Musing, blogging, reflecting, affirming, complaining, documenting
I had a goal to increase the number of books I read over last year. In 2018, I read 26 books. This year, I read 29. Here are some fun facts about the books I read in 2019: Cost and sourcesI spent $0.00 in 2019 for the 29 books I read this year. The source … Read more
We both use sweatbands for our daily elliptical machine workouts and we hang them on the clothes rack with these clips. Each day, Bob lays out 3 clips for me to use after my workout, and one day, he started making “clip art” from them1 They remind me of the “towel art” on cruises. 1What … Read more
~Tuesday~ I am thrilled that the same team at the same company at which I was working when I retired is welcoming me back with open arms. I’ll be working again on the Content Team at Red Hat in downtown Raleigh. I’ve always said, “If you have to work, this is the place—and the people … Read more
Robert was a dear and ran out and got some Zicam for me and a breakfast biscuit for each of us, as I have just about no food in the house with my imminent departure for two weeks. I finished my presentation that I’m going to give in China at Peking University on Thursday. I … Read more
I have a dreadful cold. Not good timing for a 13.5-hour plane trip. Grrrrrr! Robert came to town at about 5:30, and we had dinner at Red Robin, at my insistence, as I’ve been wanting to try their Banzai Burger ever since I ate there a couple of weeks ago with my work crowd. It … Read more
I wore shorts and a t-shirt to work today. Among other things, I created an announcement about my trip to the staff, which is now posted in the Staff News section of the Office of Information Technology home page: OIT staff member talks technical communication in China. I picked up Katherine Chandler at the airport … Read more
Good week for… Bad week for… Health-food stores, after Italian researchers isolated an erection-inducing plant compound in a widely sold Chinese herb known as Horny Goat Weed. The compound, icariin, may be as effective as Viagra, researchers said. Biological warfare, after a West Virginia man was charged with battery on a police officer for passing … Read more
I attended the OIT Web Team Meeting today, wrote an e-mail to Marc Hoit, our CIO, about his blog, and I responded to a director who is in a workgroup charged with creating “an ideal information technology or information services department at an Asian women’s university.” He wanted some input on what people thought would … Read more
I caught the 8:25 bus today, and Barry, one of my neighbors, and this other sort-of regular at our stop had a little chat. The lady works for the federal government, so was off yesterday for Columbus day. Barry works for the university, as do I, so both state employees, who did not have the day … Read more
Though my alarm was set for 9:00, I was up at 8:00 after about 10 hours sleep. Felt good. Aunt Annette and I had coffee and cinnamon toast, while we talked about the updating of her will, which she wants to do soon. She expressed concern about not having a co-executor to name, and I … Read more