Thursday, February 2, 2006
Usual breakfast at the cafeteria. A couple days ago the cafeteria started a new system. Instead of just telling the person behind the counter what you want (e.g., "breakfast package with sausage and wheat toast") one must now fill out a form and present it to the counter worker who hands you your plate of food along with the form. The form is presented at the register when you pay. I also noticed that at the same time they are reducing the portions. Now the workers seem very conscious of, say, putting only a single scoop of scrambled eggs, as that seems to be technically the correct portion for this meal. Before it was common for them to put more than one scoop of eggs. I've been eating the same breakfast at the cafeteria regularly because although it's cafeteria style it's exactly what I want for not a lot of money. Now, however, the value has degraded, and I'm thinking of finding other ways to get my hot breakfast in the morning. Several times in the past week I've had to go to several different tableware service stations just to find a fork. The orange juice machine doesn't always work properly. And the food isn't ever hot or always fresh when it comes off the line, so when I have to stand in a long line at the register, it's essentially cold (fork-hunting notwithstanding). And I won't even tell you about the bizarre Heinz ketchup packets. All this whining about something relatively insignificant is not something I enjoy doing, but this is part of my life which I'm sharing with you, and I feel I have to keep up with my fellow bloggers in that arena sometimes. Chris Heilmann's Unobtrusive JavaScript is back—Chris was just moving servers. Whew! Lunch with Joel at Dragonfly. This restaurant is such a gem, particularly since it seems to be still undiscovered—lunches are still very quiet with not many customers, and we feel badly because the food is great, the decor is better, and there aren't any reasons we can think of for people to avoid this place. Our server, Sam, told us that dinners were much busier, though. Good for them. I hope they succeed. I made a birthday poster and a birthday card. Hunted for some images that Bill S needed for a 3-panel pamphlet. More graduation regalia registration form work. Home. Dinner at home with Patrick: cow in noodles with spinach. Started building templates for Corinna's website.