I had a good eight hours of sleep last night, and one of the first things on my agenda this morning was to get my China visa application package to the post office. I forgot to mention yesterday that I stopped by Walgreen’s and got a passport-sized picture taken (which came out atrociously), and then … Read more
I’m close to finally having everything I need now for my visa application for China. In addition to the visa application itself, they want: Proof of Vacation by Employer: Letter from your employer showing you have the time off of work for the specific date range of your visa application and a job awaiting you … Read more
We got a good eight hours sleep, and were up shortly before the 9:00 alarm clock setting. Robert make coffee, and we had a little piece of a roll, two sausage patties each, and some cantaloupe for our breakfast. To go to the gym, I packed up, along with clothes to change into after working … Read more
My alarm went off at 7:00, and I drove over to Fred Anderson Toyota to pick up Kevin (av8rdude) who left his car there for service today. Back at the house, we had bagels, cantaloupe, and coffee for breakfast. The cantaloupe roulette came up snake eyes. It was okay, but nowhere near as sweet as the … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) was up for a 5:00 conference call. Bless his heart. My alarm was set for 8:00, I woke up at about 7:30, and got up at about 7:50. Kevin put on the coffee, and I made Swiss and Sausage Omelets for us. They were pretty good, but I should have used more cheese. … Read more
August 18, 2008 Update: Dolores Aguilar Obit Real After some debate on the authenticity of Dolores Aguilar’s obit in… I worked from home today—Kate’s edit. During lunchtime, I participated in a live video discussion with Ginny and Wayne from 30THREADS, along with about 20 other people. In the course of the discussion, Wayne mentioned that … Read more
Good week for… Bad week for… Supplemental income, after Mick Jagger turned 65, becoming eligible for a state pension of $180 a week. The getaway, after police arrested Sean Gallagher of Illinois on charges he robbed the same gas station three times in recent months. After the third robbery, a gas station employee pointed Gallagher … Read more
I met Robert in Durham at 10:05, and we got to the 10:30 NCGLFF movie, Tinkerbell Sprinkled the Fairy Dust, which was a collection of shorts including: Fabulosity (US, 2008, 6 min): In a delightful animated comedy, a conservative couple learns that their unborn son will have Fabulosity. [Amusing. I’m generally not a fan of … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I got the gym “out of the way” first thing this morning, from 9:00-10:15. I did upper body and crunches. Exercise Type Minute Duration Resistance (Upper Body) 45 Exercise Type Sets Reps Total Strength (Crunches) 10 30 300 I met with some folks over at N.C. State today for about an hour-and-a-half, … Read more
I was up at 9:00 this morning, and downstairs to brewing coffee by 9:09. Kevin (av8rdude) came down shortly after that and we each had a bagel from the six I bought yesterday while we were at Bruegger’s. He had crunchy peanut butter on his. I had butter on half of mine, and lite plain … Read more