Finally, it did: a relative confirming dinner.
It took a moment for me to realize that he was calling from Distilled to confirm my dinner reservation.
BT would not confirm that dinner was ever planned, let alone cancelled.See article: BT's debt disasterMoney talkWall Street's investment banks have suffered from America's economic malaise.
As we furiously mined our contact list, I wondered: Could we really get 80 people to financially commit to a cruise that would take place in about nine months, given that we were reaching out to many who not only had never been on a cruise before (true of about 90 percent of those who eventually signed up) but who also sometimes had trouble confirming their dinner plans for the weekend?
In the last 10 minutes, I've returned some work emails, paid a bill, bought a present online, confirmed a dinner reservation, and remembered to add milk to my grocery list.
His eyes lit up right away, and then he looked at her quizzically to confirm that the dinner was intended for him.
Unless there is a Watergate-level conspiracy afoot, I can confirm that at dinner one night, at the Bileses' expansive Tuscan-style home, Simone and her sister split a very large pork chop stuffed with dirty rice.
They'll soon be able to check us into hotels, notify people when we're running late, confirm appointments, make dinner reservations, order movie tickets, even pay for gas and parking — all on their own and without intervention.
However, she did confirm that the dinner took place, acknowledged that Boyne was there and suggested that women were climbing atop tables that evening.
