Hurricane Party 2
I guess the Hurricane Party is alive and well. Check out this article in today’s Charlotte Observer.
I guess the Hurricane Party is alive and well. Check out this article in today’s Charlotte Observer.
I’m home alone this weekend while Jodie and her sister are visiting her parents in Maryland. Jodie hates to leave me like this because when I’m alone, left to my own devices, I tend to just cut loose. I become a wild man. You wouldn’t recognize me! Yup, last night, I stayed up past my [...]
With apologies to Ol’ Yeller for knocking off his name, I have been reminded a number of times recently of how women have so much better a sense of smell than men. In particular, my wife has a much better sense of smell than I do. For a woman, the sense of smell is a [...]
I just got asked to produce my original Social Security Card in connection with an obligation that I am taking on. I have no earthly idea where it is. I told the individual who made the request that no one had asked to see that card since I started working as a lifeguard when I [...]
I wake up every morning at 6am. Sometimes a few minutes earlier, but rarely later. It does not matter what time I go to bed. I haven’t used an alarm clock in years. In fact, if I use one, I spend half the night awake in anticipation of it going off. The Body Clock is an amazing [...]
When I make the commute into work every morning around 7am, I marvel at how distracted the drivers around me seem to be. Cars going slow in the fast lane…people changing lanes back and forth for no apparent reason…some people acting like they are participating in the Indy 500. Looking around, I always see someone [...]
I had lunch today with a dear friend who is grieving over the death of his brother just two weeks ago. My friend is a man of great faith, a strong man’s man, but processing the loss of his brother, his best friend, has been difficult. He took a few days off and headed to [...]
One of the long running (over 20 years) debates that I have had with my secretary is over her creative use of vacation time and comp time. She is an absolute virtuoso when it comes new and interesting excuses. Despite the 20 year run, she can still come up with a new one whenever she [...]
My secretary and I just got into a debate about that great summer southern delicacy, the Tomato Sandwich. Linda’s refrigerator is on the blink and her husband had to work late, so she just went home and, explaining in her good ole’ Wallburg drawl, ”made me a tomato sandwich for dinner.” Apparently these sandwiches are such [...]
The Winston-Salem Journal reported on a survey last week that ranked North Carolina as the 4th laziest state in the Nation. After what can best be described as a slow and lazy weekend, where I accomplished little beyond recharging my batteries, I can only hang my head and say, “guilty as charged.” Sure, I got a [...]