Evidently, even women dream about me… John Martin, you were in my dreams last night… Hey! Hope you are doing well. It’s been too long since I’ve seen your smiling face. Speaking of you smiling, I had a dream last night in which Milton and Bianca hosted a senior citizen square dancing festival. Will and I … Read more
I rode the bus down to the Bell Tower area on Hillsborough Street, and while riding overheard a cell conversation of this 18- or 19-ish year old. “Yes sir, I got it taken care of. It was only like $12.00.” I thought it sounded like maybe he was talking to his father, but wasn’t sure. … Read more
This is my favorite PostSecret from this week’s collection: What I wonder about it is, “Does the disappointment stem from what it couldn’t produce or from what it did?” And from overheardinnewyork.com, this gem: The Penthouse Belongs to His Brother Who Bought into the Lie Little nephew: The kids who celebrate Kwanzaa at my school … Read more
It’s postings like this one that made me first start reading RLP (the Real Live Preacher). Over the past couple of years, he’s drifted a little trying to find his place in the blogosphere, but every now and again he puts the real back in real life preacher. I mean do you know any other … Read more
I met Kevin (av8rdude) at Helios, 1-ish, where he worked on his final exam for a class, and I completed my edit of Christie’s context-sensitive help. You got peanut butter on my chocolate. No, you got chocolate on my peanut butter. Sometimes the juxtaposition of two things leads to a creative result. That’s sort of … Read more
Save the children. A seventh grader comes out. And the reaction is: as it should be; world without end, amen.
I’ll give you a topic. Baby Swiss Cheese. It’s neither infant-acting nor younger-looking. Discuss. So what puts the “baby” in Baby Swiss Cheese? Don’t answer that! Just think about it. And once you have…
I was surprised to see where North Carolina stood on this map. Where (and How) Evolution is Taught in the U.S. Click on the map to read more about it if you’re interested. I worked from home today, editing Christie’s Manage Services User Interface context-sensitive help. I canceled my 1-on-1 meeting with my manager. Class … Read more
This is way cool: The Future of Computer Interfaces? I set my alarm for 10:00 today, but woke up, and got up, at 9:00. After a hard-boiled egg and a banana, along with some some coffee for breakfast, I spent a couple of hours finishing the update to my ENG 675 defense presentation. I’m much … Read more
I got up at 10:00 today, after waking up on and off since 8:30. I devised yesterday’s blog entry, and then updated my podcasts with a subscription sync, erased the ones I’ve already listened to and then resynced to my iPod for my walk. I walked for an hour around my neighborhood, two times around … Read more