Tuesday, May 29, 2007
On the morning bus today, as I got on, I noticed that one seat had a little bit of water in it. This usually happens when a window is left open overnight and rain falls inside and is not cleaned up by someone before the bus is put into service. I was careful to avoid sitting in the small pool of water and took a seat opposite that seat. At the next stop, an older Chinese woman boarded and without looking she sat down in exactly the one seat which had the pool of water. I expected her to immediately jump up and complain, but she said nothing and her face revealed no discomfort at all. A few stops later she got up to leave and since she was wearing light gray sweatpants I could easily see that the pool of water was now entirely soaked up and stained her bottom, and I had to surpress a small laugh. Fortunately for the next riders, the seat she left behind now appeared to be completely dry. SCC meeting - very short. Met with Susie (amgen grant, new hire, computer questions, met Frank Morales and Gary Meisner and Amanda Smith. Followup with AL about interviews. Followup with student MH about Outlook 2003 in Windows Vista. Followup with GE about key cabinet problem (Patty was very curt with me on the phone). Applicant resume review. Comp maint for AL: uninstall and reinstall Sygate, clean out registry of all brother and paperport entries. Street View in Google Maps is fantastic. Where art thou, A9? We missed you! Lunch by myself at a new restaurant called Good Earth Cuisine (415-661-1455, 9th and Irving). Flies in the dining area bothered me, but the food was tasty. My meal arrived on a paper plate. I thought it strange that the back of the menu paid such great attention to their scientific (or pseudoscientific) food formulations but they used paper plates instead of washing reusable plates. They provided silverware instead of plastic forks and knives. I guess plates were too much to handle. In the Bay Area, it's typical to see progressive foods and menus hand in hand with progressive kitchen practices, but not at Good Earth Cuisine. The entire experience is vaguely similar to nearby, well-established Pluto's. Dinner with PDD at PDD: Danny made noodles with long, crunchy greens. He said they were similar to (or a kind of?) watercress.