Robert and I were up at about 9, and had sausage “biscuits” for breakfast. Biscuits is in quotation marks, because the sausage was actually on King’s Hawaiian sweet rolls, not biscuits. We saw the 12:35 screening of Burn After Reading at Crossroads 20. Movie synopsis: A disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent ends … Read more
We were up at a decent hour this morning to fit in breakfast before our noon movie out at the Carolina Theater in Durham. We had one of our favorite breakfasts—the French Toast at the Farmers’ Market Restaurant. Good stuff. Our final NCGLFF film was at 12:10 and called, Ready? OK! We have been unable … Read more
I met Robert in Durham at 10:05, and we got to the 10:30 NCGLFF movie, Tinkerbell Sprinkled the Fairy Dust, which was a collection of shorts including: Fabulosity (US, 2008, 6 min): In a delightful animated comedy, a conservative couple learns that their unborn son will have Fabulosity. [Amusing. I’m generally not a fan of … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I got the gym “out of the way” first thing this morning, from 9:00-10:15. I did upper body and crunches. Exercise Type Minute Duration Resistance (Upper Body) 45 Exercise Type Sets Reps Total Strength (Crunches) 10 30 300 I met with some folks over at N.C. State today for about an hour-and-a-half, … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I worked from home this morning. We had bagels for breakfast and ham and Swiss wraps for lunch. We worked from Helios this afternoon, where Joe joined us. I was in line for a Single Iced Skinny Caramella Sugar Free, when the little girl in front of me asked the young barista in … Read more
I slept in this morning, getting up at around 10:30. When I turned on my cell phone, I had a message from Kevin (av8rdude) about meeting him for lunch at around 1:00 or 1:30 after his soccer game refereeing. We had said lunch a MoJoe’s Burger Joint, where he had a Club Sandwich, I had … Read more
I needed to have my tires rotated today, and Kevin (av8rdude) had a slow leak in one tire and was going to take his car to Fred Anderson Toyota. I talked him into coming with me to Just Tires instead. We got there at a little after 12:30, where I was delighted to find a little … Read more
I began writing the eulogy today. On Twitter yesterday, @Justis said, “May the best spirit of love be your companion while you write the eulogy for your dear friend. It will be beautiful.” And that spirit must be with me, as it’s coming along easily and beautifully. I worked out from about 3:15 until 4:30 today. … Read more
I met Joe at his place at about 11:40, and we drove over to a townhouse that he has his eye on buying. He’s looked at it once before, showed me the specs and a picture online, and asked me to go with him this time as he took a second look. I liked it. … Read more
Follow nematome at http://twitter.com Mother’s Day I met Kevin (av8rdude), Dave/Jayce, and Kevin’s friend Greg from DC at Finch’s for breakfast. I was surprised to find the place not jammed for Mother’s Day. Perhaps the moms were taken to someplace a little more upscale (which, honestly, wouldn’t take much) for their special day. From there, … Read more