Morning BUStle I caught the 8:25 Method Road CAT bus, instead of my usual 7:25 one, and none of the usual suspects were on it. At a stop on Gorman Street that is also a Wolfline (NCSU’s bus system) stop, the “transportational divide” (à la “the digital divide“) was more evident than ever. All of the white people and Asian … Read more
Morning BUStle Once again, I caught the 7:25 Method Road CAT bus, which once again arrived two minutes early. I’m keeping a mental spreadsheet of average arrival times to miniminze my future waits. Once again, up by Western Boulevard, that very tall woman boarded the bus, once again with a convenience store cup of coffee, and today I noticed … Read more
Today’s BUStle (Inbound) I caught the 7:25 Method Road CAT bus, which is right at the end of the driveway entrance to our townhouses. On Gorman Street, up by Western Boulevard, this very, very tall woman boarded the bus and had features that would not preclude the possibility that she might have once been a man. I … Read more
I worked from home this morning, and during lunch time I ran to Coastal Federal Credit Union (CFCU), where I: Changed my mortgage payment to be drafted from my new State Employees Credit Union checking account instead of my CFCU checking account. Did the same with my home equity loan payment. Stopped my first-of-the-month transfer … Read more
After a good, early night’s sleep, I was up at 6:00AM and out to the bus by 7:30. I’m going to introduce a new feature starting with today’s entry, it’s going to be called BUStle, and it’s going to capture my musings on my bus rides—both to and from work. I don’t know if I’ll … Read more
I met Nathan for a 30-minute 8:00AM meeting, in which he started off by allaying any fears about the solvency of Ameriprise—considering the national financial debacle that’s been going on this week. Next, we talked about shifting my asset allocation to a more conservative mix, as I enter the “quasi-retirement” phase that I’m in. He’s … Read more
Today was a much better bus day, since I got off to an earlier start, which allowed me to catch a bus that actually had plenty of seating available—as opposed to yesterday’s butts-to-nuts situation. I didn’t mention that yesterday afternoon, I attended my first meeting, which was actually training (on the Drupal system), presented by … Read more
Regretfully I’m going to have to make this short to catch up, to keep from getting too far behind. Suffice it to say that today was my first day in the office at my new job, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a very nice day, with my manager organizing a little breakfast-type gathering … Read more
Today was my first day working for the state of North Carolina as an employee of North Carolina State University. I spent eight hours in New Employee Orientation, during which we were treated to six different speakers in the following areas: Welcome to NC State, Benefits, Diversity, Health & Safety, Discrimination & Harassment, and Information … Read more