Kevin’s car service, working from home, a late night workout, and Kevin’s last night…

My alarm went off at 7:00, and I drove over to Fred Anderson Toyota to pick up Kevin (av8rdude) who left his car there for service today. Back at the house, we had bagels, cantaloupe, and coffee for breakfast. The cantaloupe roulette came up snake eyes. It was okay, but nowhere near as sweet as the … Read more

Working from home, live 30THREADS@lunch, exercising, and a little karaoke…

August 18, 2008 Update: Dolores Aguilar Obit Real After some debate on the authenticity of Dolores Aguilar’s obit in… I worked from home today—Kate’s edit. During lunchtime, I participated in a live video discussion with Ginny and Wayne from 30THREADS, along with about 20 other people. In the course of the discussion, Wayne mentioned that … Read more

An IBM class, an “old” friend mis-identified, a late-night workout, and a vitriolic obit…

Good week for… Bad week for… Supplemental income, after Mick Jagger turned 65, becoming eligible for a state pension of $180 a week. The getaway, after police arrested Sean Gallagher of Illinois on charges he robbed the same gas station three times in recent months. After the third robbery, a gas station employee pointed Gallagher … Read more

Farmers’ Market breakfast, Ready? OK!, Mostly Social Book Club meeting, and karaoke…

We were up at a decent hour this morning to fit in breakfast before our noon movie out at the Carolina Theater in Durham. We had one of our favorite breakfasts—the French Toast at the Farmers’ Market Restaurant. Good stuff. Our final NCGLFF film was at 12:10 and called, Ready? OK! We have been unable … Read more

Two more NCGLFF films, lunch at Mad Hatter’s, and dancing…

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

Exercising, and a collection of short films at the 13th Annual G&L Film Festival…

Kevin (av8rdude) and I got the gym “out of the way” first thing this morning, from 9:00-10:15. I did upper body and crunches. Exercise Type Minute Duration Resistance (Upper Body) 45 Exercise Type Sets Reps Total Strength (Crunches) 10 30 300 I met with some folks over at N.C. State today for about an hour-and-a-half, … Read more

Working from home and Helios, a punny, Tru Loved, and our China trip hotels…

Kevin (av8rdude) and I worked from home this morning. We had bagels for breakfast and ham and Swiss wraps for lunch. We worked from Helios this afternoon, where Joe joined us. I was in line for a Single Iced Skinny Caramella Sugar Free, when the little girl in front of me asked the young barista in … Read more