April 2021
Summary: COVID-19 vaccines become available to all in San Francisco, switched from Google Chrome to Mozilla Firefox as my default web browser, Governor Newsom announces a June 15 conditional reopening date for California, Patrick and I are both fully vaccinated by April 23, though for everyone in our pod that won't be until June 1.
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Thu Apr 1, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today, Fifth and Mission, and NPR Up First podcasts and TED video. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and diced pear; water. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Sprint standup. First day in a long time of using Firefox as my primary browser after yesterday discovering a redraw bug in Chrome that did not occur in Firefox that I wasted hours troubleshooting in Chrome. Finalize and send School town hall html email in Mailchimp. Worked in the back yard for part of today. Snack: a banana. Met with Anne B. UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for Non-Supervisory Staff. Lunch: leftover lasagne, water. D8 work. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and blueberries; water. School town hall. Continued evaluation of Emma aka myemma.com. Dinner at home with Patrick: crispy panko-and-coconut-crusted tofu with stir-fry veggies, water. I washed dishes. Continued playing Where Cards Fall on my iPad Air. We watched Legion s2:e8 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. I cuddled with him for a while then arose. Tidied and washed more dishes.
Fri Apr 2, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today, Fifth and Mission, and various videos on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and diced pear; water. Sprint standup. Got my first shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine via Kaiser. This time instead of a Getaround Sam drove us. While I got my shot, they visited House of Bagels. I was instructed to get in a long line that wrapped around the corner. The wait time before entering was maybe 20 minutes. They said they were backed up. I was grateful nonetheless. Upon entering everything went very smoothly, and I successfully received my second shot and waited the requisite observation period. Sam and Patrick picked me up a few minutes afterwards, and we drove home. Sam joined us inside to eat bagels. They had toasted bagels with cream cheese. I had a warmed pastrami, egg, and cheese bagel. Water and tonic water to drink. After Sam left, I napped. Woke and continued work. Eric and I met with IR about HIVE, through which we have a kind of affiliation via Tejal and Lisa C in BTS. D8 sprint recap meeting with Eric and James. UCSF town hall. Patrick secured his first vaccine shot appointment from Kaiser. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Mamahuhu via Toast: dinner party: sweet and sour chicken, mushroom mapo tofu, beef and broccoli, two orders of jasmine rice, two orders of egg rolls, crunch cabbage salad, mala YOLO cucumbers. To drink: jasmine baby tea lager for Patrick, alcoholic ginger beer for me. We saved the cabbage salad to eat later. The mapo tofu and mala YOLO cucumbers were very spicy so I had none, and Patrick ate some of both but later (on April 7) threw the rest away because the spiciness was unendurable. The mala YOLO cucumbers were spicier than the mapo tofu. The sweet and sour chicken was medium spicy, and I could eat it with some discomfort. The rice and egg rolls were not spicy at all. The beef and broccoli had a hint of heat that seemed more like white pepper than chili oil. Dessert: we had their almond cookies—tiny in size, light in sweetness, with a very delicate crumb, more buttery than almondy. A fine meal, a bit of a splurge. I appreciate their philosophy and approach. We also ordered frozen tofu and shrooms potstickers and pork and jicama potstickers to eat later. They were much tinier than we had expected. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier s1:e3 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Just before bed I learned about another tragic attack on the U.S. Capitol that happened today.
Sat Apr 3, 2021
Ran in place to NPR Up First podcast then while finishing watching American Masters s35:e2 (Flannery) which Patrick and I had started on March 22. Patrick might not finish watching it. His reason is that he had read part of Brad Gooch's biography of O'Connor which seemed to essentially be a mirror to the documentary. Medium bowl of oatmeal with soymilk (temporarily out of milk), cinnamon, and sliced banana; water. Played one episode of Framed for iOS on my iPad Air. Shower. Scanned my COVID-19 vaccination card for safekeeping. Nap. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and sliced banana; water. Continued preparing tax filings. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover mapo tofu with steamed white rice for Patrick, crunchy cabbage salad from yesterday for me. The cabbage salad is interesting because it seems to come with some vinaigrette as well as a thick peanut sauce. Peanut sauce but also (candied?) walnuts. Carrots sliced into very thin (mandolined?) discs—not a usual Chinese or Chinese-American shape. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Legion s2:e9 on Hulu Basic Plan then Black Mirror s3:e1 Nosedive on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. Late small meal: leftover steamed white rice with leftover beef and broccoli, water. Chatted briefly with Joel on iMessage. Nearly completed two federal tax returns today—not bad.
Sun Apr 4, 2021
Ran in place to Free Tours by Foot: The Garden District with Andrew on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and blueberries; water. All day: continued tax filings preparation. Lunch: leftover egg rolls, leftover crispy tofu with vegetables, leftover steamed white rice, water. Continued playing Where Cards Fall on Apple Arcade on my iPad Air. Updates for home computers. Patrick finished cooking red beans today. This batch was too spicy for me to eat. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and blackberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: red beans. I had leftover asparagus lasagne with a side caesar salad with sliced mushrooms and cherry tomatoes. Water to drink. Dessert: Mamahuhu almond cookies. I washed dishes. We watched Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy episode 14: The Orville, Orwell, and the Black Mirror then half of Patton Oswalt: Annihilation on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Updates for home computers and websites.
Mon Apr 5, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today podcast then various videos on YouTube then various trailers on Apple TV+ and Cinemax. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and blackberries; water. Sprint standup. Funding reports. Finished sexual harrassment prevention training (online module). Lunch: leftover stir-fried vegetables with leftover steamed white rice, leftover asparagus lasagne, water. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Manually migrated custom stylesheets from the User CSS plugin in Chrome to the CustomCSS Injector addon in Firefox (since no User CSS addon for Firefox). Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and diced pear; water. Finished playing Where Cards Fall for iOS on my iPad Air. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Calibur via Uber Eats: single burger for both, tallow fries, garlic fries, Boylan's root beer for Patrick, tap water for me. Dessert: mint chocolate chip ice cream for both. Afterwards we watched new trailers for Loki and Black Widow—both were great—then Legion s2:e10 on Hulu Basic Plan then continued watching Patton Oswalt: Annihilation on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Tue Apr 6, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts then Bill Vicars on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and blackberries; water. Sprint standup. Replied to a request from Peter L about news postings. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a tofu and veggie stir-fry over mixed greens. Water to drink. Content work for Cheryl C and the PC Intranet: report outside activities. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and blueberries; water. Dinner at home: Tuscan white beans stew with crusty bread, water. I washed dishes. Dessert: mint chocolate chip ice cream for both. Afterwards we finished watching Patton Oswalt: Annihilation on Netflix instant watch. Then we watched teasers for Picard season 2 and Discovery season 4. Then we watched Legion s2:e11 (season finale) then The Simpsons s31:e17 Highway to Well on Disney+. I washed more dishes. Did a bit more work since I did not want to lose my train of thought: D7: pharm body tag missing classes used to indicate unpublished state. Late snack: carrot sticks and hummus. Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his intention to fully reopen California on June 15 if certain criteria are met: (a) if vaccine supply is sufficient for Californians 16 years and older who wish to be inoculated; and (b) if hospitalization rates are stable and low.
Wed Apr 7, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts then part of Ad Astra on Cinemax. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and blueberries; water. Sprint standup. Content work for Cheryl C and the PC Intranet: report outside activities. Followup on Emma email delivery and marketing with Ray Y, Cathleen S, Monica M, and Dan F. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself tonkatsu flavor ramen with shrimp, scallops, and vegetables. Began building a new BAYS microsite for Emma G. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and diced pear; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: together we prepared orecchiette with broccoli and pinenut sauce. Water to drink. Cocktails: Patrick prepared for us sierra madre sunrises. We watched Nate Bargatze: The Greatest Average American on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: carrot sticks, multiseed crackers, and hummus, water.
Thu Apr 8, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and part of Extra Spicy podcasts then continued watching Ad Astra on Cinemax. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and sliced banana; water. Missed sprint standup because I was busy working. Word document accessibility remediation for Emma G: BAYS application. Read CSS Layout News 297. Lunch at home: leftover Tuscan white beans stew, leftover french fries. Began playing Tint for iOS via Apple Arcade. Continued content work for Cheryl C and the PC Intranet: report outside activities. Responded to a request from Lisa D about instructions for creating an image of a digital signature. Prepped for styling work to resolve issues discovered during the report outside activities build. Patrick made us cocktails: an invention: the flor del lirio. Snack: a few crumbs from a tortilla chips bag. We ordered dinner delivery: Hole in the Wall Pizza via Uber Eats: mushroom and sausage with marinara. Patrick chatted over Zoom with Lori and Anne. I said hello briefly. Spot-cleaned a throw pillow that had a small stain. Troubleshot a network problem with Patrick's computer after his Zoom call ended. The ethernet connection was not active as expected and broke automatic backups. Restarting resolved it. Legion s3:e1 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Finished watching Ad Astra on Cinemax with no-salt microwave popcorn. Weeded and filed files collected on desktop.
Fri Apr 9, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Don't Ask Tig and StarTalk podcasts. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. Continued content and styling work for Cheryl C and the PC Intranet: report outside activities. Patrick ordered pastries from Tartine Inner Sunset, so midmorning we shared a banana walnut muffin. Continued working. Patrick got his COVID-19 vaccine shot today via our health insurance provider. Johnson and Johnson. Lunch: leftover Tuscan white beans stew, water. Continued playing Tint for iOS via Apple Arcade. Continued working. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and blueberries; water. HR import to Mailchimp. Attempted to create an account with Constant Contact, was told I already have an account. Used the forgot my password procedure twice and have been waiting 15 minutes for an email to arrive. I don't think it will. Started to continue D8 work but got sidetracked with some important phone calls. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover orecchietti, leftover pizza, side salad, water. Afterwards we watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier s2:e4 on Disney+ then Bo Burnham: what on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Prepared a package for mailing: an item to be repaired. Late snack/dessert: warmed Tartine orange-flavored morning bun, water.
Sat Apr 10, 2021
Ran in place to Boys in the Band (2020) on Netflix instant watch—loved it. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and sliced banana; water. Finished preparing a package to mail. Tidied and cleaned. Snack: warmed Tartine savory scone from yesterday's order. It was more like a scoffin if you ask me, though. Mailed the package. Stopped at Walgreens for a half gallon of emergency milk. Trash management, vacuumed. Changed air purifier pre-filters. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and sliced banana; water. Briefly weeded in the back yard. Began rewatching The DaVinci Code on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Dinner at home with Patrick: Cochon Butcher’s chicken and andouille gumbo, mini cupcakes from Miette. I washed dishes. We finished rewatching The DaVinci Code. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes.
Sun Apr 11, 2021
Ran in place to half of Keep the Lights On on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and blueberries; water. Nap. Continued playing Tint and began playing Inside on iOS on my iPad Air. Dinner at home with Patrick: Mamahuhu dumplings which we steamed before realizing they were supposed to be pan-fried. They turned out fine nonetheless. We also prepared a tofu miso soup. Afterwards we played more games on iOS: Manifold Garden, Inside. We watched an episode of The Simpsons s31:e18 on Disney+ then a short bit of standup comedy on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: blue corn tortilla chips with hummus. Dessert: ginger ale with squeeze of lime. Played Assemble With Care and Tint for iOS. Purchased a gift.
Mon Apr 12, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today podcast then Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and sliced banana; water. Followup with student DD about a logo approval request. Followup with Erika and Marley about an HR request. Calendar management. Finished work for Cheryl C and the PC Intranet: report outside activities. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Continued review of Constant Contact. Lunch: large salad with lemon poppyseed dressing. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, sliced banana, and blackberries; water. Team meeting at which someone made an announcement. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burgers with fixins, tomato basil soup with breadcrumbs and a dollop of sour cream, water. I washed dishes. I continued playing Tint and began playing Escape Machine City: Airborne for iOS on my iPad Air. Patrick melted chocolate and dipped fruits, nuts, and Nilla wafers in it. They cooled while we watched Legion s3:e2 on Hulu Basic Plan. Then we watched Cirque du Soleil: Spotlight on Corteo on YouTube with the chocolate treats. Patrick went to bed and we cuddled in bed a while. I arose. Prepped resolution of a financial issue. Style edits for the bookmarks page in my website. Upgraded MAMP PRO from 6.3.1 to 6.3.2. Late snack: Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn, water.
Tue Apr 13, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today podcast then 4K Walking Tour of New Orleans in Springtime | The Botanical Garden + City Park via Free Tours by Foot on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. Continued Constant Contact evaluation all day. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a large bowl of ramen with vegetables, shrimp, tofu, and egg. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blackberries; water. Anne briefly pulled me into a Calpoison meeting. Dinner at home with Patrick: spinach spaghetti with porcini mushroom sauce with sliced mini bellas, water. Dessert: more of the small chocolates and mendiants from yesterday. I washed dishes. We watched various clips on YouTube (Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard teaser, then The Art of Creativity | Taika Waititi | TEDxDoha, then Save Ralph - A short film with Taika Waititi then half of Boy (2010) on Kanopy. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: carrot sticks and hummus, water.
Wed Apr 14, 2021
Ran in place to half of Twelve Monkeys (1995) on Cinemax. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blackberries; water. Virtual sprint standup. Meetings all day, mostly blue sky. Lunch: large salad with asian dressing, water. Snack: pretzels. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Read CSS Layout News 298. Dinner at home with Patrick: vegetarian korma, water. I washed dishes. We finished watching Boy (2010) on Kanopy then watched various clips and standup comedy on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Continued playing Tint for iOS on my iPad Air. Late snack: a modified version of Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn (half order, no butter, only a pinch of salt), water.
Thu Apr 15, 2021
Ran in place to the remainder of Twelve Monkeys (1995) on Cinemax. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Sprint standup. Continued documenting the procedure to alter a url on our microsite system so that a 404 error is not cached, sent it to James and Eric for review. Various D7 styling work. Met with Anne 1:1. Attended a UCSF self-defense webinar geared for the Asian community. Prepared a custom Zoom background for Cindy. Various Asana task followup. Dinner at home with Patrick: tex-mex black bean and corn casserole, water. This dish resembled lasagne so much that I decided to call it mexican lasagne. We played games on the iPad Air. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: blue tortilla chips with hummus, water. I washed dishes. Late snack: corn off the cob, pinch of salt, pepper; water.
Fri Apr 16, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts then to half of PBS's Ken Burns's American Lives: Frank Lloyd Wright: Part 1 on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Chatted on the phone with Jonathan from Constant Contact, learned there is no free pro trial and that it's geared for ecommerce customers. All day: migrated contacts from Mailchimp to Constant Contact and built segments. Midmorning small meal: cup of tomato basil soup, water. Lunch at home: leftover curry with rice, water. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Reported a problem with ForeScout SecureConnector version 19.0 (build 19004) on a 2017 15-inch MacBook Pro with macOS Catalina 10.15.7. The problem is that SecureConnector steals focus. I'd be typing in any app and without warning my typing would stop putting letters on the screen. Rich T provided a script found in an Apple StackExchange answer posted by Ace that helped identify SecureConnector as the culprit. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Lazy Susan: 2 orders of brown rice, beef and broccoli, shrimp chow mein, dry fried aromatic chicken, wonton soup, pork and veggie potstickers, water. Dessert: berry (2), green tea (1), and chocolate (1) fortune cookies. My fortunes: I got the same one twice: The first known crab rangoon appeared in the 1940s on the menu at Trader Vic's in San Francisco. Patrick's fortunes: (a) Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Co. has been handmaking cookies since 1962 ... including the one you are about to eat! Approximately 3 billion fortune cookies are made around the world each year, most of them eaten in the U.S. Everything was tasty and perfect. The chow mein was packed tightly in its container and overflowed when opened, so next time we just need to remember to move this to a larger bowl before serving. Afterwards we watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier s1:e5 on Disney+ then Legion s3:e3 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: leftover wonton soup.
Sat Apr 17, 2021
Ran in place to PBS's Ken Burns's American Lives: Frank Lloyd Wright: remainder of Part 1 and part of Part 2 on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana, blueberries; water. Midmorning small meal: leftovers from Lazy Susan, water. Long nap. Leftover mexican lasagne. Continued tax filing preparations. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers from Lazy Susan, water. Dessert: today Patrick made Trisha Yearwood's banana pudding using a recipe found on the Food Network website. Watched Legion s3:e4 on Hulu Basic Plan with Patrick. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late meal: mung bean noodle soup with napa cabbage, mixed greens, sliced mushroom, leftover miso broth. Weeded expired medications.
Sun Apr 18, 2021
Ran in place to the remainder of PBS's Ken Burns's American Lives: Frank Lloyd Wright: Part 2 then part of Land of Storms on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Cleaned a plastic medications bin. Nap. Continued tax filing preparations. Late lunch: mexican lasagne. Weeded more expired medications. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers. Patrick had vegetarian korma. I had beef with broccoli with brown rice. Water to drink. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we played three games of UNO then watched Legion s3:e5 on Hulu Basic Plan with Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn, a John Collins cocktail for me, and a lemon-lime soda for Patrick. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Changed candle batteries.
Mon Apr 19, 2021
Ran in place to more of Land of Storms on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Virtual sprint standup. Continued troubleshooting ForeScout SecureConnector stealing focus. I modified the Python script to show timestamps and determined that SecureConnector was stealing focus about every six minutes and eight seconds. Lunch: spinach spaghetti with leftover porcini mushroom sauce with sliced mini bellas, water. Began building a master html email template in Constant Contact. It looks like it doesn't give as much design control as Mailchimp, but maybe we can make it work. Eye doctor appointment. Patrick rented a Getaround car and drove me there then returned home and then picked me up two hours later. After we returned the car, we walked to Lost and Found on Taraval to pick up dinner to go: two wagyu burgers (pickles for Patrick), one order of garlic fries. Water to drink. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. I continued experimenting with templates in Constant Contact.
Tue Apr 20, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today podcast, part of Fifth and Mission podcast, and the remainder of Land of Storms on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Virtual sprint standup. Tested the rollback of ForeScout SecureConnector from 19004 to 19001 and that resolved the problem of it stealing focus. Continued building a master html email template in Constant Contact. Midmorning small meal with Patrick: bruschetta with mozzarella and basil, water. Dessert: a few bites of last-legs banana pudding. Lunch: small bowl of miso soup. Resolved a problematic financial issue. Read CSS Layout News 299. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Met with Anne B and Paul D about building an event page for CPCS. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef stew from frozen, leftover bruschetta with mozzarella and basil, water. Afterwards we watched various videos and trailers, mostly on YouTube. Reviewed Apple's product announcements from today. Patrick went to bed. I completed our tax filings. I washed dishes. Late snack: one carrot, blue corn tortilla chips, hummus. Today we received two board games that Patrick bought: a chess set and a game called Rock Me Archimedes. I learn about Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict first through an email from Chancellor Hawgood and am relieved like so many others to see this tiny yet important step toward justice has been made.
Wed Apr 21, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today podcast and Bill Vicars on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries from frozen; water. Sprint standup. Content edits following Igor M's title change. Continued evaluating Constant Contact and Bananatag. Spent over an hour on the phone to resolve an identity information leak related to UC's involvement in the Accellion data breach. While waiting 45 minutes on hold I had a cup of tomato basil soup. Finished talking on the phone. Lunch: I prepared for myself veggie fried rice. Water to drink. Mailchimp work: CP virtual peer review for Lisa D. Qualtrics research for Eric. Investigated why shy entities were being stripped from CKEditor, came up with nothing. Dinner at home with Patrick: spinach and sesame tofu stir-fry with brown rice, water. We watched part of The Women (1939) on Netflix DVD. Small glass of sake for Patrick. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Thu Apr 22, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today podcast and various videos on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries from frozen; water. Virtual sprint standup. All day: Mailchimp build for commencement invitations for Jon R and continued evaluating mass email services. Midmorning snack: cup of tomato basil soup, water. Lunch at home with Patrick: fish sandwich on brioche bun using frozen, breaded fish fillets. They were pretty disappointing because the fish was too mushy. Water to drink. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork tortellini in brodo with ciabatta toast, water. Dessert: dutch chocolate ice cream with caramel topping. Patrick also had toasted pecans. We played various games on the iPad Air, mostly Cube Escape: Paradox by Rusty Lake. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late meal: a few salted cashew halves, some dried plums, steak and potato chunky soup, water. To bed late. Stopped regularly having afternoon oatmeal.
Fri Apr 23, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today podcast and various videos on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana, blueberries from frozen; water. All day: mass email evaluation. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a tofu and veggie stir-fry. Water to drink. Chatted on Zoom briefly with Tanya J about Bananatag then later with Erika C about a person profile page. Dinner at home with Patrick: quesadillas, water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched The Falcon and the Winter Soldier s1:e6 season finale on Disney+ with Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn (but with only two pinches of salt) and sake. We briefly continued playing Cube Escape: Paradox by Rusty Lake. Patrick went to bed. Patrick reached fully vaccinated status today. We didn't celebrate I think because we're just tired of COVID. Sam is last in our pod to get vaccinated, and he's getting Moderna (two doses), so we expect our pod to be fully in the clear on June 1.
Sat Apr 24, 2021
Ran in place to part of Banksy Does New York on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blackberries; water. Vacuumed. Cut my hair, showered. Cleaned in the bathroom a bit. Patrick cleaned and reorganized the pantry today. Lunch: I prepared for myself mung bean noodle soup with napa cabbage, snap peas, green onion, parsley, brown clamshell mushrooms. Water to drink. Trash management. Changed air purifier prefilters. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Ebisu via Uber Eats: behind the green door, king california, two orders of miso soup, negimachi roll, rock n roll, spider roll, tekkyu, sweet tofu skin. Afterwards we watched Star Wars: The Clone Wars s1:e3 then The Simpsons s31:e19 Warrin' Priests on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I completed playing chapter 1 of Cube Escape: Paradox by Rusty Lake. I washed dishes and emptied the paper shredder. Late snack: dried plums, dried banana coins, mini pretzels, water.
Sun Apr 25, 2021
Finished watching Banksy Does New York on Kanopy—loved it. Ran in place to about half of Palo Alto on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Patrick made two almond-flour cakes today, one almond and one chocolate. Afterwards we tried slices of the chocolate one topped with powered sugar—delicious. Began new washlet installation but had to stop because the local water shutoff valve did not work as expected, so I emailed the landlord asking what to do. Midmorning small meal: leftover sushi, water. Early afternoon small meal: quesadilla partly with leftover fixins, water. Shredded unneeded financial documents. Returned to a long-latent project: a website redesign for Recharge Medical, updated core and modules. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers: Patrick had spicy red beans from frozen and instant brown rice, I had tortellini in brodo with brown clamshell mushrooms. Water to drink. Dessert: chocolate almond cake with caramel syrup. Cocktails: mezcal margaritas. We finished watching The Women on Netflix DVD then watched various videos including standup comedy clips on YouTube. Waxed half the dining table. (The other half was taken up by a chess board and pantry items in a holding pattern following yesterday's pantry cleaning.) Patrick went to bed. I joined him and we cuddled a while. I arose and washed dishes.
Mon Apr 26, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Extra Spicy podcasts. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana, blackberries; water. Sprint standup. D8 sprint start meeting. Troubleshot the problem encountered with Paul D and Anne B last week with styles in a Word document not coming in correctly when pasted into Drupal. A different version of the document does not have the problem. A new version of the document does not have the problem. I created a video to demonstrate then shared it with Microsoft Stream. Continued work on a mass email services comparison table. This morning Patrick made buttermilk pecan farina muffins, and a little while after they were done I ate two of them—yum! The landlord stopped by to help me resolve my need of turning off the water to install a new washlet. I'll have to turn off water to the whole house, coordinating with the upstairs neighbors. Skipped lunch—too busy. Afternoon snack: no-salt popcorn from a saucepan. Sent the mass email services comparison to first-look reviewers. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Park Gyros via Uber Eats: appetizer combo, chicken kebab plate for each of us. Water to drink. After dinner we each drank a glass of white wine while watching The Sons of Tennessee Williams on Kanopy which we liked very much. Patrick went to bed. I joined him and we cuddled a while. I arose and washed dishes. Installed updates for my work computer.
Tue Apr 27, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts. Installed tvOS 14.5 for our 4th-gen Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. 1:1 with Eric. Continued followup with mass email services comparison. Began implementing new footer requirements. Read CSS Layout News 300. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night's dinner, water. Attempted to install a Toto C200 washlet and failed because the pieces supplied in the box did not fit. Did some D7 template work to implement automatic Contact Us footer links for microsites. Dinner at home with Patrick: bean and mushroom hard shell tacos with other fixins, water. Patrick washed dishes. Dessert: almond cake with caramel sauce topped with a mixure of cinnamon and powdered sugar. I washed dishes. Changed the Brita filter. We watched various videos on YouTube visiting the Luray Caverns in Virginia and Versailles in France. Patrick went to bed. Installed updates for home devices. Troubleshot problems with an Apple macOS Catalina update for Patrick's computer stalling near the start of the progress bar. I cold restarted, and the install continued, getting further, but it stalled again near the end of the progress bar. I wasn't sure I was able to get the computer to restart, but it did. I'm giving up for today. Next attempt is to install from the dmg. If that fails, restart in safe mode then install from the dmg.
Wed Apr 28, 2021
Abandoned morning run in place because my knee was hurting just a little bit. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. Sent more commencement invitations to the PAA board for Cindy and Jon. Followup on various mass email threads. Calendar management. Blue Sky SOP Comms/Marketing/Web Session 2 Meeting. Prepped lunch. Installed a Toto C200 washlet. Yesterday I thought I would need to buy more parts to complete the job, but instead I simply rethought where to attach the T connector Toto provided, and it worked. I realized that we already had the needed part, probably from the previous washlet installation, and I just wasn't thinking quickly enough yesterday to understand that I could change the order in which I connected the pieces in order to make it work. 1:1 with Anne. Lunch: I prepared for myself ramen noodles stir-fried with cabbage and clamshell mushrooms and sliced green onion with hoison sauce in a chicken-flavored base. Water to drink. Ate during the Blue Sky Human Resources meeting. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Hole in the Wall Pizza: caesar salad, bbq chicken pizza. Water to drink. After dinner we each had a glass of white wine. We watched about two thirds of The Italian Job (1969) on Paramount+. This film's pace feels so slow. Why do they repeat things frequently? Was it because everyone was high in the late 1960s and needed repetition so they could follow the plot? Patrick went to bed. I handled a return; a company shipped us the wrong item—not our fault. Washed dishes, managed trash, tidied. We pretty quickly disabled the pre-mist function on our newly installed Toto C200 washlet; it seems unnecessary, and Patrick didn't like it. I was skeptical that the deodorizer fan actually removed any odors, but it really does work. The price paid for this no-smell convenience is a little bit of fan noise for the duration of your stay plus two minutes.
Thu Apr 29, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today podcast then French Flavour - Acadian to New Orleans then part of Coming of Age in Cherry Grove on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; water. Sprint standup. Mass email comparison followup. Midmorning snack: one warmed biscuit, water. Continued D7 work to automatically add Contact Us footer links for pharm. Lunch at home: leftovers from yesterday's noodles. Nap. Continued implementing Contact Us footer links then committed code for it. Farewell to Grant B Zoom meeting with the team. Dinner at home with Patrick: prawn and herb omelette, white wine, water. Afterwards we played Lumino City and Marginalia Hero (we could not figure out the controls) and Get aCC_e55 (Get Access) on our iPad Air. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Continued troubleshooting error "Secure input activated by Loginwindow" related to BetterTouchTool. Still no better solution than to log out of macOS then log in again. Late snack: half slice of leftover pizza. Received new eyeglasses today and tried them out for a while.
Fri Apr 30, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today podcast then the remainder of Coming of Age in Cherry Grove then about half of Kīlauea: Hawai'i on Fire on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, dried banana slices; water. Sprint standup. Closed the Donate PPE microsite. Orgchart and people work following Grant B's departure. Early lunch: leftover bbq chicken pizza, water. Resolved a problem with unauthorized transcations for one of my accounts, then updated payment info in a bunch of places. Today Patrick began work to paint a nude self-portrait. D8 front-end work. D8 sprint recap meeting. UCSF town hall, at which they announced an extension to work-at-home workers from June 30 to October 1 with a variety of caveats. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Old Mandarin via Uber Eats: green onion pancake, wor wonton soup, lemon chicken, beef chow mein, mu shu vegetables with pancakes, steamed white rice. Water to drink. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Legion s3:e6 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Recently the keyboard of my 2017 MacBook Pro work computer started misbehaving. This time, most noticably it's the W key that repeats, which is particulary problematic when I press Command+W to close a browser tab and more than one tab closes unexpectedly. This is the butterfly keyboard, and it had been replaced once before already. Such a headache. People who decided no more Apple products after encountering this: I understand how you feel.