I drove in to work today specifically to attend one of my longest-time friend’s 25-Year Anniversary with IBM. He invited 7 or 8 colleagues to have lunch with him (on IBM) at Manchester Grill in Morrisville. His name is Kevan, and he also invited another guy named John who we hung around with in the … Read more
I met Steve Nelson for breakfast this morning up in his new ‘hood in North Raleigh. He’s found an independent coffee shop, Percolator, which is in the Quail Ridge Shopping Center, not far from his new place. Since the IBM credit union is right across the street from Quail Ridge, I brought Joe’s check to … Read more
I woke up at 6:15 to the blaring noise—of part static, part radio station—spewing forth from the clock-radio at full volume. After ironing a shirt, but then not wearing it, I met our group (minus Kathy), and we walked over to a local coffee shop for breakfast. My first thought was that the place was being run … Read more
I forgot to mention an affirmation in yesterday’s blog entry. After Joe arrived, but before we left for dinner at Taste of Thai, my doorbell rang, and it was the mail person. Arriving, from one of my favorite people on the planet, was one book, The Thinker’s Thesaurus, and one CD, Festivus: The Holiday for … Read more
Triple Seven From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Triple Seven (or Triple 7, Three Sevens, Three 7s, T7, 777 or 7-7-7) is a common winning line in simple slot machines, as common as 3 gold bars, 3 gold bells or 3 red cherries. Being dealt three 7 cards in Blackjack is almost a sure win, as … Read more
A good one from indexed: I was up early today, and I had an über productive day. I completed several action items for the Center for Excellence in Curricular Engagement, including: Composing and mailing a thank you letter form our office to a program assistant in another office who helped us out in a recent event, Creating a … Read more
Today I noticed that the tags can sometimes act as “meta-information” in these postings. This is particularly true of the first one here. Four of my recent favorites from One Sentence: Dearly Defeated On the other side of that door, just moments ago, I heard my life getting that much more screwed up. tags: sex … Read more
About One Sentence One Sentence is about telling your story, briefly. Insignificant stories, every day stories, or turning-point-in-your-life stories, boiled down to their bare essentials. Here are my four favorites so far: JDRose He told me I was pretty from certain angles. tags: beauty love [add] N On his last day of class, the middle … Read more
Do you think you have challenges in your life? Meet Hee Ah Lee, the four-fingered pianist. (That’s four fingers total; not four on each hand.) Compared to hers, my life is a breeze—like a day in paradise with an umbrella drink. Robert bought me this straw, which is just the deal. He got me that … Read more