VolunteerWork, GettingPublishedWork, WorkWork, smelling the roses, and policing smoke…

~Sunday~  I had breakfast at the Farmers’ Market Restaurant enjoying their most delicious French Toast. I had it with link sausage and an egg over easy on the side. I know it’s redundant to have an egg with French Toast, since the batter on it is made with eggs, but I like it, and it’s … Read more

Buscapades and NCSU’s MS in Tech Comm Program Orientation…

~Monday~  The girl in the seat in front of me on the bus this morning did one of those Johari Window’s second quadrant (“blind spot”) things. That’s the quadrant that contains the things you don’t know, but that others do. What she didn’t know that I did know was that when she pulled up her … Read more

Two-episodes-in-one buscapade, three work meetings, one STC meeting, and non-booger drag…

~Thursday~ Today’s buscapades were a serendipitous soap opera. When I got on the bus, there was a lady sitting across from me with a Waffle House uniform on. I thought, “Damn, she’s got a long way to go,” because the stop for the Waffle house is the last stop on the outbound route, which means … Read more

Reading; sleeping; fasting; and dollars, but no cents…

I am proceeding nicely through Anna Karenina and finding it surprisingly accessible, which may have something to do with the fact that the translators, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, of the version I’m reading won the Pen/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize for their work. 60 pages down, 757 to go. Who’s counting? The ongoing State budget … Read more

Prudie’s ripping, presenting@STC’s open mic, some Helios time, and dancing…

Prudie, doing what she does best—ripping somebody a new asshole. Today, “E.T.’s Mom” is the proud owner of a fresh anus. Dear Prudence, I am a 50-year-old mother of three beautiful boys. However, I am having a problem with the oldest son, “John,” who is a senior in college a few hours from home. Recently, John … Read more

Buscapades, foods, work, and dancing…

This morning’s buscapades: I practiced “just-in-time” bus stop arrival this morning. Literally, I walked up to the bus stop and onto the bus. Not a second to spare. Once on, it was hot, hot, hot, hot, hot in there, and not in a good way. I used that “hot, hot, hot” line about my office … Read more

A snow day, working from home, canceling my STC conference trip, working out, & grocery shopping…

I awoke to a snow-filled outside, and settled into a day of working from home, as the university was operating under its adverse weather advisory today. My manager checked in at a little after 9:30, and she had gone into work, but not without incident. She did a 180° spin at an intersection, but fortunately … Read more

J. Beal’s over the edge, cold coming on, canceled commitments, accounting for books, & groceries…

From the world of spam… I’m afraid to even open, much less read, an email with the subject line of, “The rotating shaft & clit tickler always drive me wild.” But, alas, I did, only to find this “testimonial”: The most mind-blowing orgasms I have ever had! It is sensational. The clit tickler is amazing—I … Read more

An STC holiday party and multi-group reunion, and stopping by TPPN until it started….

I was into work early this morning, and as a result, caught the 4:30 bus home. It was coming just as I walked out. I attended the STC’s end-of-semester and holiday gathering at Mitch’s Tavern, which started at 7:30 and hosted a convergence of present NCSU STC student chapter members, an “ENG 675 (’08) reunion,” … Read more