I actually went into the office today, after working from home on both Wednesday and Thursday. I worked on my presentation for the WIM/TUM PET meeting on Tuesday. We had lunch at Kemp’s Seafood. <Excuse me>… this beautiful, beautiful song, When I Think About Cheating, by Gretchin Wilson has just come on the radio. This … Read more
These are the CDs currently in my 6-CD changer in my car. (Hover over them to see illegible titles.) Robert was an absolute doll today, and searched through my house collecting all things Christmas, stored them in my giant storage bin for them, and put it back in the closet. He wheeled my trash can … Read more
My friend Michael, from London, sent me this joke today. Lena is hired at The Tickle Me Elmo factory and she reports for her first day promptly at 0800. The next day at 0845 there is a knock at the Personnel Manager’s door. The Foreman from the assembly line throws open the door and begins … Read more
Tonight was the first night of ENG 519, and I think this is going to be a fun class. One of our assignments is to introduce ourselves in our blog, so here it goes. My name is John Martin. Note: Whenever you follow any of the links in this blog entry, use the “Back” button … Read more
I am still thinking of bits and pieces of the movie, Kingdom Come, that I saw over the weekend. A line from the movie made an impression on me, so much so that I’m still thinking about it. One of the characters, Lucille, is the type of person that is always trying to make everything … Read more
Right before I left work Steve called from Nashville. We had a nice chat, and got caught up. Leaving work, I had a voice mail message from Irene. She was in distress, unfortunately from 9 o’clock this morning. I rang her back, but she was at school, and couldn’t talk. She said she’d call me … Read more
Joe and Richard picked me up just before checkout time at noon. We had brunch at Harper’s, right there by the hotel. I had an omelet, which came with a choice of two sides, and I chose grilled ham and the hashbrown casserole, which was phenomenal. We stopped by Richard’s house on the way out, … Read more
Joe called at around 10:00. I was still in bed, but not asleep. We made plans for them to pick me up around noon, which they did. In the meantime, I watched this most fabulous movie, I think it was on HBO. It was “Kingdom Come.” It so reminded me of a black version of … Read more
Joe and I left for Charlotte at 1:00. We stopped at Replacements Unlimited on the way, and I exchanged Vivan and Jeff’s water goblets for wine stems. Even though they were bigger glasses, they were the same price. Bonus. We drove through the Wendy’s drive-through. Joe got some chicken strips, fries, and a coke. I … Read more
Tomorrow night, at GLBT Games Night, they’re going to have some moments of remembrance for Matt Arrington, who died on December 23, 2004. I am going out of town just after noon on Friday, so can’t make it. I’ve sent the following to Matt Stokes, who’s organizing. Hi Matt, here is my remembrance of Matt … Read more