I met @waynesutton, @theRab, @mattrmiller, @DiMambro, and @dtraleigh, for a mini-Triangle TweetUp at noon at the new Martin Street Pizza. I had the “one slice, side salad, and a drink for $5.99” special. Both the pizza and the salad were primo. At one point @waynesutton had two phones out, which made me laugh for two … Read more
Robert and I were up and at ’em early this morning, getting to the Farmers’ Market Restaurant on a rare (first time ever, actually) weekday visit for breakfast. We each had their killer, killer French Toast. I had an egg over easy on the side with mine, and Robert had a side order of bacon—which … Read more
I met my friend Myra for lunch today at Rockford. Myra is such good people. I love that she’s in my life. I had their Pimento Cheese sandwich, and Myra had their Roast Beef sandwich. When our waitperson enumerated the sides, I got “potato salad,” “black-eyed peas,” but didn’t quite get what the third option … Read more
Well one out of two ain’t bad—I was bushy-tailed this morning (can’t help it, really), but I wasn’t bright-eyed. Nonetheless, I did get to the gym at just after 7:00, and it was a cardio-only day for me. In anticipation of Robert’s arrival this afternoon from NYC and having seen Wicked, while I worked out, … Read more
When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple of days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it. The priest bent close to … Read more
I was up early this morning, logged into work by 7AM. In my inbox, was an e-mail from my manager’s manager’s manager with the subject line: Sad News. And within the body of the short e-mail, this line: “[Employee’s name] fell ill suddenly yesterday, was transported to the hospital, but unfortunately did not survive.” That … Read more
First thing this morning, I had an e-mail from Kevin’s realtor saying that his place contracted, and asking if I’d be available some time today to sign paperwork on his behalf. I worked from home this morning, and from Helios this afternoon. Two notable things happened at Helios today: My cell phone battery was getting … Read more
Oh. my. god. We had the greatest day today—such incredible, incredible fun running all around Raleigh (sometimes literally), with a great group of folks, learning tons about the city, and trying establishments (including a lot of bars!) that I would never have otherwise ever ventured into. We had a team participating in Raleigh Typhoon 2, … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I met at the gym at 7:30 today, as he left the country for three weeks this afternoon and needed to get his workout in early. The only thing worse to me than working out that early in the morning, is working out that early in the morning when it’s not “Free … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I had a little miscommunication about the gym today. I thought we had agreed to meet there at 1:00. He thought we were going to check in, but shoot for 1:00. Enter social networking. He checked to see if I was on AIM, and not finding me, checked my status on brightkite, … Read more