My day started off very emotionally today—with two phone calls. One of my dear, dear friends in life left me a voice mail message yesterday, saying that she had something very important to ask me—that it wasn’t urgent, but that it was important. She went on to say that she didn’t know if it was … Read more
Amazing SIX-Year-Old Singer I met the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement (Yay! We finally have at least a “splash page” of a web site!) team in downtown Cary for Lazy Daze, one of the biggest one-day arts and crafts extravaganza in the country. Not being a shopper in general, or very interested in arts and … Read more
I had a delightful little breakfast of leftover bagels with Myra at the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement. While we were sitting in the break area there, a guy from the group—the Study Abroad group (Personally, I’d rather study Aguy than study Abroad) [Badump-bump; I’m here all life, folks.]—who shares the third floor of … Read more
Milford and I always found Howie to be the most classful and upstanding person. People, please! When leaving obituary sentiments is not the time and place to make up words! Classful? I was up and at ’em early this morning, catching the 8:19 bus, and arriving at the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement (CECE) … Read more
The first thing this morning, my caller ID read: “Incoming Call” instead of displaying a number, and after debating on whether or not to pick it up, I did. “Mr. Martin?” “Yes, it is,” I replied. “This is Gladys at the Coastal Federal Credit Union and…” “You have my ATM card?” I interrupted. “Yes, we … Read more
This passage, lifted from A Prayer for Owen Meany, is a perfect “literal metaphor” (an oxymoron?) for the emotions I was feeling about the screaming kids and their parents, on both my flight to and from Austin: The other thing preferable about the weekday services is that no one is there against his will. That’s another … 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