Wednesday, Feb 11 2009
Not long after beginning this blog in August, 2008 I added a plug-in that tracks, among a number of things, the search engine searches that have led people to my website. As a way to celebrate the 6-month birthday of Moore Tokens, my dear friend, Amy, gave me the idea of listing some of [...]
Categories: Blog -- Tags: FriendsThursday, Dec 11 2008
Yesterday afternoon I went to the doctor to find answers for the back spasms that I’ve been having. The first episode was in late September, here and gone in a painful, scary night. The spasms didn’t rear their ugly face again until early November, but again they were over within a night. The past week [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, Health -- Tags: Brian, Family, Friends, MichelleThursday, Sep 25 2008
My friend’s water broke last night, another friend is going to the doctor today and may get induced, and about a dozen other friends and family members have due dates set for late 2008/early 2009. With all of the birthing around me, especially the one(s) this week, I’ve begun to wonder what kind of phone [...]
Categories: Daily Grind, Parenthood -- Tags: Brian, Friends, MichelleTuesday, Sep 23 2008
A week ago Friday, Brian and I were invited to a dinner party. The hostess, Paula, is an English woman and relatively new faculty member in my department. She had lived in the United States for only a few weeks before the ‘07 spring term began. For the ‘07 and ‘08 spring semesters, Paula facilitated [...]
Categories: Daily Grind -- Tags: Brian, Friends, MichelleThursday, Aug 14 2008
It is impossible to watch the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing without evoking a sense of nostalgia for my Olympic experience over a decade ago. As college sophomores, three of my girlfriends and I worked as security guards at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta. Yes, security guards. Not so much the [...]
Categories: Special Event -- Tags: Family, Friends, Michelle, Olympics