ Director Steve Taylor Says Film Isn’t ‘Christian’. I heard about this movie via a Facebook friend, Mike Morrell, whom I’ve met on a couple of occasions, each time connected with an event sponsored by, or to which I … Read more
~Thursday~ Today I participated in the third—and final—part of the Sour Cream Taste Test. If you’re not caught up, and want to be, you can read about part one and part two before continuing. I arrived about ten minutes early, but they were ready for me, and I took a seat at a table with … Read more
~Tuesday~ I had a professionally rewarding day at work today. Our organization had its annual OIT Awards for Excellence reception at which 7 of my colleagues were recognized for outstanding work, having been nominated by a peer. Three of those seven were selected as “winners,” and will go on to the University Awards for Excellence … Read more
~Sunday~ I abandoned one movie and saw two this weekend—two on DVD and the other one at the $2.00 movie. This is the one I abandoned, and it served me right, as the only reason I showed the slightest interest in it was because it had three hot men starring in it: Turns out that … Read more