I think this, from one of today’s obituaries, is just precious: “Martha Hebbert Wilson recently celebrated her 99th birthday by blowing out all the candles in one breath. She believed in doing things right the first time.” This description of such a simple act is just packed with the sense of Martha. With a semicolon … Read more
Last night I fell asleep at 10:00PM, woke up at 12:30AM, tossed and turned until 1:15, got up and read until 3:30, reset my alarm from 6AM to 8AM, fell back asleep, and woke up at 7:30AM this morning. Annoying. I have a friend who on occasion has asked me, “Do these pants make my … Read more
Arguably, Jon Stewart is America’s Best “Straight Ally” to the gay community. Robert and I slept in this morning—as well we should have after last night. I spent a couple of hours at Helios this afternoon, most of which time I spent creating my presentation to be given tomorrow night as the incoming president of … Read more
In a recent post, I alluded to the importance of having your last wishes documented. I forgot to mention a most wonderful organization and place to get a document that will help you do this in the most comprehensive and expeditious manner. The “gist” of the document is outlined below. (It’s been described as The … Read more
Even though I wasn’t out very late last night, I gloriously slept in this morning, my alarm waking me up at 10:00. I received two “writing affirmations” via e-mail today. Writing affirmations are particularly powerful for me, not only because they affirm what I’m passionate about, but because they often totally surprise me. You just … Read more
Instead of just whining about that field on the form in my yesterday’s blog entry rant, I decided to do something about it, so I wrote to the guy who runs the website. Here is our e-mail exchange (I’m in yellow; he’s in blue): Hello, I hope you will take this in the vein in … Read more
I drove in to work today specifically to attend one of my longest-time friend’s 25-Year Anniversary with IBM. He invited 7 or 8 colleagues to have lunch with him (on IBM) at Manchester Grill in Morrisville. His name is Kevan, and he also invited another guy named John who we hung around with in the … Read more
From a Slate.com article, Ads We Hate: Over the past few weeks, my girlfriend has been looking into international cell phone plans. At the Verizon Wireless Web site, she had an online chat with a sales representative. I feel compelled to share this verbatim transcript: A Verizon Wireless online pre-sales specialist has joined the chat. … Read more
For goodness sakes, folks! Take some pictures of your loved ones, so you don’t have to use one like this one in their obituary: I did my part with regards to IBM’s Energy Action Day—of which today was one, as is the rest of this week with the projected temperatures—and worked from home. I signed up … Read more