~Tuesday~ I caught the Wolfline #9 Greek Village bus at the corners of Gorman and Kaplan, and although the temperature was in the 70’s, the humidity was at 75%. Moist. I would describe the university bus this morning as fairly full, but not crowded. The Asian guy I’ve portrayed a couple of times, who usually … Read more
~Tuesday~ I was running behind schedule this morning, so I drove down the street and parked by the Wolfline #9 Greek Village Kaplan/Gorman stop. I’d scoped out the location of the bus online before leaving the house, so I pretty much arrived just before it did. I love technology when it works and makes life … Read more
~Saturday~ Internet and e-mail access on my Blackberry was still out this morning when I turned on my phone. I tried to make a phone call and found out that that wasn’t working either. I thought it was just the data plan part that wasn’t working. Checking the “Manage Connections” settings, I found everything indicating … Read more
~Monday~ I wanted to catch the 7:45 bus today and barely did, having only just a second to glance at that muffin continuing to deteriorate on top of that Southern Bell underground cable warning post. It wasn’t an ant-fest today, but as you can see, there was at least one still loitering about. At a … Read more
~Sunday~ I woke up to an incredible thunderstorm at 9:00 this morning. Unable to go back to sleep, even though I hadn’t had eight hours, I got up. I had big plans today, but they sputtered out as the day wore on and I didn’t move to see things through. In the early afternoon, somewhere … Read more
~Sunday~ I slept in and drove to Manbites Dog Theater Company in Durham for our February 1:00 – 2:30 board of directors meeting. A bright spot in the meeting was the presence of Marshall, who is going to be doing Donor Development work for the theater—something we’ve desperately needed, and if the articulation of his … Read more
~Friday~ I was grateful for both a kind and caring management team and for being in a job where it’s possible to work remotely, as I really wasn’t feeling at all social today, and I had to make a few personal calls that I would rather not have made from the office, such as the … Read more
I submitted this essay to AARP (quit laughing!) for a competition they do in each edition. They give a topic and ask for essays of 400 words or fewer about it. It did not get published, so I’m publishing it here, myself. Take that. What I Really Know About Television I really know that I … Read more
~Tuesday~ I was on the bus a half-hour earlier this morning, so on the 7:45 instead of the 8:15. There was only one other person on when I got on and that was Sci-Fi Fantasy Man. A couple of stops later, Cell Phone Lady got on, but without being on the phone, and without getting … Read more
~Friday~ Walking down the drive out of my townhouse, I saw a crawler on the ground. Because of its short length, I thought it was one thing, but when I got closer and saw how it was more flat than round, I thought it was another thing. My first thought was, “Is that a worm or … Read more