My gracious host, and dear friend, Irene let me sleep in this morning. Once up, I chauffeured her around for several errands as she is experiencing pain that is restricting a lot of her body movement—not exactly a convenience on the day of her party. Among the places we stopped were: A party store, in … Read more
I was up an hour-and-a-half before my alarm today, and with much to do, I made myself get up. Myra and I had an hour-long meeting with the ITD web folks in the Hillsborough Building, where we talked about our requirements with them, while they shared their services with us. It was a pretty good … Read more
I woke up at 6:15 to the blaring noise—of part static, part radio station—spewing forth from the clock-radio at full volume. After ironing a shirt, but then not wearing it, I met our group (minus Kathy), and we walked over to a local coffee shop for breakfast. My first thought was that the place was being run … Read more
I met Myra, Kathy, and Holly at Clark Hall at 7:00, and George drove up with the BAV (big-ass van) at about 7:10. We stopped at the Harrison Avenue exit and picked up Patti in the shopping area where Sam’s Club is. We arrived at The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center at … Read more
This is quite interesting and quite the endeavor: The Picture of Everything. Try the “Character Key,” by clicking over a portion of the picture and then hovering over the results of that. I met with Clyde and my sister today to finalize our 2007 NC Teaching Fellow Junior Conference presentation called, “Are you IN or … Read more
Looks like I will just have to squint through my bifocals… Hello, Currently, a Large Print edition of A Prayer for Owen Meany has not been published. I hope this information helps you. AskALibrarian Or, I guess I could get one of these… It’s a Whole Different Story in the Supermodel Car Four-year-old boy: Mommy, … Read more
Don’t Sprinkle While You Tinkle I drove over to Crossroads to the Home Depot there, and on the way had a little chat with myself about my attitude toward another driver. The person in front of me, in the left lane, was not going fast enough for my taste. I considered slowing down and getting … Read more
I forgot to mention an affirmation in yesterday’s blog entry. After Joe arrived, but before we left for dinner at Taste of Thai, my doorbell rang, and it was the mail person. Arriving, from one of my favorite people on the planet, was one book, The Thinker’s Thesaurus, and one CD, Festivus: The Holiday for … Read more
What If We Both Listen for a While? Dude: I’m sorry. I feel like I’m talking too much. Chick: It’s okay—I like to hear you talk. Dude: Well, I like to hear you listen. —9th & 2nd via Overheard in New York, Jul 13, 2007 I like the ambiguity of voice in this. Is he … Read more
My sister and I each had a hard-boiled egg for breakfast. We had a few left over, so we built some “egg art”: A favorite www.onesentence.org entry: little c I should have been watching the intersection instead of the light. tags: car accident blame lesson learn oops [add] 2007-07-13 10:25:33 / Rating: 3.75 / My … Read more