I think this, from one of today’s obituaries, is just precious: “Martha Hebbert Wilson recently celebrated her 99th birthday by blowing out all the candles in one breath. She believed in doing things right the first time.” This description of such a simple act is just packed with the sense of Martha. With a semicolon … Read more
Last night I fell asleep at 10:00PM, woke up at 12:30AM, tossed and turned until 1:15, got up and read until 3:30, reset my alarm from 6AM to 8AM, fell back asleep, and woke up at 7:30AM this morning. Annoying. I have a friend who on occasion has asked me, “Do these pants make my … Read more
Jolly? Really? You’d never know by looking at him. Wilbur Morton Jolly Wilbur Morton Jolly, died Saturday, August 18th, 2006. He was born January 16, 1916, in Pitt County. He is a graduate of Wake Forest Law School and was admitted to the NC Bar in 1941. He entered the U.S. Army in November … Read more
Even though I wasn’t out very late last night, I gloriously slept in this morning, my alarm waking me up at 10:00. I received two “writing affirmations” via e-mail today. Writing affirmations are particularly powerful for me, not only because they affirm what I’m passionate about, but because they often totally surprise me. You just … 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
A lady’s friend had a great sense of humor and always used to say that when she died she wanted a parking meter on her grave that said “Expired.” So her nephew got her one on ebay! She said that her grave is right by the road so everyone can see it and many people have … Read more
I was up at 8:00 today, and at Sirtage Rental by about 8:45. The address of this business is listed as 12 Turner Street, which is just after the Arby’s on Hillsborough Street heading from Gorman down to State. The address is of a house, and on the porch that you walk up to there … Read more
Now with Extra Benzene! Woman: I’m going to get some water. Friend, pointing to basket of water bottles: How about this? Woman: No, I don’t like that water. It’s too watery. I like Poland Spring. —Starbucks, 43rd & 8th via Overheard in New York, Apr 23, 2007 I went into my IBM office today. I … Read more
In his blog, Bible Versus, Hugh, who is a gay man living with AIDS, is reading and commenting on the Bible, and being overseen by the Real Live Preacher. I really like this quote from Hugh in his blog: “However, AIDS isn’t necessarily now seen as terminal. Not as terminal as, say, Life.” So sweet! … Read more
I love developers with a sense of humor in their jobs. To appreciate an example of this, scroll down to Steps 23 & 24 of the directions in the left pane after asking Google Maps for directions from New York to Paris. This is for my friend Will… They Wanted Someone Who Could Hallucinate Outside … Read more