Watch a lot of TV? How sad. Happy people watch less TV than sad people, a three-decade-long study of 30,000 people has concluded. The General Social Survey, an ongoing project of the National Science Foundation, found that people who described themselves as happy watched an average of 19 hours of television a week, while their … Read more
Joe arrived at 9:00, and we took the Wolfline 9 Greek Village bus to campus, where we attended North Carolina State University’s Millennium Seminar Series, which is designed to engage, encourage and inspire NC State students throughout the academic year. It includes a diverse list of speakers—experts—who will discuss some of the key issues facing … Read more
A couple of tidbits from the bus rides today: Two adults were talking to each other in the back, and one asked the other, “So are you happy with your president?” to which a little child traveling with them interjected before the other could answer, “He’s my president, too!” On Hillsborough Street, across the front lawn … Read more
A person who works on our organization died this past week from cancer. She was the founder of the NC Triangle Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which last year was recognized as the top Komen affiliate in the world. She had survived breast cancer for 21 years, but was diagnosed with lymphoma last year. … Read more
I was pointed to an article about changing careers by someone’s tweet today, and this was an interesting point made by a reader commenting on the advice of the career advisor who wrote the article: When colleagues get restless and ask me the if they should stay or go, I always ask the question, “Are you … Read more
We had a snow day today, and I worked from home. At 10:00, I logged into cnn.com‘s live coverage of the inauguration, and I was glued there until about 1:00. I was watching the event on my PC (wired connection), and I was following Twitter on my laptop (wireless connection). I found the commenter on … Read more
It was cold as frak this morning. If the bus had been one more minute in coming, the tops of my ears might have cracked off. Once on however, I’ll just say this, “Maniacal driving is not a quality I admire in a bus driver—particularly one who has my life in her hands.” Just terrible—drove … Read more
I had the most delightful lunch with Jason, a professor of mine from grad school who’s just a quality human being. It was good to catch up. I’d asked him to bring a picture of his two-year old, which he remembered to do—two of them in fact—and she is just adorable. Among a number of … Read more
Snap, snap from a Walmart greeter! A very loud, unattractive, mean-acting woman walked into Walmart with her two kids, yelling obscenities at them all the way through the entrance. The Walmart Greeter said pleasantly “Good morning, and welcome to Walmart. Nice children you have there. Are they twins?” The woman stopped yelling long enough to … Read more
I showed up for my physical therapy (PT) appointment at Raleigh Orthopedics Rehabilitation (ROR) in Cary at 7:28. My appointment was actually at 7:45, but they told me to be there at 7:30, because it was my first visit. I arrived to no one and after a few minutes, someone came in that didn’t really know … Read more