~Friday~ I received my annual appraisal today, which didn’t contain any surprises, which means the process is working. Any surprises should have come in my interim appraisal back in December, in order to give me time to address any problem areas. I provide a “Weekly Highlight Report” to my boss in which I list the … Read more
~Thursday~ My friend Bob bought me a ticket to join him to see LeAnn Rimes, who performed tonight with the North Carolina Symphony in the Maymandi Concert Hall at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. I cried during five of her songs, and this blog entry is about trying to get my head … Read more
The Iron, 78, passed “Gone” on Sunday, May 26, 2013 after passing “Go” for the last time on February 6, 2013 as a result of a forced retirement after a long and lustrous career with Parker Brothers. Making a smooth entrance onto a board already monopolized by a number of other tokens, Flatiron, as he … Read more
On Friday, May 17, I began a six-day stint of watching my friend Bob's two—most gentle, beautiful, and sweet—Cocker Spaniels, Frances and Vincent. I decided to create a Facebook page for them, and then request that he be their friend—as a fun way for him to keep "in touch" with them while he as gone, … Read more
~Tuesday~ Also on that list of movies that were billed as “the best movies you never saw” that I mentioned in yesterday’s bog entry was a movie called “Last Night.” Bob also had that one ready for me to watch this week, and I watched it tonight. Synopsis: Joanna (Keira Knightley) and Michael Reed (Sam … Read more
~Monday~ Several weeks ago now, I came across a list of movies that were billed as “the best movies you never saw,” and after looking through the list, I asked my friend Bob if he would check to see if five of them were available through Netflix. He went ahead and ordered two of them, … Read more
~Sunday~ Today was both Mostly Social Book Club and Salon. Mostly Social Book Club met at the Crossroad Panera in Cary, and we discussed A Fault in Our Stars by John Green, which everyone had finished except Sharon, who ironically, was the person who recommended this book. It's my turn to pick our next book, … Read more
~Sunday~ I was up at 4:30 after going to bed at 10:30, waking up and not being able to fall back asleep. I love being up early on the days I can manage it, but obviously not enough to get my ass to bed earlier to make it happen more often. The gym opens at … Read more
~Saturday~ I was up at 6:00, and I put the filling in the deviled eggs, before showering and heading over to Bob’s for the 2013 MICU Yard Sale. Their MICU (Medical ICU) sale was part of the larger Mordecai Community Sale (as it is every year) that was going on today. I stopped at Krispy … Read more
~Thursday~ Tonight I attended the preview performance of Manbites Dog Theater‘s current production, The Homosexuals. Synopsis: When Evan, a young gay man, first arrives in the city, he encounters a group of friends who welcome him into their family and change his life in ways he could never have imagined. A sexy and funny tale … Read more