This just tickles my funny bone to no end for some unexplainable reason—perhaps because I used to work at Burger King. Today at work, we had a 15-minute “organizational announcement” teleconference meeting from 2:00-2:15 that repeated, virtually word for word, an e-mail that was sent out last week announcing the changes. In the immortal words … Read more
Today I noticed that the tags can sometimes act as “meta-information” in these postings. This is particularly true of the first one here. Four of my recent favorites from One Sentence: Dearly Defeated On the other side of that door, just moments ago, I heard my life getting that much more screwed up. tags: sex … Read more
Just this Saturday, Robert and I were discussing the shopping carts that “wander away” from a Food Lion near my house. The conversation started when we saw a couple pushing one up the sidewalk to the corner at which we were turning, and then after making the turn seeing two more of them—carts, not people—waiting … Read more
Very, very interesting… What messages does our society give African American children about their value and worth as human beings? In her documentary, A Girl Like Me, teen filmmaker Kiri Davis conducts interviews with her peers to explore the impact and consequences of these messages. She then re-conducts Dr. Kenneth Clark’s “doll test” with young … Read more
Interesting international “gay” ad for Mastercard. (1 minute, Safe For Work) Joke of the Day A guy was seeing the nurse today for his annual checkup. “You’ve got to stop jacking off,” she says to him. “Why?” he asked, alarmed. “Because I’m trying to examine you,” she said. I woke up drenched in sweat once … Read more
I was up—on and off—all night and taking meds when it was time. This morning, after feeling so good last night, swallowing was more painful than ever. So, when it came time to take my Tylenol, I substituted it with two Percocets instead. I thought, “I just want to have one time interval of no … Read more
I got an appointment for 11:15, back with Dr. Adam. I brought all my meds with me, and when my nurse, Denise, whom I really liked, lifted my Amoxicillin out of the bag, the cap wasn’t screwed tight, the bottle flew to the floor, and five pills scattered about the floor. She was simply beside … Read more
This takes a minute or two to load, but it’s very cool. You know how the small arrow in the screen of the computer also moves when we move the mouse? Haven’t you ever wondered how it works? With the aid of a newly developed screen magnifying lens the mechanism becomes apparent. Run your mouse … Read more
William Ames Christopher William Ames Christopher, 67, of Cary died Sunday, May 27, 2007. Ames was born in Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, VA to the late Floyd H. Christopher and Dorothy Ames Christopher. He was a graduate of NC State, Class of 1961 and retired from NC State Government as Asst. Director for persons with the … Read more
I could throw up if I look at this long enough: I spent the day at Service-Learning today, where I finalized the information about a conference coming up in July, and I participated in a 1.5-hour post postmortem-type meeting about our Celebration of Learning on May 3rd. I also started going through all of my … Read more