~Monday~ I caught the 8:15 city bus, which had a different driver than the usual one. He talked about sports with two guys sitting up front my entire trip. The discussion started off with basketball, during which one of the guys said, “I don’t care what nobody says, Sidney Lowe is the best point guard … Read more
~Sunday~ First on my agenda this morning was to retrieve my credit card that’s now been down at The Dinner for two days. I dropped into Helios, got a cup of coffee, and then slipped across the street to get my card. They couldn’t find it at first and I was relieved when they eventually … Read more
~Wednesday~ I caught the #9 Greek Village Wolfline bus in this morning, and tracked its progress to my stop on my BlackBerry via this website. Shortly after I arrived at the Kaplan/Gorman stop to wait for the bus, a young lady wearing a backpack walked up to the stop and stood within hearing distance of … Read more
~Wednesday~ There were several people on the bus with ear buds in and listening to gadgets, which is not really that usual for the city bus. They were all guys, and three of them sat right around me. One of them also had a lot of bracelets going on. Here he is: I took the … Read more
~Sunday~ I woke up to an incredible thunderstorm at 9:00 this morning. Unable to go back to sleep, even though I hadn’t had eight hours, I got up. I had big plans today, but they sputtered out as the day wore on and I didn’t move to see things through. In the early afternoon, somewhere … Read more
~Saturday~ I slept in this morning, and once up enjoyed a leisurely breakfast and took care of several to-do items online, including some calendaring for Salon, writing Thursday and part of Friday’s blog entry, and playing some Scrabble. Mid-afternoon, I finally got my ass to the gym, where I did 40 minutes on the elliptical … Read more
~Wednesday~ I caught the 7:45 city bus instead of the 8:15, walking up to the stop at 7:50 just as the bus approached the intersection near my stop. I immediately replayed my last couple of minutes in my house thinking, “If I would’ve done just one more thing before coming out here, I would have … Read more
~Monday~ There was a slight drizzle of rain at the bus stop this morning, and when I walked up a young African-American guy was there holding his book bag over his head. I watched him from under my umbrella-ella-ella (sorry—channeling Rihanna there for a second), and at one point he put the bag down, reached … Read more
~Wednesday~ I caught the #1 Avent Ferry Wolfline bus at the Avent Ferry Food Lion Park & Ride. Still in exam week, the ridership was sparse, with about 15 people aboard. Three people were attached to ear buds and playing with gadgets, two people were studying class notes, one girl pretty much slept sitting upright … Read more
~Sunday~ I got up at about 10:00 to the most phenomenal weather! I took care of a bunch of to-do items, and enjoyed lunch out on my deck before heading for a walk around Lake Johnson. During my 3-mile, 55-minute walk, I listened to the True Urban Legends podcast episode of This American Life. I … Read more