Interesting sculpture: The victory, Donatas Joukauskas, Lithuania I woke up at 8:30 today and thought, “Go back to sleep. Enjoy the holiday.” An hour later, after doing nothing but tossing and turning, I got up. I met Joe for lunch at Bear Rock Cafe at Crossroads. I had their: Mojave BBQ Flatbread $7.49 Grilled chicken breast, … Read more
About One Sentence One Sentence is about telling your story, briefly. Insignificant stories, every day stories, or turning-point-in-your-life stories, boiled down to their bare essentials. Here are my four favorites so far: JDRose He told me I was pretty from certain angles. tags: beauty love [add] N On his last day of class, the middle … Read more
Jet-Propelled Wednesday One-Liners Pilot: We’re on our way to New York where the weather is cold and icy, just like my prom date back in high school. —Jet Blue flight 114 from Ft. Lauderdale to JFK Flight attendant announcing boarding call: If you have given up your seat on this flight, please do not board … Read more
When Joe and I were in NYC, we saw Fantasia’s picture plastered all over the city, especially in the subway stations, announcing her debut on Broadway in The Color Purple. When we got back, I read this story titled, “Fantasia enlivens Broadway’s The Color Purple.” She’s playing Miss Celie, of course, and here’s one of … Read more
Okay, I’m not going to say how I came to be reading this trashy celebrity website, but this is definitely one of those things that made me go, “Huh???” In a story about a famous person (though I’ve never heard of him) charged with “barbaric assault and battery” against a woman, I came across this … Read more
I could throw up if I look at this long enough: I spent the day at Service-Learning today, where I finalized the information about a conference coming up in July, and I participated in a 1.5-hour post postmortem-type meeting about our Celebration of Learning on May 3rd. I also started going through all of my … Read more
WARNING: There is a bug in this blog entry! My alarm was set for 8:30 this morning, and I woke up to quiet at about 9:10. Turned out it was set for 8:30PM. I hate it when that happens. I had some “bus issues” today. On my way over to the stop at the Food … Read more
Controlling Electronics with Your Mind (2.08 Minutes) 27 years ago today, in 1980, on a Monday morning freshly graduated with my undergraduate degree, driving on NC-147 just off of I-40 West, I remember seeing the huge Alexander Drive exit ahead and thinking, “Wow. This is it. The big time.” It was my very first day … Read more
My bug man woke me up at about 7 minutes after 8AM. Seems like whenever I want them on the front-end of the time range they estimate to arrive, they come on the back-end; and like today, when I would have preferred them on the back-end of the 8-11 estimate, they show up on the … Read more
A middle-aged woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital. While on the operating table, she had a near death experience. Seeing God, she asked, “Is my time up?” God said, “No, you have another 43 years, 2 months and 8 days to live.” Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in … Read more