I had breakfast with Kevin (av8rdude) and his friend Dave at Pam’s Farmhouse Restaurant. I had an omelet this time instead of their French Toast. I was not pleased when our server arrived holding our hot plates with a dish rag, the end of which was touching the end of my omelet on the plate. … 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
We were up at a decent hour this morning to fit in breakfast before our noon movie out at the Carolina Theater in Durham. We had one of our favorite breakfasts—the French Toast at the Farmers’ Market Restaurant. Good stuff. Our final NCGLFF film was at 12:10 and called, Ready? OK! We have been unable … 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
Today was “Free Bagel Tuesday” at the gym, and Kevin (av8rdude) and I got up with an attitude at 6:45. My first thought as I woke up and put on my face before heading out was, “All this for a free bagel?” Imagine my look of surprise when we saw a sign at the front … Read more
I spent some time yesterday on an undisclosed project. At about 4:30, I met Joe at New World Coffee House, where there were signs hanging all over the place that said this: Free Chair Massage Tuesday, August 12th 11:30–1:30 I think I’ve decided on one of my kitchen table chairs—the one I sit on the … Read more
I spent most of the morning working on written answers of an interview I did with Wayne Sutton (@waynesutton) for the latest video featured on the new Web site, 30THREADS. The name of the video segment is “A look at two different bloggers named John,” for which Wayne basically clipped sound bites from a five- or … Read more