Today started with a sausage and swiss omelet and coffee at the poolside bar and restaurant. Joe had granola cereal and the fruit plate. While at breakfast, we met a couple, Jeff and Dave, who had just arrived today, and who were staying until Saturday I believe, when they would depart for an RSVP cruise. … Read more
We were up at about 9:30 this morning, and we had breakfast in the usual place—this time each having a bagel (his plain, my cinnamon and raisin), and once again splitting a fruit platter. We went for a walk to a coffee shop up on Eaton off Duval that was supposed to offer free wireless … Read more
We got up at around 10:30 today, and had breakfast downstairs in the pool-restaurant-bar area. I had a three-cheese omelet, Joe had a bagel, and we split their fruit platter, which contains: strawberries, melon, cantaloupe, blueberries, bananas, pineapple, and oranges. I spent an hour or so up near the deck creating Friday’s blog entry. I … Read more
I’ve had two articles published in the January edition of Technically Speaking… One of the articles is entitled: “The Goal of it All: Graduation” (on page 1) and the other is, “Redefinition: Who is the Technical Communicator?” (on page 3). Today’s affirmations come from Andrew Armstrong’s article in said publication… That article is at the … Read more
I arrived at 8:45 for my 8:40 dentist appointment, and my hygienist for the day was at the door waiting for me. It was Jeanie, not my regular hygienist, Leigh Ann. Dr. Susan did my filling today, and I just can’t rave enough about her. I left there wanting to write her a thank-you note, … Read more
I worked from home today. I attended an interesting—albeit not too applicable to the work I do—education session today on Search Engine Optimization techniques with regards to PDF files, Flash files, RSS feeds, Podcasts, and Blogs. Following that, I attended another hour-long conference call, this one an Information Development & Design team meeting of one … Read more
Inspired by bratman, I made: “Emma fumbles Clarke’s writhing rhubarb that becomes enormous” out of the available words on Emm@’s fridge. I love hovering over the words in order making her say the sentence out loud. I worked from home today. The highlight of the day was not the two-hour conference call I listened in … Read more
Robert and I were up at about 9:00. He put on some coffee, and I made a cheddar-sausage-pineapple omelet for us. Yum! Late in the afternoon, I walked for an hour around my neighborhood, and I listened to one of the best episodes (to me) of This American Life that I’ve heard in a long … Read more
For the record, please note that I am in compliance: A friend sent me this advertisement about an upcoming screening that benefits Equality NC. I saw a “short” about this couple a few years ago at the NC Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, and it was quite engaging. SPECIAL FILM EVENT TO BENEFIT EQUALITY NC: … Read more
I slept in today, precisely because I could. It’s my last vacation day from IBM since just before the middle of December. I spent a good portion of today working on mitigating the imminent loss of my NCSU web hosting space, which currently houses my home page. Toward that end, I purchased a domain name … Read more