“You got any metal in your eyes?” “Pardon, me?” I asked, realizing I was still half asleep at 7:30 in the morning. “Do you have any metal in your eyes?” the nurse repeated. We had left the MRI waiting room and were standing in the hallway, right in front of a glass door leading outside. … Read more
Our complimentary breakfast this morning was provided by Techexcel. My schedule today included these sessions: Time Title Sponsor/Host/Presenter 9:00-9:45 Give Your Users a Little UNC-Chapel Hill 10:15-11:00 Adventures in New Student Email UNC-Pembroke 12:15-1:00 Web Services BOF NCSU 1:30-2:15 IT Tools – Cyber Stalkers UNC-Wilmington 2:30-3:15 Using the Power of the Web to Organize Your … Read more
I decided to drive myself to Greensboro for UNC Cause 2008 instead of riding with a work companion in case I need to head to Jacksonville for any reason over the next couple of days. UNC Cause 2008 This year’s conference will be held in Greensboro, NC from November 17th-19th. This year’s conference theme is … Read more
This is with regards to this little item in my November 11TH entry. Early this morning, I had this e-mail in my work inbox: Subject: Your Surprise Blog Reader Hi John, I’m not sure if I’m the same person Jude was referring to. The story sounds vaguely familiar to my situation—or maybe you have TWO … Read more
Not a bad life philosophy to strive for… WAG MORE BARK LESS Another tidbit on Prop 8 passage in California: Visitors to Kim Light/Lightbox Gallery in Culver City are now greeted by a pink danger sign taped to the front door. It says: WARNING: This area may contain homosexuals, which are known by the State … Read more
This lady’s comments just crack me up! At work today, I attended a two-hour communications meeting in the morning, which was very interesting, and at which I learned a lot. I attended a two-hour team meeting with Rhonda and Jude, in which we got a lot done. Between my being gone for two weeks and … Read more
I got up at about 9:00, and after SSSing, I treated myself to the Farmers’ Market Restaurant, where I took a seat at the counter, since I was a “party of one.” I had on my “No one cares about your blog” t-shirt. While I was looking at the menu, a lady tapped me on … Read more
I had hoped to take advantage of the last day of early voting, but I slept so late that I didn’t make it. I spent a few hours unpacking a little, organizing some of my digital photos, and ordering the blog entries in our P2P techcommchina blog. Robert came over at about 7 or 7:30, … Read more
I met Sherry, Ann, Paula, Kathy, Jeanne and Kirsten at 8:30 for the hotel breakfast buffet. We broke bread together for the last time. And then, off to my ride: I left Shanghai tomorrow and arrived today in Chicago, ten minutes after I left. Actually, we left Shanghai at 4:05 PM on 10/31/08 and arrived … Read more
I caught the 8:25 bus today, and Barry, one of my neighbors, and this other sort-of regular at our stop had a little chat. The lady works for the federal government, so was off yesterday for Columbus day. Barry works for the university, as do I, so both state employees, who did not have the day … Read more