~Friday, October 6, 2017~ We were up at 4 a.m. and left the house at just after 4:30, leaving what I thought would be plenty of time to make my 6:10 flight. When I got inside, the line for Delta check-in must have had close to 100 people in it. Walking toward it, I remembered … Read more
On Sunday, the first day of October, I attended a gathering at the home of my friend and co-worker, Matt, for a couple of hours of prompt writing. In attendance, in addition to Matt and myself, were Naomi, Brent, Jacques, and Matt’s girlfriend, Ashley, who devised the prompts we used for the evening. Here are … Read more
I had three nightmares last night, all disturbing and frightening in their own way. DIAGNOSED I was at a gathering of family and friends and I had a wife who was projecting a slide show on the wall. I don’t remember the slide before or after to know if they were about a vacation or … Read more
I’ve been working at Red Hat, on and off now, for about 3 years and 9 months, and I’m going to call Tuesday, June 6, 2017 my best day yet. Here are the 3 things that contributed to that: ONE: RED HAT PRIDE INFORMATION TABLE Red Hat has a diversity and inclusion group called Red … Read more
I started reading the book on May 17, 2017 and after 10 days of on-and-off reading, I abandoned it on May 27, 2017. The story was good enough that I wanted to know what was going to happen next, but alas, the writing was too poor to keep reading. There were too, too many similes … Read more
After waiting for it to become available on Netflix, Bob and I watched Hidden Figures with much anticipation. The synopsis Three brilliant African-American women at NASA—Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe)—serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John … Read more
~Sunday~ Tongue & Groove Open Mic came out of hiatus tonight in its new digs at VAE in downtown Raleigh. About Tongue & Groove: Cohosts Anna Weaver and Ben Molini welcome poets, musicians, jugglers, mimes, whatever… anything but comedy (which is not say you can’t be funny, just that comics have their own open mic … Read more
We’re finally able to see a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel, and we’re pretty sure it’s not a train coming back at us. We’re in the stage now where everything is very exciting. Our last update for the October and November progress was quite recent, so you probably don’t need … Read more
It’s been a very productive month, about which we couldn’t be more pleased and excited. If you need a refresher of where we last left our heroes, you can skim through the pictures in the September’s update. As a reminder, we’re expanding from 1,000 square feet to 1,500 square feet and you can review the … Read more
~Monday~ A year ago today, I married Robert Anthony McVeigh. About a month ago, I learned about this website LoveBook Online, by seeing a book made on it by the husband of a friend, and I checked it out. Between its incredibly intuitive user interface, and the many endearing sayings that come out of Bob's … Read more