Robert arrived at around 1:00, and we had lunch, consisting of ham salad on Portuguese muffins, and watched several episodes of the third season of Six Feet Under. We went to Irregardless for dinner, with 5:30 reservations. We had a coupon for a free bottle ($17 value) of wine, for Robert’s birthday, which we’re celebrating … Read more
I spent most of my work day today working on a redesigned Web page for OIT Units. Observation: TinyMCE sucks. I exported my Palm Pilot calendar and then imported it into Google. I want to stop having to sync the two, so now that it’s imported into Google, I hope to just maintain my calendar … Read more
Breakfast this morning was sponsored and provided by Carahsoft Technologies. My sessions this morning included: Time Title Sponsor/Host/Presenter 9:00-9:45 Partnering with Students for a SLICE of Life UNC-Chapel Hill 10:15-11:00 IP Television NCSU During the IP Television session, these tweets ensued: nematome: Okay, someone is actually snoring in this session. Very awkward. #unccause08 1 day … Read more
I’ve seen this in a plethora of venues on the web now, from news items, to blogs, to tweets on Twitter, and a lot of them have been from straight people, which is encouraging. On the outside chance you haven’t seen it: Keith Olbermann: Special Comment on Proposition 8 As expected my arms hurt when … Read more
POST-ELECTION MORNING BUSTLE As expected, it was a festive bus ride in this morning. However, it was not without its one element of negativity expressed by this lady’s comment amidst the jubilation: “People say he happy. He ain’t happy. He got a funeral to go to before he go to the White House.” Here’s an … Read more
I have a dreadful cold. Not good timing for a 13.5-hour plane trip. Grrrrrr! Robert came to town at about 5:30, and we had dinner at Red Robin, at my insistence, as I’ve been wanting to try their Banzai Burger ever since I ate there a couple of weeks ago with my work crowd. It … Read more
I attended the OIT Web Team Meeting today, wrote an e-mail to Marc Hoit, our CIO, about his blog, and I responded to a director who is in a workgroup charged with creating “an ideal information technology or information services department at an Asian women’s university.” He wanted some input on what people thought would … Read more
On my trek for an $.85 cup of coffee this morning, I swung by the post office, where I mailed two sympathy cards. Workwise, today I had a flurry of activity regarding last minute updates to three handouts I’d devised for three different groups, all minor changes that I was happy to make to have … Read more
I thought about riding out to the outlet mall in Smithfield today, but decided to hit Kohl’s at Crossroads to see if I could get what I wanted there first, which would also help keep my gas usage down. I’m still above a half tank, and it’s coming up on two weeks, tomorrow, since I’ve filled … Read more
I managed to bring in a sandwich and some carrots today—slowly getting it all together and formulating a bus “routine.” I had a meeting in the conference room in which I interviewed for this job on August 15th. Awww. Blurbs—one funny, the other interesting: A New York lawyer has failed in his effort to deduct … Read more