September 2019
Summary: Last Rites and Chris stays overnight, Recharge Medical happy hour at Harper and Rye, dinner with Sandip and TGWNN at 15th Avenue House, Davies Red Wines Pre-release Party with TGWNN, In Search of Stonewall at The GLBT Historical Society
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Sun Sep 1, 2019
Light brunch at home: small bowl of leftover fusilli with chicken. Rode Muni to 8th and Judah. Browsed in shops. Encountered Nina R and chatted briefly. Meet Phil and Drew at Tartine where we bought ham croissants. Walked to Starbucks for coffee for Drew. Walked to the Zine Fest that Nina told me about and browsed for a few minutes. Continued to the botanical garden followed by Stow Lake then the tower only at the de Young museum. They went home to get the car to run an errand. I rode Muni home from Park Presidio and Fulton. Snack with Patrick: mint cacao pre-made smoothie from frozen made with fresh milk in the blender. Dinner at home with Patrick, Kerry, and Mom Ryan: mahi-mahi fish cakes, deli potato salad, steamed peas, country bread and butter, Hint water, Kerry brought Heineken for himself. Dessert: Naia Tcho chocolate gelato, Naia orange blossom and almond gelato. Troubleshot step count issues on Mom Ryan's phone and determined that she is due for a new phone. They departed. Washed dishes. Performed admin tasks for home computers.
Mon Sep 2, 2019
Labor holiday. Pre-breakfast: granola with yogurt and blueberries, one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to Cole Valley with Patrick. We had intended to brunch at Zazie. We put our names on the list and then walked to La Boulangerie and ate there instead. Ham and swiss cheese Parisian omelette with pommes tots with coffee for Patrick; egg, bacon, and white cheddar sandwich on brioche for me. The pomme tots are notable for being unusual; I haven't seen or tasted them anywhere else. They are made of potato, but the texture is soft and almost airy, like a pillow, with a slight crispness in only one spot. About $27. We returned to Zazie to cross our name off the list and found that we still wouldn't've been seated yet. Rode Muni to the Castro for some shopping but didn't buy anything. Rode Muni home. Nap for me. Dinner at home with Patrick: sausage and green pepper pizza. Dessert: Patrick had ice cream with almonds, I had two strawberry Twizzlers. Resolved more broken links for Lodestar. Watched The Expanse s1:e3 on Amazon Prime Video with Patrick. Edited childhood photos that I had scanned earlier. Late snack: Annie's mac and cheese made in a cup in the microwave, water. The mac and cheese was okay, but since it didn't taste like Kraft mac and cheese I won't buy it again. One Twizzler.
Tue Sep 3, 2019
Breakfast at home: sesame and poppy seed bagel with cream cheese, toasted; one banana; one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Followup to assistant dean appointment tasks (orgchart work). Responded to various web requests from Desiree K and Kevin L. 1:1 with Eric. Styling work: followup to image credit taxo to make link open in a new tab or window. Various task followup. Uploaded old images to The Archive. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: shrimp tacos with black beans, corn, arugula, avocado, and other fixins. Nap. Washed dishes. Continued resolving broken links for Lodestar. Continued editing childhood photos. Unloaded photos from my iPhone X. Uploaded photos to Flickr. Recharge Medical work: Coolsculpting videos are broken. Late dessert: blueberries with whipped cream from a can and ginger syrup. Snack: tortilla chips, hummus, avocado. Continued playing The Witness on my iPad Pro. Second dessert: one small piece of toffee with almond chocolate.
Wed Sep 4, 2019
Breakfast at home: scrambled egg with Spice Ace fines herbs, cheddar, and basil on toasted english muffin; one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Continued work to eliminate Word and PDF CVs on our sites. Siteimprove work. Archived old photos and documents in The Archive. Updated content after finding old archives of some pages on the web. Reported a broken link on the IRC website to Rodney. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home by myself: potato salad, leftover soup, corn salad, chips and avocado and hummus, one pint of hot water. Continued playing The Witness on my iPad Pro. Late snack: potato salad. Continued resolving broken links for Lodestar.
Thu Sep 5, 2019
Breakfast at home: I prepared for myself one egg over easy with rosemary powder and basil chiffonade, grilled vegetables with Spice Ace herbes de provence, one hash brown with ketchup, one slice of poppy seed bread with butter (toasted), one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Various task followup. Siteimprove work: created new policies. Archived old photos in The Archive. Walked and rode Muni to the Castro. Walked to dinner at Il Casaro (415-875-9421, 235 Church Street) with Patrick and Chris D. We shared smoked burrata (with oven-roasted cherry tomato, arugula, bread), farro salad (with charred corn, green beans, cherry tomatoes, roasted peaches), and prosciutto pizza (with tomato sauce, mozzarella, prosciutto San Daniele, arugula, parmesan). Food was excellent. Patrick also had a chinotto which we found to have an interesting taste—citrus but bittersweety. Afterwards we visited Last Rites, Chris's first time there, second for Patrick and me. Chris had a Perfect Daiquiri (proprietary blended Mosswood Day rum, dry vermouth, Antica sweet vermouth, lime, sugar). Patrick had a Cadmael (bourbon, pineapple cordial, lemon, orange, pilsner). I had a Zombie Killer (exotic rum blend, lime, coconut, pineapple, grapefruit, falernum, and absinthe). Drinks were delicious. Patrick's included a smoldering stick of rosemary. Rode UberX home.
Fri Sep 6, 2019
Breakfast at home: I prepared for myself one egg scrambled with thyme needles and Spice Ace rosemary powder with cheddar on toasted english muffin and a sliced nectarine on the side with one pint of hot water. Chris showered and departed for work via Lyft unshared. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Siteimprove support request followup. Edited honors and awards to add missing honors and awards discovered in Synapse. Helped Joel with a question about iPhone chargers. Helped Susie with a Powerpoint presentation for Joe. Edited and published news for Grant and Levi. Walked and rode Muni to Polk Gulch. Met Drew at Harper & Rye for the Recharge Medical happy hour drinks. The rest of the clinic staff showed up later followed by Danny even later. Phil retrieved freshly made donut holes from Bob's Donuts nearby—so delicious I ate at least five of them. Drinks and service were both excellent. Our waitress was very accommodating and polite. In attendance: Drew, Ling, Nika, Lexi, Alex, Alyssa, Danny. Drinks included Tacoma & Bean (bourbon, amontillado sherry, chai tea, salted maple cherry), Kentucky Punch (bourbon, honey, aperol, sparkling wine, seltzer, rosemary), and Moonshine Punch (moonshine, cassis, lime, ginger beer, sparkling orange). The cocktail menu here seems particularly inventive. Afterwards, Danny, Phil, Drew, and I dined at Miss Saigon, reconnecting with Chi and Coung after a long time.
Sat Sep 7, 2019
House chores. Recharge Medical web work: small edits for Drew. Breakfast at home: I prepared for myself a mini quesadilla with mixed cheeses and diced green bell pepper, side of one banana, one pint of hot water. Showered. Walked and rode Muni to Church Street Station to meet Patrick who had left earlier in the day to work on the laptop in a cafe. Late lunch at Starbelly (415-252-7500, 3583 16th Street): fried chicken po' boy sandwich (which was not really a po' boy due to the hamburger bun) and ginger beer for Patrick, iced tea and fried chicken and waffles for me, water for both. $43.60 after a $6 tip for Ian. Food was very good, service was very good when it arrived but non-existent at times even though the restaurant was not entirely full. We walked in the Castro stopping at Art Attack SF to view art by David Puck which we liked before riding Muni home. Continued resolving broken links for Lodestar, also removed all links to bookstores because they required too much maintenance. Dinner at home with Patrick: grilled salmon sandwiches with radish, arugula, and green goddess dressing. Dessert: Patrick's devil's food cake, mine with three maraschino cherries. I temporarily experienced Capgras delusion when Patrick asked me to help him finish his slice of chocolate cake. Caught up on journaling. Today while Patrick prepared dinner a radish accidentally flew into a hard-to-reach space, and some efforts to retrieve it failed.
Sun Sep 8, 2019
Breakfast at home with Patrick: scrambled egg, hash brown with ketchup, grilled bratwurst, biscuit, hot earl gray tea. House chores: washed dishes, vacuumed. Continued resolving broken links for Lodestar: removed all abbr and acronym elements. Cut my hair, showered, cleaned the bathroom. Nap. Folded laundry that Patrick had washed earlier. Dinner at home with Patrick: teriyaki chicken breast with steamed rice and steamed broccolini, water. Patrick took a bath. Continued resolving broken links for Lodestar. Upgraded MAMP Pro to version 5.5—no installation issues. Washed dishes, tidied. Club soda with garam masala syrup. Late snack: tortilla chips, hummus, cold water.
Mon Sep 9, 2019
Breakfast at home: leftover steamed white rice with teriyaki sauce with leftover peas, one banana, one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Siteimprove policy work. Styling work. Updated the MAK seed award page for Shalimar. Read Every Layout by Heydon Pickering and Andy Bell once all the way through. It's going to take some time to adjust to this new way of thinking about layouts. Initiated discussion with Taryn I about the #betterposter project. Walked and rode Muni home, stopping along the way at Cal-Mart for some groceries. Dinner at home with Patrick: lasagne that Patrick had made earlier and froze for keeping, hot water. Watched part of Bad Times at the El Royale on Netflix DVD with Patrick and devil's food cake with Naia almond and orange blossom gelato. Edited and organized old photos that I had scanned earlier.
Tue Sep 10, 2019
Breakfast at home: leftover steamed white rice with teriyaki sauce with leftover peas, one granny smith apple, 12 ounces of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights, stopping along the way at Cal-Mart for snacks. Read part of CSS Layout News. Siteimprove policy work. Styling work. 1:1 with Eric. Webadmin meeting. Lunch at desk: leftover lasagne, one Australian minneola tangelo. Finished reading CSS Layout News. Followup with Calpoison team about analytics. Identified a misspelling in a working title for a staff member and reported the problem to Diana K for resolution. Submitted a request to IT to change some tiny.ucsf.edu links that had broken due to an issue with The Archive. Created groups for departments and units in Siteimprove. Walked and rode Muni home. Washed dishes. Dinner at home with Patrick: Bon Appetit's Adam's beef stroganoff over egg noodles, Hint water for me, San Pell for Patrick. Washed dishes. Dessert: Naia almond and orange blossom gelato, one Anna's Swedish Thin (almond) each. Recharge Medical web work: edited and published the hours page. Late snack: three smokehouse almonds, a few more Swedish thins.
Wed Sep 11, 2019
Breakfast at home: mini tortilla with fried egg, mixed cheeses, diced onion and bell pepper, and diced parsley and chives; one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Spent 90 minutes in support chat with Mailchimp trying to resolve a problem with RSS campaign delivery. Calpoison project document review. Lunch at desk: leftover lasagne. Began making versions of Mike Morrison's Better Poster for UCSF School of Pharmacy and UCSF. Afternoon team celebration: a birthday. We talked about ice cream and ice cream flavors, eating three pints of ice cream per week, children drinking water from puddles, The Mighty Boosh, Anchorman, The Wild Chef, MeatEater, BART, commutes, bicycling, and more. Helped Julie E resolve a PowerPoint template/theme problem for Ellie V. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home by myself: I prepared breaded fish fillets and onion rings, both from frozen, with brown rice and quinoa from a pouch; one pint of hot water. Pre-dessert: one red Twizzler. Patrick arrived home after dinner with his mom. Dessert with Patrick: devil's food cake. Continued playing The Witness on my iPad Pro. Inspected water levels on the orchids. Washed dishes. Pantry organization.
Thu Sep 12, 2019
Ruined a Topman polo shirt while ironing because the tag wasn't the same heat rating as the rest of the shirt. The tag melted, and I ironed other parts of the shirt before I realized the problem. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Breakfast at Cafe Bellini: california on croissant, water. Gallup survey results meeting. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights with Eric. Cleaned my keyboard with water and a keyboard brush. Responded to email requests from JoAnne W and Angela K. Sent a new lab website kickoff meeting request to two new faculty members: Balyn Z and Jason S. Lunch: no oil no salt microwave popcorn. Encountered Box Sync problems and after several hours eventually resolved them on my own but for a few minutes there it seemed like I was going to lose 3 GB of data. Today was warm enough that I worked outside in the courtyard mostly in the shade for a few hours. Afternoon snack: one granola breakfast bar. Walked and rode Muni home. Continued playing The Witness on my iPad Pro. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken cacciatore with linguine, side arugula salad, herb slab, Hint water. Continued watching Bad Times at the El Royale on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Washed dishes. Late dessert: one root beer float ice cream bar, one Twizzler.
Fri Sep 13, 2019
Breakfast at home: two-egg, old-thyme omelet with leftover grilled onion and red bell pepper, one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights, chatting with Maria along the way. Worked in the courtyard. Calendar management. Siteimprove work: changed some urls to remove special characters and other tasks. Encountered and briefly chatted with Cassandra. New hire work for Edgar M. Lots of calendaring tasks since CPCS is on a different calendaring and email system. Improved the OSACA contact us page with newer images for the building facade and the map in the address section. More calendaring tasks. Began work on a #betterposter PowerPoint template. Stopped at Cal-Mart for a bouquet of flowers. Walked and rode Muni to 15th Avenue House for dinner with Sandip and a birthday celebration. In attendance: Jonathan, Jesse, Phil, Dave, Quyen, Paul, Nick, Nickfar (sp?), Corey, Drew, Danny, Chris, Nate. We ate orzo salad, beef brisket, chicken, figs, two kinds of hummus, bread, pita, grapes, caprese salad, falafel, (crabapples?). For dessert: chocolate pistachio cake, Corey's apple pie. Rode UberX home.
Sat Sep 14, 2019
Breakfast: leftover linguine with vegetables in marinara, 8 ounces of water. Rode Muni to 15th Avenue House. Rode with Quyen, Dave, and Jonathan to Davies in St. Helena for a Red Wines Pre-release Party, meeting Phil, Drew, Romy, Chris, and Nate there. Aside from delicious wines, we enjoyed finger foods: salmon poke, cow sliders, mushroom crostini, fruit and cheese platters, chocolate chip cookies with salt, lamb chops. Afterwards we split up with the South Bay people leaving separately. Our car stopped at A&W for root beer floats before returning to 15th Avenue House. We rested for a bit before walking to dinner on Geary Boulevard. We tried first at a Chinese restaurant which was too crowded, then walked to Old Shanghai where we were seated quickly. Afterwards we returned to 15th Avenue House and chatted for a bit before bed. I returned home via UberX.
Sun Sep 15, 2019
Breakfast: granola with yogurt, blackberries, and sliced banana; one pint of hot water. I spent most of today continuing playing The Witness on my iPad Pro and washing dishes while Patrick prepared a dessert. We had had plans to spend time with Mom Ryan, but she wasn't feeling well enough for it, so we postponed. Lunch: grilled cheese sandwiches, tortilla chips, water. Walked to and from dinner at Sunset Reservoir Brewing Company (SRBC) with Patrick: we shared a fried chicken burger with regular fries and a kale caesar salad. To drink Patrick had a Herb Collins and I had a Sailor's Salvation. Food and drink were delicious. Service by Natasha T was very good. $63.34 before a $12 tip. Afterwards we returned home to finished watching Bad Times at the El Royale on Netflix DVD and eat slices of Thomas Keller's coconut cake that Patrick made earlier yesterday and today. We enjoyed the recipe; the cake is perfect but overall it turned out too sweet. We surmised that instead of topping with sweetened shredded coconut it would be better with unsweetened shredded coconut that is first toasted. We ate our cake with unsweetened chocolate chai. After the film I watched the making of the film and viewed the photo gallery. Washed dishes. Patrick's signing day.
Mon Sep 16, 2019
Breakfast: granola with yogurt and blackberries, one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Got my free flu shot on the first day it became available. Spent the day continuing work on a #betterposter PowerPoint template. No lunch. Rode Uber Pool to SoMa. Met Patrick for couples counseling. Rode UberX to dinner at Il Casaro with Patrick: aperol spritz (with prosecco, soda, and orange) for Patrick, Carlito's Way (tequila, mirto, ginger beer, lime juice) for me. We shared an order of fagiolini (blue lake bean tempura) and a broccoli and salsiccia white sauce pizza (with mozzarella, broccoli rabe, italian sausage, and provolone). While we dined I discovered a small shard of glass at the bottom of my water glass before it presented any risk to my health. We reported it to the manager, and we weren't concerned since it was caught before anything bad had happened. He was very apologetic and later in the meal we were told along with another apology that we could have dessert for free. It wasn't necessary, but we partook anyway and chose the tiramisu. $51.27 not counting the free dessert before a $10 tip. At the start of the meal there was some confusion because Patrick and I each received slightly different menus but this too did not present a significant problem, and we weren't concerned about it. Otherwise the meal was perfect. Service by Louise S was excellent. We'll return sometime soon, I hope. Rode Muni home. Patrick went to bed. I continued playing The Witness on my iPad Pro. Resolved broken links for Lodestar.
Tue Sep 17, 2019
Breakfast at home: cheddar and egg with fresh thyme on toasted english muffin, one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Asana task followup. More #betterposter work. More calendaring work. Automated news finally sent but now it seems we are blocked by Proofpoint. Followup with Mark B to get us whitelisted. More calendaring work. Rode Muni to a doctor appointment and back. No lunch but snacked on dried plums, rice crackers, and unsalted mini pretzels. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: creamy italian sausage and penne, Hint water. I had digestive tract problems and had to lie for a while. Late small meal: two crunchy rice rolls, leftover quinoa with brown rice, corn off the cob from frozen, and teriyaki sauce; hot water. Back to bed.
Wed Sep 18, 2019
Breakfast at home: cheddar and egg with fresh thyme and grated black pepper on toasted english muffin, one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Set up a Zoom link for a meeting. Edited a draft of the current students home page for Eric. Edited the policies page for Cindy. No lunch but snacked on dried plums, rice crackers, and unsalted mini pretzels. Build and scheduled MAK seed award html emails in Mailchimp for Shalimar. Calpoison meeting in Zoom with Eric, Dana, Vanessa, and Judy. Checked in with JoAnne about scheduling a meeting room for the lab websites kickoff meeting. Followup with Siteimprove about a ticket I submitted involving finding ellipses. Asana task followup. Helped Mark K with a question about Apple Mail and VPN. Weeded old files in Box. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home: leftover penne, one pint of hot water. Recharge Medical web work: replaced an image on the gallery page. Continued playing The Witness on my iPad Pro. Dessert: one slice of coconut cake, whole milk mixed with water. Began font selection research for a forthcoming reboot of Lodestar Quarterly.
Thu Sep 19, 2019
Breakfast at home: I prepared for myself two eggs scrambled with fresh thyme and grated black pepper, one hash brown with ketchup, one chicken apple sausage link, one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. #betterposter followup with Sophia and Russ. Calendar management. Forwarded a request from Marley to Grant. Rebuild logo packages for the school and departments to include EMF and SVG file formats. Updated logo usage instructions on the web. No lunch; snacked on unsalted peanuts and unsalted pretzels. Installed Adobe updates and was very happy to see the new UI scaling feature which enables you to make the user interface elements larger. This helps a lot on larger displays. Reinvestigated font embedding and hyperlinks in SVG files. It looks like Nano can be used to solve the former problem. The jury is still out on the latter problem. Neither Adobe InDesign nor Adobe Illustrator seem to preserve hyperlinks when the destination is an SVG file. I discovered Vecta, and it does preserve the hyperlink, but it also adds target="_blank" to the link, which I do not want. Next to try: Omnigraffle and Visio. Walked and rode Muni to the Castro. Met Patrick for dinner at Thai House Express: two Thai iced teas, corn fritters to share. Patrick had fried chicken with sticky rice. I had beef noodle soup with egg noodles. No dessert. Afterwards we attended and enjoyed a panel discussion called In Search of Stonewall at the GLBT Historical Society moderated by Will Roscoe and with panelists Jewelle Gomez and Marc Stein. Patrick chatted briefly with Jewelle before it began, and I remet Jewelle and met Will.
Fri Sep 20, 2019
Attempted to walk and ride Muni to UCSF Mission Bay, but when I arrived at West Portal on the L-Taraval we were forced to alight and were notified that all trains in or out of the tunnel were stopped. About 200 or 300 people were waiting on the sidewalks outside of West Portal Station. It was an orderly chaos I think because many of us had encountered this scenario before. I canceled my Mission Bay meeting, got my fare refund from the booth, and left, waiting a long time for a bus ride home. Later I learned that the cause was an accidental power outage and that UCSF Mission Bay was without power as well. Sprint standup remotely. Spent most of today working on edits with James and Eric on content maintenance emails and with Eric on personnel titles documentation. I also spent time trying to get hyperlinks in SVG files with Vecta or Inkscape. Both failed for various reasons. Today my MacBook Pro keyboard started displaying repeated keys behavior, so I scheduled an appointment with the Genius Bar and am now constantly reviewing and repairing text I have typed. Lunch to go from Grubbin', sharing with Patrick a sweet mouth waterin' fried chicken sandwich and an order of large fries. Water to drink. Patrick ate inside; I ate in the back yard. Dinner at home with Patrick: pizza from the store's refrigerator, Hint water, hot water. Began watching Ocean's 8 on Netflix DVD with Patrick and popcorn. Mine was oil-free and salt-free. I added fresh minced thyme. Patrick's was Skinny Pop, and he had his with cayenne and butter powder. Recharge Medical work. Began preparing a new bio website for Patrick using Grav and an HTML5 UP theme called Landed.
Sat Sep 21, 2019
One pint of hot water. Back to bed for a while. Breakfast at home: I prepared for myself two eggs scrambled with fresh thyme and parsley, one hash brown without ketchup, one chicken apple sausage link, one pint of hot water. Mended a holey long sleeve knit shirt and a holey pair of corduroy jeans. Toenail care. Patrick and I attempted to find the lost radish in our kitchen and failed. I finished the last slice of coconut cake with hot earl gray tea. Made edits to Patrick's website following some Every Layout techniques, my first time using them. They worked surprisingly well. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork and beef bolognese with creamy polenta. Finished watching Ocean's 8 on Netflix DVD with Patrick.
Sun Sep 22, 2019
Walked and rode Muni with Patrick to the Castro. Brunch with Patrick at Kitchen Story. We shared ricotta hotcakes (served with mixed berries, Vermont maple syrup, honey butter, $14) and a millionaire's benedict (millionaire's bacon, asparagus, tomato, meyer lemon hollandaise, $20). Patrick had coffee ($3.50). Water for both. $42.32 before an $8 tip. Food was delicious. Service by Ake was very good. The restaurant was packed and extremely noisy. Afterwards we ran errands. I stopped at a new garden shop called Plant Therapy in which every plant looked perfect. Then I bought some orchid supplies at Ace Hardware. We walked and rode Muni home. I napped awhile. Cocktails and snacks: gin variation of a Mr. 404, salted sunflower seeds, unsalted peanuts. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night. Finished listening to NPR's Strange Fruit Billie Holiday report. Watched part of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs on Netflix DVD with Patrick and popcorn. Afterwards we watched part of Moving Art s1:e2 (Flowers). Recharge Medical web work: updated the flu vaccine blog post, edited new Mailchimp campaigns, updated the botulinum toxin blog post.
Mon Sep 23, 2019
Breakfast at home: egg whites and cheddar on toasted english muffin, one pint of water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights, stopping at Cal-Mart along the way for groceries. Sprint standup. Forwarded a request about image reuse. Calendar management. Various task followup. Lunch: one banana, one ounce of raisins, one granola bar, water. Reread a Nielsen Norman Group white paper that we had purchased a while back on the usability of university websites. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: black cod with coconut rice and sauteed kale. Dessert: Patrick prepared microwave 10-minute chocolate cake which we ate with burnt caramel ice cream and whipped cream. Cocktails: Bailey's with milk on ice. To bed. I woke later and returned to bed again.
Tue Sep 24, 2019
Breakfast at home: one pear, one toasted english muffin with butter, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Continued the betterposter project: began making other sizes of the template. 1:1 with Eric. Webadmin meeting. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Lunch from Panda Express: chow mein, orange chicken, chicken with mushrooms, water. Today was warm and sunny, so I ate in the shade on FAMRI Terrace. Met with Joel to resolve a problem with his personal MacBook Air. A student brought croissants and pains au chocolat. I ate my Panda Express fortune cookie. My fortune: An admirer is concealing affection for you. Lucia also had Panda Express, and her fortune was: You are exactly where you are supposed to be. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: pepperoni, green pepper, and black olive pizza using dough that was purchased refrigerated and was frozen for a few days in our freezer. Water to drink. For dessert Patrick tried a different microwave oven warm chocolate cake recipe which we ate with whipped cream. Lots of Recharge Medical work. Worked on Patrick's forthcoming website for himself. Patrick helped Aaron with an appointment today.
Wed Sep 25, 2019
Breakfast at home: egg whites and cheddar on toasted english muffin, one pint of water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Continued helping Joel resolve a problem with his personal MacBook Air. Chatted with someone from IT about the stability of wifi in the office and about an issue with the shared office laptop. Lunch: two half Subway sandwiches left over from P3 reorientation: one veggie, one BLT. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Handled a request from Julia to add some text info and a link to the BI and CCB alumni pages. Followup with Phillip B about new content for the Academic Affairs website (or maybe the Faculty Resources website). Worked with Joel to make our logo in the Virtual Career Fair not so gigantic. Calendar management. Walked and rode Muni home, stopping at Rigolo on the way home. We had planned to have minestrone and warm bread for dinner, but it was too hot, so instead I picked up a cobb salad and a tuna salad sandwich with mesclun. I drank water. Patrick had club soda flavored with homemade masala syrup. Later I did more Recharge Medical web work. We had had plans to attend Cabaret Karaoke at Feinstein's but canceled at the last minute.
Thu Sep 26, 2019
Breakfast at home: leftover cobb salad with ranch dressing, water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Forwarded an incoming message to the TKP team. Lots of task followup. Lunch: two bananas and some unsalted pistachios. Plancomm Gallup meeting. IT and Kanopi meeting. Helped Joel resolve a problem not receiving messages on his computer. Met with Susie to address some graphics needs for Mark G. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: farfalle with leftover pork and beef marinara, water. Dessert: one slice each of gluten-free chocolate bundt cake. Worked more on Patrick's forthcoming website.
Fri Sep 27, 2019
Breakfast at home: egg and cheddar on toasted english muffin, one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights. Began reviewing annd editing three event submissions for QBI. Walked and rode Muni to Stonestown Galleria. Continued working until a Genius Bar appointment to get the repeating letters keyboard problem fixed on my 2016 MacBook Pro. Follow-up with Angela K about a faculty member who recently left the school. Reported website problems to Siteimprove and to the UCSF Calendar team. Lunch from Tokyo Express. Why do they ask you if you want your meal for here or to go if they can only package it to go? Tempura soba soup with side salad: $10.58. Continued working. Bought a box of molasses chips from See's for $10.50. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: mac and cheese from a box with frozen peas and corn, breaded shrimp from frozen with tartar sauce, water. Late snack: mini pizza on english muffin with mozzarella and fresh thyme.
Sat Sep 28, 2019
Breakfast at home: egg whites and cheddar on toasted english muffin, one sliced kiwi, some raspberries, one pint of hot water. House chores. Lunch: leftover mac and cheese, some raspberries, one pint of hot water. One See's molasses chip. Cut my hair, showered. Nap. We had planned to attend Electroluxx tonight but canceled at the last minute. Cocktails: Patrick prepared a concoction of his own, and I had a French 75. Dinner at home with Patrick: burgers using buns we had stored in the freezer and prepared, frozen breaded and fried chicken breasts; side of shoestring fries with ketchup for only me. Today I had flipped the handles on our pantry cabinets in preparation for making them more earthquake resistant but later couldn't get used to the change. I changed them back later in the evening. More work on Patrick's website. Patrick and I had had plans to do a photo shoot for him today but canceled at the last minute.
Sun Sep 29, 2019
Breakfast at home with Patrick: I prepared eggs over easy (two each), english muffin with butter, hash brown patties, sausage patty for Patrick, two small sausage links for me, water. Rested. Patrick stayed home to write. I walked to lunch at Won Ton House: Mustard greens with shredded pork won ton noodle soup (Shanghai noodle), $8.95. Walked to the 16th Avenue Steps then to Grand View Park. Returned home, stopping at Twisted Donut then Noriega Teriyaki House along the way. Linner at home with Patrick: I ate only two pieces of the sushi I brought home: spider rainbow roll, tiger roll, crunchy roll. $33.15 before a $3 tip (even tho it was to go). Dessert: we shared donuts: one peanut butter and nutella fruitiritto, one peanut and butter and strawberry jelly donut. Both were delicious. The fruitiritto was dense and rich, almost like a candy bar. Finished watching The Ballad of Buster Scruggs with Patrick on Netflix instant watch. I loved this film and interpreted many of its stories to relate to modern day problems. Afterwards we watched various clips on YouTube and reviewed the handful of photos I took today. Today was the first time in a long while since I used my Panasonic Lumix G6. Today I also helped Patrick by editing some small pieces of writing.
Mon Sep 30, 2019
Breakfast at home: Twisted Donut sesame bagel with cream cheese, one pint of hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights, taking my personal iPad Pro to work because Apple still has my MacBook Pro while its keyboard is serviced or replaced. Sprint standup. Realized that my Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Express Dock HD doesn't charge USB devices when no laptop is connected, so I had to borrow charging ports from Bo. I also borrowed a USB-A extension cable from Eric, which enabled me to connect a USB-A-to-Lightning cable I already had to the USB ports on my Cyberpower UPS to power my iPad Pro. Resolved a faculty profile issue with Angela. Redirected a photo request from Kylie to Grant. Completed my timesheet. Walked and rode Muni Bus 3 and 22 to UCSF Mission Center Building. Bought an iced tea from Carmelina's. Lunch with Eric D, Eric G, Austen T, Jill W, and Dana A at Pica Pica. I had the trio taster: one with grilled chicken, one with pulled pork, one vegan. To drink: I refilled the cup from my iced tea. The food was delicious. Returned to MCB. Worked for about half an hour. Drupal 8 migration planning meeting in which we prepared our many architecture questions and outlined possible solutions. Worked for about an hour in Judy's workspace. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: minestrone with warm ciabatta. Dessert: Naia Tcho chocolate gelato, one Anna's vanilla cookie each. Continued playing The Witness on my iPad Pro. Installed Mac updates for home computers. Washed dishes.