I put some time in working on STC stuff today—updating the orientation sign-up, updating the events calendar to reflect our Service NC State event being on Friday now instead of Saturday, and devising some fresh content for our home page, which I then sent to Jen. I cleared off the paper piles from my kitchen … Read more
I spent almost the entire afternoon at Helios, where I was quite productive. For months and months, I’ve been wanting to make the results of some research I did in November and December of 2006 available on the web. Some of you may have participated in this research via a questionnaire I had a pointer … Read more
The first thing this morning, my caller ID read: “Incoming Call” instead of displaying a number, and after debating on whether or not to pick it up, I did. “Mr. Martin?” “Yes, it is,” I replied. “This is Gladys at the Coastal Federal Credit Union and…” “You have my ATM card?” I interrupted. “Yes, we … Read more
I met Steve Nelson for breakfast this morning up in his new ‘hood in North Raleigh. He’s found an independent coffee shop, Percolator, which is in the Quail Ridge Shopping Center, not far from his new place. Since the IBM credit union is right across the street from Quail Ridge, I brought Joe’s check to … Read more
I had no idea Aretha was ever this thin: Last night I had one of my life-long recurring dreams that I haven’t had for a while: I’m supposed to be in class, but I haven’t been to it in a while—long enough that in real life I would have been dropped from the class. I’m … Read more
Looks like I will just have to squint through my bifocals… Hello, Currently, a Large Print edition of A Prayer for Owen Meany has not been published. I hope this information helps you. AskALibrarian Or, I guess I could get one of these… It’s a Whole Different Story in the Supermodel Car Four-year-old boy: Mommy, … Read more
My sister and I each had a hard-boiled egg for breakfast. We had a few left over, so we built some “egg art”: A favorite www.onesentence.org entry: little c I should have been watching the intersection instead of the light. tags: car accident blame lesson learn oops [add] 2007-07-13 10:25:33 / Rating: 3.75 / My … Read more
In case you want to contribute to the “knowledge” base: Which is better? The current Top 20 Best Things are: A money tree growing in your back garden Being able to become invisible at will Waking up late for work then realizing it’s Saturday and you can stay in bed! Being able to pause time … Read more
I have a few lady friends who would really go for this ultimate sharing idea themselves! We got up around 8:00 this morning, and Robert made us some extra-strong coffee at my request. I made some French Toast for breakfast, with a recipe from the Internet. Robert was an absolute dear today, and after trimming … Read more
Investment matters can be complex, and sometimes things aren’t exactly what they seem. Case in point: several weeks ago in this blog entry on finding out that stamps were going up and that they were now selling a “forever stamp,” I made this comment: “Now, this notion that these stamps will be good ‘forever,’ no … Read more