90% humidity, wife-beaters day, lunch w/Susan, and sabbaticals at dancing…

~Wednesday~  I couldn’t understand why—at 76°—I was beginning to sweat at the bus stop. A quick check of The Weather Channel app and it all became clear. Humidity: 90%. Evidently, I didn’t get the memo that it was Black-muscular-men-in-wife-beaters Day along Gorman Street today. I met my, then grad school professor and now friend, Susan for … Read more

Feeling sick@NSO, on-the-spot Twitter follows, a work affirmation, thirsty plants, & Vince’s obit…

~Wednesday~  I just made it to the Wolfline #9 Greek Village bus, such that I crossed the street and walked right on it. At the last minute yesterday, my colleague and peer manager to mine, Sarah, asked me to fill in as the back-up presenter for this morning’s student orientation. I got there a little … Read more

New student orientations, the Google migration continues, butter face, dancing, and Vince dies…

~Wednesday~  Jen was right on time this morning, and we had enough time to stop in the office before walking over to Witherspoon for her 8:45 Information Technology (IT) presentation to the students at New Student Orientation. I actually advanced the slides for her, because the remote they had available didn’t work. I walked back … Read more

A stagnant, stinky bus ride; Hades, NC; a struggling GumbyBoy; & and a non-foo-foo wine purchase…

~Wednesday~  Once again, I waited for the bus on the shady side of the street. You can assume this for the rest of the summer. It will be newsworthy when I don’t stand on the shady side. Stagnant. There was absolutely no air circulating on the bus when I boarded. It wasn’t hot, per se, … Read more

A yammerer, some dreads, and some hash; a professorial lunch; and festive dancing…

~Wednesday~  I caught the 8:15 city bus, on which I was the third to board, preceded only by these two women, who talked almost non-stop my entire ride. Actually, it would be more accurate to say the woman on the right talked most of the way, and the other one listened. She had the highest … Read more

Jude’s breakfast buffet, A SHOUTOUT ON THE BUS, and a ton of fun dancing…

~Wednesday~  I took an early bus in this morning to get to work in time to help my officemate, Rhonda, set up for our surprise birthday breakfast for our manager. When I arrived, Rhonda had done all the decorations in terms of setting the table and putting streamers up over our manager’s office door. Jude, … Read more

A beer belly man, a runway model, and a Parader climb aboard a bus… & a festive nite of dancing…

~Wednesday~  I caught the 8:15 city bus in to work this morning. Those of you who know me know that I am, if anything, the opposite of a fashionista or fashion connoisseur, but even I can tell that this is not a good look: Li’l Dino boarded, while on her phone, and she walked down … Read more

“Riley” says hello, sorta; a 1.75-year buscapade first; Photoshop art, Alejandro, salad, dancing…

~Wednesday~  While waiting for the 8:15 city bus, that Golden Retriever came out to do his on-demand poo, and as soon as he looked up and saw me at the bus stop, he did a trot up toward me ignoring his owner, whom I’m quite sure was calling, “Riley! Riley!” I thought he liked me … Read more

“You’re easily distracted,” another bank robbery near work, rhetoric, shopping, and dancing…

~Wednesday~  I caught the #9 Greek Village Wolfline bus in this morning, and tracked its progress to my stop on my BlackBerry via this website. Shortly after I arrived at the Kaplan/Gorman stop to wait for the bus, a young lady wearing a backpack walked up to the stop and stood within hearing distance of … Read more

Earbuds & bracelets; black girls & black dolls, catching up with Myra, and lame-dancing…

~Wednesday~  There were several people on the bus with ear buds in and listening to gadgets, which is not really that usual for the city bus. They were all guys, and three of them sat right around me. One of them also had a lot of bracelets going on. Here he is: I took the … Read more