I slept until noon — exactly what I wanted to do. I read HOW I LEARNED TO SNAP in the afternoon. At around 4:30, I shaved and showered to head to O’Charley’s. I met Will, Steve, Jay, and Joe for dinner. I had a delicious club sandwich and fries! Our waiter was dorky, and tried … Read more

60 Looks Good On You Hope all of your special dreams come true. “When you get to be our age, dreams are often interrupted — by frequent trips to the bathroom throughout the night — take those moments and open your eyes just enough to see how many of your dreams are coming true. I … Read more

I had breakfast at 10AM today with Donna at Gregory’s. I had a delicious omelet, preceded by two delicious cinnamon buns. We got caught up — always a pleasure. She had her Palm Pilot cradle to give me. Yippee! We spent about an hour and a half together. I left there and stopped by Lowe’s … Read more

We held our second annual National Coming Out Day Roundtable today, which was attended by nine people. This turned out to be a very informative meeting for some, and a very rewarding meeting for others. Interestingly enough, we had five “experienced” employees (ten-plus years with IBM), and four “newbies” (less than five years; with one … Read more

We had our October TCW Board meeting tonight. The situation with SeminarWorks came to a head. Patsy submitted her resignation, effective around January of 2003. Michelle was her usual generous, loving, and affirming self. Wayne brought cookies and tortilla chips. Jay brought Reeses pieces filled M&Ms. I went home and did two loads of laundry.

IBM (Stan & Joseph) presented at the Guild meeting tonight. I was a first time guest, and actually had a great time. I staffed the EAGLE table during the reception hour. I met a lot of people, and a lot of people seemed interested in our materials. The dinner was okay, and our table was … Read more

Got caught up with Jim today. Planned to meet Paul, Jeff, and Jay for dinner at Vertigo’s. Jay canceled early in the evening, and Jeff canceled at the last minute due to a death in the family of one of his friends. Paul and I ended up having dinner alone. Always good to see him. … Read more

Things are shaping up for my December London/Paris trip! A group of 18 leaving from London to party in Paris for the weekend… All You’ll be pleased to hear that our weekend of fun and frolics has finally been booked! It proved somewhat more difficult than we had anticipated to find a hotel that could … Read more

After putting on my standard t-shirt and jeans shorts this morning, I remembered that it was “Panel Day” to the HR Partners. I changed into something less comfortable. I received another Thanks! award today, this time from Michelle. How cool. I went from never having any before this year to now having received the maximum … Read more

We got up around 10:00, and ate our leftovers from K-38 for breakfast. Yum! As we were getting dressed and packed, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” came on, and we got a little caught up in The Lady Chablis’ performance. We checked out around noon, and sat out by the pool on … Read more