I learned from a tweet today that there are some cool “quick searches” that can be done from google.com, Use these search arguments: To see the weather for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “weather” followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country. Type in weather new york city, ny … Read more
We had our monthly staff meeting at my boss’s boss’s level today—four departments of about 20-25 people. First on our agenda was a new director to our organization. He started working in our organization April 15, 2009. We’ve been starting off our last several staff meetings with one director of each of the other seven … Read more
This morning’s buscapade evoked two thoughts: There’s no eating, smoking, drinking, or profanity on the CAT bus. Frances Conroy‘s character Ruth Fisher on HBO’s Six Feet Under, “Language!” A man got on the bus on his cell phone, taking a seat maybe two rows behind me. He was in the midst of heated (read: screaming) discussion … Read more
29 years ago today, I walked into New Employee Orientation at International Business Machines, where I enjoyed a 28-year career that ended on my own terms on September 12, 2008. I read more of Dewey on the bus on the way in. Each driver seems to have a different idea of exactly where the bus should … Read more
Today, which seemed rather arbitrary, the bus turned left on Hillsborough Street where it never had before, totally bypassing my stop. Right before this happened, I heard the bus driver saying something to someone, which I couldn’t understand, but I saw her pointing ahead. This made me suspicious enough to go ahead and get off … Read more
I woke up just before 9:00 to Robert putting on coffee and leaving to grab some breakfast for us. I rolled over until he returned with three beignet and a bagel with cream cheese. Sweet man. The bus to Hollywood Studios pulled up just as we were approaching the bus stop area and we hopped on, … Read more
Today we started our day at Animal Kingdom, where our first destination was to the Expedition Everest attraction. This roller coaster was closed when I was here in January of 2008, so I was excited about riding something new. We had about a 40-minute wait for this ride, as we decided not to do the … Read more
We got up at 4:45 this morning and set off for the airport at about 5:20. A ways up the road, I realized I’d forgotten my camera, so we looped back to pick it up. Out AirTran flight to Atlanta was on time and uneventful. In the airport restroom, I went into a stall, and … Read more
I was in the office today from 1:00 until 10:30, and I got an absolute ton of work done. Yay! Someone tweeted a pointer to this article: 15 Unusual and Creative Bus Stops. Being the veteran bus rider of over six months that I now am, it of course caught my attention. Click on the above … Read more
A rush of buscapades this morning: This is the first time, since I’ve been riding the bus for seven months, that another person at my stop in the morning was smoking a cigarette while waiting for the bus. I stood about 20 feet from him. Just as the bus pulled away from my stop, two … Read more