As my coffee was brewing this morning, I looked over at my iPod that’s been sitting on a TV tray charging for about three days, ever since I saw that the “call support” error in the display had changed to a “low battery” message. On a whim, I unplugged it, and turned it on. It … Read more
I worked from home this morning, and from Helios this afternoon. I completed Shruti’s edit on schedule today. I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the Bank of America (Kevin’s bank) at Cameron Village today to be a witness in the notarizing of a Power of Attorney of his. He needed to run by the post office … Read more
Robert arrived at about 10:30, and we met Vivian and Jeff at Finch’s at about 11:20. It was jammed in there, plus they were short on staff. Not a good combination. We set our expectations up front, putting on our patience hats, although mine was a little tight from the git-go. When the food did … Read more
I met Katja at 11:30 at Manbites Dog Theater, where we enjoyed grapes while going through the grantwriting work that we’re going to “divide and conquer.” Robert and I had lunch at Cook Out on Hillsborough Road in Durham, which included a banana shake that consisted of just-not-ripe-enough bananas for my taste. Yummy burger, fries, … Read more
I met with Nathan, my financial advisor, from 11:00–12:00, spending most of that time discussing options on how to proceed with financial advice to my aunt and uncle when I visit them next month. In addition to talking about the option of investing in the exchange traded fund, GLD, that I’m in, Nathan also showed … Read more
Today was free bagel day at the gym, and I met Kevin (av8rdude) there at 7:00AM. We had a bagel (pumpernickel with honey walnut cream cheese, for me) and some coffee when we were done. Exercise Type Sets Reps Strength (Crunches) 12 15 Exercise Type Minute Duration Calories Burned Cardio (Treadmill) 30 207 Cardio (Elliptical … Read more
Robert and I enjoyed Hibernian’s Sunday Brunch once again today. This is my third weekend in a row eating it, and after being sufficiently stuffed, I’ve sworn off this indulgence, at least for the rest of this month. Robert was gracious enough to accompany me on a short visit to Jeanie’s grave site out at … Read more
Kevin (av8rdude) and I had a little miscommunication about the gym today. I thought we had agreed to meet there at 1:00. He thought we were going to check in, but shoot for 1:00. Enter social networking. He checked to see if I was on AIM, and not finding me, checked my status on brightkite, … Read more
I worked out from about 2:30 until 4:00 today. Exercise Type Minute Duration Calories Burned Cardio (Elliptical Machine) 30 610 I had a “crunch milestone” today, increasing my count by 33%. I’ve never really stopped to do the (simple) multiplication, and I surprised myself by realizing that I did 225 crunches. I’m scared of me! … Read more
David Rakoff, who is just absolutely hysterical in my book, said the greatest thing on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me the other day. With the recent California decision about gay marriage, he was talking about this inane notion that letting gay people get married will denigrate the institution of marriage, by saying: “It’s like … Read more