Robert and I were up at about 9:00. He put on some coffee, and I made a cheddar-sausage-pineapple omelet for us. Yum! Late in the afternoon, I walked for an hour around my neighborhood, and I listened to one of the best episodes (to me) of This American Life that I’ve heard in a long … Read more
Today’s mail inspired a onesentence.org entry: Libra Baby The envelope in today’s mail that I thought was going to be my first Christmas card turned out, in fact, to be my last birthday card. Tags: belated | birthday | Christmas | Card A birthday card from my ex-wife, with a $50 iTunes gift certificate in it. … Read more
Thanks to my friend and regular blog reader, Kathy, for the little ditty below. While I’ve often seen the use of home-going in the obits—“Home-going services for Emma will be held on Friday, February 27, 2004”—I’ve never seen one enumerate the entire guest list, so-to-speak: On Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007, heaven opened its gates and welcomed … Read more
We were up bright and early this morning, and enjoyed a breakfast of bagels and coffee. After devising yesterday’s blog entry, I read a chapter of one of our books, one of the three readings assigned as homework in my Rhetoric of Science and Technology class. I started to devise a discussion board posting for … Read more
At 9:00 at the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement (CECE) at NC State, I met Myra, James, Caitlin, Heather, Michael, Alissa, and Elizabeth. James is Myra’s new boyfriend, and it was great to meet him. Caitlin, Heather, and Michael are all students, and this was their first service-learning immersion. Good kids. Our service today … Read more
A Legal Lad podcast that I listened today was addressing the question: “From a legal perspective, who owns the baseball that Barry Bonds hit for his 756th home run?” Is it… Major League Baseball? They sponsored the event, purchased the ball for the game, and possessed the ball before the game. The San Francisco Giants? … Read more
These guys do get pretty tickled over this! (And you can’t really blame them.) My sister has a cameo appearance in this video podcast. (It takes a little while to “transfer” before you can start playing it.) She’s at a little over a third of the way through—she’s after these four speakers: Dr. Rhea Miles, … Read more
I had a delightful little breakfast of leftover bagels with Myra at the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement. While we were sitting in the break area there, a guy from the group—the Study Abroad group (Personally, I’d rather study Aguy than study Abroad) [Badump-bump; I’m here all life, folks.]—who shares the third floor of … Read more
Looks like I will just have to squint through my bifocals… Hello, Currently, a Large Print edition of A Prayer for Owen Meany has not been published. I hope this information helps you. AskALibrarian Or, I guess I could get one of these… It’s a Whole Different Story in the Supermodel Car Four-year-old boy: Mommy, … Read more
After all the years I’ve been flying, today I changed my seat preference from window to aisle. Yu-Gi-Oh: I’ll Play One Card Face Down, and This Fag Hag In Defensive Mode Asian girl: I can’t believe you blocked me from Galen. Hawaiian boy: Well, he’s bisexual, so he’s fair game to both of us. Hipster … Read more