I suppose it’s okay to take poetic license in obituaries, but I’m going call this one outright hyperbole: “She always made animals smile and flowers bloom.” Always made animals smile? This customer begs to differ. I did IBM edit work for a good portion of today. I got to the gym from 4:00–5:00 today. During … Read more
In my January 28th entry (which I shortly thereafter made a friends-only entry), I posted about a young woman who committed suicide in prison, and as it turned out, whose parents I knew from work, and whose father’s office is just down the hall from mine in my current position. Well, in today’s N&O Lifestyles … 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
I uploaded the final few pictures that were still in my camera from my trip. The address of the Sydney Westin, at which we stayed, was 1 Martin Place. Here’s a few pictures of me in the square about the hotel, and a picture of Robert that I love, love, love. And here I am … Read more
I stopped by the IBM Credit Union on Harrison to deposit a check from Robert, and made my way over to the Panera Bread off James Jackson Avenue. I had a delicious French Toast bagel with Reduced Fat (!) Honey Walnut Cream Cheese, and a cup of coffee one-fifth hazelnut, four-fifths non-flavored regular coffee. I … Read more
Breakfast was at 9:00 again today, and this time it was coffee, orange juice, blueberry muffins, green grapes, scrambled eggs and two strips of bacon. It was all good. After breakfast, we packed and were ready to be out of the room by 10:00, but left our stuff in the room until check-out time at … Read more
Two of my favorites from this week’s PostSecret blog: The opening blurb in a Hal Crowther story in the July 4 issue of The Independent: The Bush administration is a cadaver decomposing on America’s doorstep—yet no one will take responsibility for it, no one will give it a decent burial, no one even has the … Read more
I have a few lady friends who would really go for this ultimate sharing idea themselves! We got up around 8:00 this morning, and Robert made us some extra-strong coffee at my request. I made some French Toast for breakfast, with a recipe from the Internet. Robert was an absolute dear today, and after trimming … Read more
I didn’t mention that yesterday, before we left Helios, David’s lady friend told three great “Catholic jokes” and one gay joke, which were very visual so won’t work here, and in return, I shared with her the “picture of Jesus” and the “Jesus being a top” jokes, which she loved. We are all Catholics or lapsed … Read more
I woke up 10 minutes before my alarm, which was set for 6:00, went off. I got up. After checking the five-day forecast for Minneapolis, I packed, and then called Joe at 7:15 to make sure he was up and would be at my house by 7:45. He was. He did. After he dropped me … Read more