Robert and I were up at 10:00 to greet 2009. He got up first and put on coffee and turned up the heat, making my ascent easier. For breakfast, we had bagels with a couple of strips of bacon, along with our coffee. We listened to a bunch of podcasts, and at some point during … Read more
“You got any metal in your eyes?” “Pardon, me?” I asked, realizing I was still half asleep at 7:30 in the morning. “Do you have any metal in your eyes?” the nurse repeated. We had left the MRI waiting room and were standing in the hallway, right in front of a glass door leading outside. … Read more
First thing this morning, I wrote, by hand (that ancient art) in three greeting cards: a sympathy card, a “just because” card, and a thank you card. En route to my morning coffee, I dropped them off at the post office that’s two blocks down from my office. Having such things around me is one … Read more
I got a full eight hours sleep last night—always appreciate when I do that. With the temperature finally being manageable, and the humidity not being outrageous, I substituted a cardio workout at the gym with a walk around Lake Johnson this afternoon. I listened to a podcast while walking, which I haven’t done in a … Read more
A short, interesting article: How Do People Find the Time to Watch Television? Here are a few gems from T-Shirt Hell. I’ve put them behind the cut as a couple of them are potentially offensive. Don’t expand it if you think you might be offended.
I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the gym today at about 2:00, where it was a total cardio day for me, during which I listened to several NPR Story of the Day podcasts: Episode Description ‘Cheese’ Heroin Hooking Young Users in Dallas Imagine a 9-year-old heroin junkie. In Dallas, health officials are seeing children that young … Read more
I met Kevin (av8rdude) at Bruegger’s @ Mission Valley, just before 10:00, where we each had a pumpernickel bagel with light, plain cream cheese, and some Rain Forest Nut coffee. It was all good. Marginal scenery today. Back home, I did two loads of laundry—one lights, one darks. While that was going on, I did … Read more
I was up bright and early this morning, and got right to editing. I also sent out a reminder that my request for the writers’ editing needs for 2Q08 were due by COB tomorrow, since I sent the request out last Friday and haven’t received one (from 20 writers) request back yet. I got some … Read more
Death by blogging: In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop. From the New York Times. I met Kevin (av8rdude) at the gym today at 1:00, where it was another cardio day in the neighborhood. My right knee is hurting just a little bit, so I decided to take it slowly today, … Read more
Stolen, and morphed a little, from a comment posted to e-musings‘ request for jokes: Did you hear about the cowboy to whom everyone kept saying, “Get along little dogie.”? He bought a Dachshund. Today was a TurboTax day in the neighborhood. I was up at the crack of dawn, since I went to bed at … Read more