William Ames Christopher William Ames Christopher, 67, of Cary died Sunday, May 27, 2007. Ames was born in Chuckatuck, Nansemond County, VA to the late Floyd H. Christopher and Dorothy Ames Christopher. He was a graduate of NC State, Class of 1961 and retired from NC State Government as Asst. Director for persons with the … Read more
I worked for a few hours in our new Service-Learning office. I met E-Ching, Sarah, Myra, Alissa, Patti, Elizabeth, Erin, Gregor at Southpoint where we all went to see: My favorite display was one on the nervous system. The first glance appeared alien-like, but once I realized what it was, it was just the coolest … Read more
I could throw up if I look at this long enough: I spent the day at Service-Learning today, where I finalized the information about a conference coming up in July, and I participated in a 1.5-hour post postmortem-type meeting about our Celebration of Learning on May 3rd. I also started going through all of my … Read more
10 Dos and DON’Ts Health Tips DO: Something. If there’s anything exercise scientists agree on, it’s that you get the biggest health benefits when you go from doing nothing to doing just about anything. DON’T: Do stuff you hate just because you think you have to. Nobody ever went soft because he lifted weights when … Read more
Not quite sure if this ad “introducing the first safe color specially formulated for the hair down there” is for real or not, but it’s both interesting and funny. I love the testimonial quotes. When I woke up at about 9:30, Joe had been to Drunkin’ Donuts and returned with breakfast. Yay! We called Kea at … Read more
We drove down to Wrightsville Beach today only to be totally frustrated with the parking situation there. After faring the traffic to get over the bridge, driving all the way to the end of the beach, and “perching” for 5 or 10 minutes to see if anyone was going to come out to their car … Read more
Joe and I left Raleigh at about 10:30, and all along I-40 East to the beach, we saw these “drones”: as described in this story. We arrived at the Quality Inn between 12:30 and 1:00, where we were greeted by our friend “Kea” and given the only room that was already cleaned for check-in, as the … Read more
Two things: 1) Not sure why she has an apostrophe in “end’s,” so I removed it, and 2) don’t read this if you’re easily offended by religious sarcasm, parody, and satire. The totally irreverent Betty Bowers on Jerry Falwell’s death: All’s Well that Ends Falwell. This is so priceless (pun intended) to me: Dear Prudence, … Read more
WARNING: There is a bug in this blog entry! My alarm was set for 8:30 this morning, and I woke up to quiet at about 9:10. Turned out it was set for 8:30PM. I hate it when that happens. I had some “bus issues” today. On my way over to the stop at the Food … Read more
Today’s www.toothpastefordinner.com entry: Early to bed, early to rise. I was in the office at IBM at 7:45 this morning, avoiding the morning rush hour. Yay! I had a 30-minute “Counseling Session” with the MoneySmart people today. MoneySmart is a most excellent new program being provided by IBM free of charge. It’s described as follows: … Read more