I’ve got the coolest wife ever. This afternoon Kelly helped me move 8 12-foot-long sheets of drywall from our garage, through two turns, and up the stairs to the attic. While it was hard work, she was right there, step by step.
I love a woman who knows her way around construction materials!
I should have known when I read the headline saying “Raleigh woman arrested in prostitute sting.” Why wasn’t that plural, as there are many areas of Raleigh where prostitution is an ongoing problem?
Then I read the article. This particular prostitute was advertising on Craigslist, and set up shop in a hotel room. In other words, she wasn’t standing on Raleigh street corners, or working out of the city’s public parks or neighborhood streets.
If you couldn’t tell I’ve got a much larger problem with one of these scenarios, and what the woman was doing ain’t it. What two consenting adults do behind doors is their business. What they do in public parks is a different story altogether. When Raleigh decides to crack down on this business I’ll be much more impressed.
Just got back from a Raleigh CAC meeting that was delightfully fun and also a bit contentious. I’ve been to a handful of them now and this one by far was the most productive. There are still individual concerns about the body and how it’s supposed to work, though. It’s totally herding cats.
I’m finding myself stretched pretty thin with all I’ve got going on. I’m glad I still have a job, though. For as long as it lasts, at least. There really is no such thing as “safe” anymore.
In what I consider to be a move as remarkable as China’s decision to deploy far from their home waters, Japan decided to send warships to patrol for piracy off the Somali coast. Japan’s constitution limits it’s military to strictly self-defensive measures. I think its clear Somali pirates pose no threat to the Japanese homeland, nor has any Japanese ship been taken by pirates as yet.
It will be very interesting to see what lines the Japanese navy are and aren’t willing to cross during this deployment.
I came home to a surprise package in the mail from my favorite fifth-grade class, Mrs. Jarrett’s at Conn Elementary. In it was a big thank-you card from Mrs. Jarrett and her class as well as 14 handwritten papers from the kids saying what each learned from my GPS talk.
Here’s a sample letter:
Dear Mr. Turner,
Thanks for coming to my school. From what you taught us I learned that their are 4 satellite signals for a GPS to work. Another thing learned was in 1978 the first GPS satellite was launched. I also learned how the earth rotates 360 times a day. I didn’t know GPS couldn’t be used indoors. On more thing I learned was Sputnik was the world’s largest sat. in space. Thanks for coming!
Sincerely, C
Here’s another one:
Dear Mr. Turner,
Thank you for comeing to are school. I learned a lot from you like 1978 the first GPS satellite was lanched. I was glad that we saw you. I think your teachings will help me in the future. Please come back for the next qurter to show them what you know.
Sincerely, S
Getting a packet full of thank-you notes made me feel like a rock star! The talk sure was a blast, and the kids might actually have learned something. I’m pretty sure, though, that I described Sputnik as being basketball-sized. I’m amused to read how it’s become the world’s largest satellite!
I look forward to being invited back!
Saturday night Kelly and I met up with some family and friends at 18 Seaboard to celebrate my 40th birthday. We were originally promised a private room but due to some sort of mix-up, our room went to another party and we sat in the main dining room. It wasn’t a bad trade-off, as we were showered with free appetizers and extra attention.
The food was fantastic, the company was, too, and a good time was had by all. If only we were able to squeeze into the Berkeley Cafe to see The Duhks play as we planned the night would’ve been perfect.
John Prine: Best. Songwriter. Ever.
Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian (Youtube cover)
John Prine
Well, I packed my bags and bought myself a ticket
For the land of the tall palm tree
Aloha Old Milwaukee, Hello Waikiki
I just stepped down from the airplane
When I heard her say,
“Waka waka nuka licka, waka waka nuka licka
Would you like a lei? Eh?”
Let’s talk dirty in Hawaiian
Whisper in my ear
Kicka pooka mok a wa wahini
Are the words I long to hear
Lay your coconut on my tiki
What the hecka mooka mooka dear
Let’s talk dirty in Hawaiian
Say the words I long to hear
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The kids borrowed a DVD set of The Best of The Electric Company Volume 2 from their friends. I’d forgotten how entertaining that show was. Stars like Rita Moreno, Bill Cosby, and Morgan Freeman really made the show great.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised that a show I haven’t seen since I was 6 still makes me laugh.
Apparently minimum wage is not low enough pay for San Diego based fast-food restaurant Jack In The Box. The chain is testing outsourcing its order-taking. The company claims it speeds ordering.
So if it wasn’t hard enough before to understand what the drive-through order-taker was saying, try adding 12,000 miles worth of latency and a foreign accent to the mix. I don’t see how it could speed anything if each party has to repeat what was said each time an order is taken. Want to speed up ordering? Try training (and paying) a bright person to run the register.
I used to daydream that maybe one day Hallie might be coached by Kay Yow. News comes this morning that the legendary N.C. State women’s basketball basketball coach passed away after another bout with cancer. She was 66.
The thing I’ll remember about Coach Yow is how she could always be seen in the stands of an N.C. State athletic event. N.C. State wasn’t just a 9 to 5 job for Coach Yow, it was a passion.
