Morning BUStle Once again, I caught the 7:25 Method Road CAT bus, which once again arrived two minutes early. I’m keeping a mental spreadsheet of average arrival times to miniminze my future waits. Once again, up by Western Boulevard, that very tall woman boarded the bus, once again with a convenience store cup of coffee, and today I noticed … Read more
I slept in this morning, allowing myself a full eight hours sleep. Yay! I added a link to my Twitter stream off to the right in the links column. I did three loads of laundry today—one whites, one colors, and one sheets (you know you needed that much detail!)—straightened up (my house, not me) some, hung up … Read more
Today was a much better bus day, since I got off to an earlier start, which allowed me to catch a bus that actually had plenty of seating available—as opposed to yesterday’s butts-to-nuts situation. I didn’t mention that yesterday afternoon, I attended my first meeting, which was actually training (on the Drupal system), presented by … Read more
Today’s posting is going to be quite the potpourri, as opposed to my regular daily blow-by-blow. [Get your mind out of the gutter.] Here’s a summary of the day: Day off. Slept in. Blogged. Lower body routine and a little ab workout. Two-stepped and line-danced. I’m not a big horoscope fan, but I recently subscribed … Read more
I thought I had set a wake-up call for 8:00, woke up at about 8:15, and then discovered at 9:00 (by the ringing phone), that I’d actually set it for 9:00. As expected, the weather outside was dreary, due to the fact the Tropical Storm Hanna was making her way up the eastern seaboard, with … Read more
I had a dream so intense this morning that I didn’t hear my alarm clock going off for about four minutes straight. That has never happened before. Short version of the dream: I was to be put to death by firing squad with one other person. For some reason, we were put in a tent, … Read more
I slept in this morning, getting a full eight hours of glorious sleep. I devised a separate blog entry for today called Financially Independent vs. Independently Wealthy, which was inspired by the question of a friend in a recent e-mail he sent to me congratulating me on my achievement and my leaving IBM. It is currently a … Read more
I’m close to finally having everything I need now for my visa application for China. In addition to the visa application itself, they want: Proof of Vacation by Employer: Letter from your employer showing you have the time off of work for the specific date range of your visa application and a job awaiting you … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) was up for a 5:00 conference call. Bless his heart. My alarm was set for 8:00, I woke up at about 7:30, and got up at about 7:50. Kevin put on the coffee, and I made Swiss and Sausage Omelets for us. They were pretty good, but I should have used more cheese. … 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