I volunteered at Equality North Carolina this morning from 10:00 until noon. This was my third 2-hour volunteer stint, each time working on a postcard campaign in anticipation of the School Violence Protection Act coming before the legislature for a vote soon. I’ve participated in the process from beginning to end now: 1) Entering the … Read more
I had a good night’s sleep. I’ve had almost no back pain in the last month or so. Perhaps those crunches strengthening my abs has helped in that regard. After fasting for 12 hours, I had a 10:00 appointment to have blood drawn for lab work. Four observations from my visit: My doctor’s office has … Read more
Oh.my.god. @Weird@Weird@Weird@ dreams all night long and into this morning. Did someone slip me a mickey? I had to get up to stop the madness. All that glitters may not be gold: Gold’s ‘Grand’ Illusion. [I’m going to ignore the ‘single quotes’ around the word “Grand.” According to the style guides I’m familiar with and … Read more
My day started off with a very funny telephone survey conversation. The survey was about video- and movie-watching habits, and after asking me how many movies anyone in my household had seen in the last 30 days (1, on 03/08/08) and how many movies from a video rental store anyone in my household has seen … Read more
Robert arrived at 11:00, and we drove over to the Brigs in Cary to have breakfast with two coupons, which were expiring on 01/31/08, for a complimentary entrée and non-alcoholic drink each. There was about a 20-minute wait, so we took a nice walk around the shopping center in which Brigs resides. The weather was … Read more
Of all the years I’ve been buying 12-packs of canned soda, I’ve never had this happen: One of the cans in my current pack is only half full. There are no leaks or anything; it just didn’t get filled up. Since it’s the only time that something like this has happened to me over all this … Read more
Those of you who know me know I love puns, particularly complex puns. Here’s a goody: A frog hops inside a Chinese bank and reads the name of the teller, Patricia Wak. Strange name, thinks the frog. Strange customer, thinks the teller. ‘Can I help you?’ she asks. ‘Yes, Miss Wak,’ he says. ‘I’d like … Read more
Thanks to my friend and reader, Kathy, in Texas for this. I just love the whole notion of it. The fact that he (Oscar Wilde) was gay, or paederastic as it were, has nothing to do with my liking it. But it doesn’t hurt… Oscar Wilde was a poseur and what he said was never necessarily … Read more
Last night I fell asleep at 10:00PM, woke up at 12:30AM, tossed and turned until 1:15, got up and read until 3:30, reset my alarm from 6AM to 8AM, fell back asleep, and woke up at 7:30AM this morning. Annoying. I have a friend who on occasion has asked me, “Do these pants make my … Read more
Instead of just whining about that field on the form in my yesterday’s blog entry rant, I decided to do something about it, so I wrote to the guy who runs the website. Here is our e-mail exchange (I’m in yellow; he’s in blue): Hello, I hope you will take this in the vein in … Read more