LingoLook, class, fake babies, Nathan met me, and 120 Minutes…

An on-time, uneventful bus ride in this morning. I did think, as I was listening to music on my iTouch, that I should be using this transit time to learn Chinese, which reminded me of a podcast called LingoLook China, which someone in our delegation had purchased. This morning, I had a 9:00 class in … Read more

Worked, got taken for a ride, and in the bed by 9PM…

Morning BUStle I caught the 8:25 Method Road CAT bus, instead of my usual 7:25 one, and none of the usual suspects were on it. At a stop on Gorman Street that is also a Wolfline (NCSU’s bus system) stop, the “transportational divide” (à la “the digital divide“) was more evident than ever. All of the white people and Asian … Read more

Slept in, did laundry and a little cleaning, danced, and Bon Qui Qui…

I slept in this morning, allowing myself a full eight hours sleep. Yay! I added a link to my Twitter stream off to the right in the links column. I did three loads of laundry today—one whites, one colors, and one sheets (you know you needed that much detail!)—straightened up (my house, not me) some, hung up … Read more

A summary kind of day and a potpourri of things that engaged me today…

Today’s posting is going to be quite the potpourri, as opposed to my regular daily blow-by-blow. [Get your mind out of the gutter.] Here’s a summary of the day: Day off. Slept in. Blogged. Lower body routine and a little ab workout. Two-stepped and line-danced. I’m not a big horoscope fan, but I recently subscribed … Read more

An interview on 30THREADS, laundry, exercising, grocery shopping, and some free pool…

I spent most of the morning working on written answers of an interview I did with Wayne Sutton (@waynesutton) for the latest video featured on the new Web site, 30THREADS. The name of the video segment is “A look at two different bloggers named John,” for which Wayne basically clipped sound bites from a five- or … Read more

Kevin comes a-staying, a food court musical, exercising, and a xword puzzle…

I worked from home today.  My friend Kevin (av8rdude) moved in today for a three-to-four week stay (happiness) before he moves to Seattle (sadness). I turned down his bed and left this on it: The card said: Dear Kevin, For the next few weeks, “Mi Casa, Su Casa.” If the 650 thread-count sheets and the mints don’t … Read more

Working from home and Helios, Power of Attorney invoked, and exercising…

First thing this morning, I had an e-mail from Kevin’s realtor saying that his place contracted, and asking if I’d be available some time today to sign paperwork on his behalf. I worked from home this morning, and from Helios this afternoon. Two notable things happened at Helios today: My cell phone battery was getting … Read more

Finished Eat, Pray, Love, had a lazy day, dinner with Joe, and two-stepping & line-dancing…

David Rakoff, who is just absolutely hysterical in my book, said the greatest thing on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me the other day. With the recent California decision about gay marriage, he was talking about this inane notion that letting gay people get married will denigrate the institution of marriage, by saying: “It’s like … Read more

Volunteering@ENC, Robert’s procedure, a haircut, exercising, and a short night out…

I volunteered at Equality North Carolina this morning from 10:00 until noon. This was my third 2-hour volunteer stint, each time working on a postcard campaign in anticipation of the School Violence Protection Act coming before the legislature for a vote soon. I’ve participated in the process from beginning to end now: 1) Entering the … Read more