I uploaded my final edition of the newsletter to the STC website, and sent a notice to the stc and etc listserv, as well as copying the editor of the STC-Carolina Community’s Newsletter that it is now available. Almost, immediately, I received two affirmations of good work on it. Yay! I ran some errands today, … Read more
I went into the (IBM) office today. I had lunch with one of Kevin’s (zy1125) mentees, who reminds me a lot of myself when I was younger, except that she’s black and she’s a girl. She’s a programmer who thinks she’d rather be a writer. I think I helped her. I worked on Jim’s ITIM … 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
You may recall the close-up picture of a snowflake, which didn’t look anything like a snowflake, in one of my recent blog entries. Well this is a close-up picture of a seahorse that is actually discernible as a seahorse.
It’s been one complete year now that I’ve only worked two days a week at IBM, and it’s been great. My biggest fear starting out last year was the effect that a 60% reduction in pay was going to have on my lifestyle, though I obviously thought it would be manageable or I wouldn’t have … Read more
Two cases in point: We went to Finch’s for breakfast, and our waitress brought my two extra pieces of toast to me, saying, “Here you go, baby; she didn’t know you had an extra order,” referring to the other waitress who had brought out our food in her stead. “Thanks,” I said, and then, “By … 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
I worked (at IBM) from home today. I edited Qiana’s document, but didn’t finish it. I’ll have to finish it this weekend, and have it ready for her on Monday morning. I napped for a couple of hours. I went to Flex for Show Tunes Night and some free pool, which I played with Chris … Read more
I was up at 8:00 today, and at Sirtage Rental by about 8:45. The address of this business is listed as 12 Turner Street, which is just after the Arby’s on Hillsborough Street heading from Gorman down to State. The address is of a house, and on the porch that you walk up to there … Read more
I love this “Map of Online Communities and Related Points of Interest”: Just capturing my tickets from my NYC trip: Tonight, at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts in Raleigh, we saw: which starred Joan Collins and Linda Evans. It was “good enough,” but not great. It wasn’t as funny as the advertisements … Read more