I really couldn't handle being alone with my thoughts last night, so I ditched my conference nerd attire, got dressed up, and went to find the sports bar on the hotel property (it's kind of a campus with different towers and buildings). I remember watching the Red Sox in the World Series at this bar. I got lost, of course, and ended up at the ( Read more... )

My coffee shop is a beautiful placeI have an appointment every Saturday at 8:45 AM. I've started stopping by an out-of-the-way coffee shop in an outlet mall (it's an older place, and we now have a Starbucks in town) for a bagel and an iced coffee. (Can I tell you how excited I am that iced coffee has not only spread out of Rhode Island, out of ( Read more... )

So, I've been offline for a few days. E and I spent the weekend in Vegas at the Imperial Palace, and then he dropped me off at the Riviera, where I have a telemetry conference all week. I presented a paper this morning and now I'm ready to let loose for the rest of the trip. Ha! Not that I already have ( Read more... )

I may be leaving my husband for my dentist, the adorable Dr. Melburn McKell, who has 10 children, 34 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. He believes in lots of Vitamin C, and especially some special kind that is better absorbed by the body (Esther C). His daughter has two grapefruit trees, and he was eating one of her grapefruits for lunch ( Read more... )

Thank you for my wedding photo album. Here is a list of the people who have shared in my joy, other than my co-workers ( Read more... )