I worked from home today completing an edit for Christie. I presented in class tonight, and spoke way too quickly. Suggestions included: See if you can get a hold of some of the proceedings of past IRERS conferences to get a sense of the “tone” of the papers typically presented at the sessions geared toward … Read more
We met at Breezy Lake Drive to go together to breakfast, with the intention of eating at a Denny’s. However, it was totally jam-packed when we got there, as was the Cracker Barrel next door to it. Rather than drive around for another place, we decided to have a quick breakfast at a Wendy’s, as … Read more
We took advantage of the complimentary hotel breakfast this morning, which was pretty decent. My dad read the headlines about Senator Craig resigning, and said, “The only reason he’s resigning is because he’s a Republican. If a democratic had done the same thing, he wouldn’t be forced to resign.” I bit my tongue and thought, … Read more
We were at Aunt Annette’s and Uncle Frank’s a half hour early—at 9:30 instead of 10:00. We had a nice breakfast of coffee, juice, raisin bread toast, and some massa. In the backyard at the lake’s edge, Uncle Frank introduced us to this mama swan and her two babies, which he had enticed to the … Read more
I was up before the alarm this morning and put on a pot of coffee. I prepared English muffins and sausage, set that out for mom and dad and then hit the shower. We left at 9:15, and as it turns out, it was a good thing. <drama> Mom’s knees set off the alarm. Mom’s … Read more
I worked from home today, but have to admit that I didn’t get much IBM work done. I will have to make up for it over the weekend. Grrrr! During lunch I ran to CECE to drop off a box of items for Patti to take to sell in this Saturday’s Cat Angels‘ garage sale. … Read more
My day started off very emotionally today—with two phone calls. One of my dear, dear friends in life left me a voice mail message yesterday, saying that she had something very important to ask me—that it wasn’t urgent, but that it was important. She went on to say that she didn’t know if it was … Read more
These guys do get pretty tickled over this! (And you can’t really blame them.) My sister has a cameo appearance in this video podcast. (It takes a little while to “transfer” before you can start playing it.) She’s at a little over a third of the way through—she’s after these four speakers: Dr. Rhea Miles, … Read more
Clyde arrived at 5:40AM, and we were on the road to Greenville five minutes ahead of schedule. We met Vivian at the McDonald’s on 10th street, followed her to her office, where we picked up some audio-visual equipment, and then headed over to the building where we were presenting. She had a cart with her, … Read more
This passage, lifted from A Prayer for Owen Meany, is a perfect “literal metaphor” (an oxymoron?) for the emotions I was feeling about the screaming kids and their parents, on both my flight to and from Austin: The other thing preferable about the weekday services is that no one is there against his will. That’s another … Read more