July 2021
Summary: UCSF largely follows SF and California in relaxing masking guidance; barhopping with Paul; Sunset Mercantile with Patrick; dinner at Kokkari with Patrick; drinks with Paul at Hi Tops; UCSF, San Francisco, and Los Angeles recommend wearing masks in indoor public spaces due to rising concern over the delta variant; Outer Sunset Farmer's Market and Mercantile with Patrick; dinner at home with Patrick, Chris D, and Nate; lunch at Cha Cha Cha with Joel; dinner at home with Patrick, Chris G, and Andy
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Thu Jul 1, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, nutmeg, peach; water. Virtual sprint standup. Unsubscribed from WDRL. Various task followup. Orgchart and people work: OSACA, OEIS. Lunch at home with Patrick: shrimp salad with lettuce and tomato on brioche hot dog buns, potato chips, water. Finished editing and formatting a telework policy draft for Eric and Liana. Troubleshot problems with Bananatag stripping doctype, html, body, and tbody elements from my custom html template; reported my findings to Todd at Bananatag. Dinner with Patrick: we walked east on Taraval all the way to 19th Avenue before turning back west and dining at King of Thai Noodle: we shared crispy garden rolls, chicken over garlic ginger rice, yellow curry with pork, thai iced teas. Dining indoors still feels relatively new even though we both have done it a number of times in the past two weeks. Walked home with leftovers. Afterwards we finished watching Goldmember that we had begun on May 31, 2020, after it disappeared from and then returned to Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed, and I joined him shortly thereafter for first sleep. Arose around 1:00 a.m. Vacated items from a shelf to make room for Patrick to rearrange items from elsewhere to accommodate some new toys. Ate a bowl of organic Bing cherries from Yakima, Washington, most of them not very sweet; the few firmer ones were sweeter than the others.
Fri Jul 2, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water. Virtual sprint standup. More people changes work. Continued troubleshooting Bananatag template problems. Today Patrick made a chocolate quick bread. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself the same as yesterday's lunch minus the potato chips. Water to drink. More people work: another departure. Met with Anne. HR import to Mailchimp and partly to Campaign Monitor. Followup with forthcoming A3 meeting attendees who had not yet replied. Siteimprove policy work. Dinner at home with Patrick: cheddar veggie burgers with A1 sauce and fixins, pasta e fagioli, water. Drinks: I had a variation on a Bahama Mama. Patrick had a shot of tequila. We watched part of Notorious (1946) on Netflix DVD with Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn. According to Sleep Cycle I was in bed for 10 hours 36 minutes and slept for 10 hours 4 minutes.
Sat Jul 3, 2021
Ran in place to various YouTube videos including Plantations to Visit Near New Orleans (Mississippi Road Trip, Part 2) via Free Tours by Foot. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; slice of the chocolate bread Patrick made yesterday; water. Cleaned in the bathroom. Vacuumed. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover shrimp salad on brioche hot dog buns and on a small French roll, water. Attempted to run an errand to drop off a package, but the place I visited did not accept FedEx. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef bolognese over tagliatelle, water. Drinks: coffee margarita for me, shot of tequila for Patrick. We watched various YouTube videos with popcorn from the silicone microwave popper. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: cherries. Late snack: corn off the cob from frozen, water.
Sun Jul 4, 2021
Ran in place to EPCOT - Disney’s $4.6 Billion Dollar Headache via ReviewTyme then Exploring Baton Rouge Louisiana (Mississippi Road Trip, Part 3) via Free Tours by Foot, both on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; slice of the chocolate bread Patrick made yesterday; water. Late lunch: leftover rice and fried rice with leftover yellow curry pork, water. Attempted to play the Nvidia Shield but couldn't find any games I strongly wanted to play. Continued playing Little Orpheus on Apple Arcade on the Apple TV on our Roku TV. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Memphis Minnies via Uber Eats: fried chicken plate, beef brisket plate, 3 bbq ribs, and a bunch of sides: mac and cheese, baked beans, sweet potato, collard greens, two cornbreads, many sauces. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we watched three episodes of The Simpsons on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I joined him after a little bit.
Mon Jul 5, 2021
Ran in place to Exploring St. Francisville, Louisiana Tour (Mississippi Road Trip, Part 4) then Exploring Natchez, Mississippi Tour (Mississippi Road Trip, Part 5) via Free Tours by Foot on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blackberries. Errands on foot with Patrick: mailbox, Parkside Farmer's Market, Guerra's. Lunch: leftover yellow curry with pork with leftover tagliatelle, bing cherries, water. Long nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick prepared Mediterranean baked halibut with roasted cherry tomatoes, string beans, and onions, water. Cocktails: Patrick had a shot of tequila, I had a shot of Firelit. We watched Tuba to Cuba on Kanopy. Patrick went to bed, and I joined him for a while before arising. Reformatted our network Time Machine backups in order to resolve a problem with it being out of disk space. Updates and backups and troubleshooting problems for home computers and devices. For CrashPlan on my work computer I had to manually execute a deauthorize command for it to begin resyncing. Late meal: leftover tagliatelle with ragu, slice of chocolate bread, water.
Tue Jul 6, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today then to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced apricot. Sprint standup. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. 1:1 with Eric. Completed annual cybersecurity training. Read CSS Layout News 310. Lunch at home: tacos using leftover brisket with fixins, water. Met with James about D8 following his people content type work. Blue Sky A3 draft proposal review meeting. Siteimprove training: alt tags. Dinner at home with Patrick: lentil stew with sausage over steamed rice, water. Dessert: we shared one slice of chocolate bread, heated. Drinks: shot of tequila for Patrick, shot of Alley 6 peach liqueur with whipped cream vodka for me. We watched YouTube videos: Austrian and Italian Alps via Rick Steves' Europe then stand-up comedy. Patrick went to bed, and I joined him for a little while before arising. Late meal: cherries, leftover fried chicken, medium salad with diced tomato and diced avocado and pepper ranch dressing, water.
Wed Jul 7, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today then to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced apricot. Sprint standup. Granted permissions for additional web editors for Mandy M. DKIM followup discussion with Eric. Mailchimp subscriber weeding with Eric. Various task and email followup. Lunch at home: medium salad with Memphis Minnies leftovers: brisket, sweet potatoes, bbq sauce; water. Styling and front-end work in D8. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover lentil stew with sausage over steamed rice, water. Drinks: Patrick had a shot of tequila. I had a daiquiri double. Afterwards we watched Loki s1:e5 on Disney+ then part of The Tomorrow War on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed while I stayed up a while longer.
Thu Jul 8, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. Followup with Ashish S about a listserv super-list request. Granted web editor access to Alfonz S for the BTS history site. Responded to a question from Reanna S about automatic hyphenation on our websites. Handled another web editor access request for Mandy M for Residencies. Lunch: two soft tacos with fixins and using leftover brisket, water. Published an event for Carolina L for QBI. Lots of D8 front-end work: people. Dinner at home with Patrick: shakshuka with feta over couscous, side of pita bread, water. Drinks: Patrick had a shot of tequila, I had a shot of Capital Punishment. We watched the remainder of The Tomorrow War then The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s1:e6 on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. Today I received an email notifying me of a service milestone, and the first thing that popped into my head was, "Wait, what year is this?" Late small meal: leftover tagliatelle with ragu, water.
Fri Jul 9, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana, diced nectarine; water. Sprint standup. Changed BTS footer social media links and added a subpage for The Kidney Project website for Alfonz. Followup with Nicole F about our super-list listserv request. Followup with Robin C about a digital letterhead request. Updated the recently posted QBI event for Carolina L. Created a new channel in Teams for White Coat prep. Lunch today was leftover halibut with roasted cherry tomatoes, string beans, and onions; water. Rode UberX to the financial district. Dinner at Kokkari Estiatorio with Patrick: sparkling water, glass of cabernet for me, glass of karavatakis for Patrick. Small plates: octopodaki tou yiorgou, dolmathes. Mains: arnisia paidakia (lamb chops with potatoes) for Patrick, mosharisia brizola (rib-eye with potatoes and greens) for me. Dessert: we shared loukoumades (donuts with honey and walnuts). Greek coffee metrio for Patrick, spearmint tea for me. $260.33 before a $40 tip. Patrick liked it but thought it was overpriced for what you got. Service by Seth was very good. We were sat initially at table 2 and one window was open but it was too cold for us, so after asking we were moved to table 55 which was better even though there was an open window nearby but further away. The restaurant was full. To reach the restroom I was directed to take an elevator one flight down, which was fine to me even sharing it with another person. Rode UberX home. To bed. Biphasic sleep.
Sat Jul 10, 2021
Slept in. Ran in place to Apple In Conversation podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced nectarine; water. Vaccumed, then changed the vacuum cleaner bag. Lunch: leftover lentils and rice, water. Cut my hair, cleaned the bathroom, showered. Did some organizing of stuff into a closet. Dinner at home with Patrick: we prepared hoisin tofu stir-fry with kale, sliced mushrooms, green onions; water. Drinks: Patrick had a shot of tequila. I continued playing Little Orpheus and Wonderbox on Apple TV. Rode Muni to the Castro. Met Paul for drinks in the Castro. We started at Lookout then moved to Hi Tops. We encountered Mike B, and I introduced them and we chatted with him a bit. I met David via Paul. Paul and I walked to his place following his suggestion that he might make us something to eat, but instead I fell asleep right away and spent the night on Paul's living room couch.
Sun Jul 11, 2021
Rode UberX to meet Patrick at the Outer Sunset Farmer's Market and Mercantile aka Sunset Mercantile at 37th and Ortega. We had long been wanting to visit. This was our first time. We browsed the vendors, and Patrick bought some produce. We walked home. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water. I napped. Dinner at home with Patrick: warm steak salad using the rib-eye leftover from Kokkari, side of warmed pita, water. Patrick had a glass of tequila. We watched Inferno on Netflix DVD. Patrick went to bed. Late meal: sweet potato chips with hummus, large salad with sliced mushrooms and roasted pumpkin seeds and blue cheese dressing, water.
Mon Jul 12, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced plum; water. Sprint standup. Followup with Robin C about letterhead. Followup with Alesia W and Greg H about Alesia's headshot. Finished markup for a history archive page requested by Levi. Edited new UFD all day. Lunch at home with Patrick: delivery from Posh Bagel via Uber Eats: roast beef for Patrick, pastrami and swiss for me. Water to drink. Continued editing new UFD. Responded to a request from Jen C about a fellowship web page. Followup with IT on a super-list request. Followup with QBI about Mailchimp to Campaign Monitor transition. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Dinner at home with Patrick: creamy lemon, bacon, and peas linguine. Water to drink. Patrick had a shot of tequila. We watched a few minutes of Trouble the Water on Kanopy before stopping because we couldn't stand the shaky camera movements. Then we watched Star Wars: The Clone Wars s1:e8. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: spinach-asiago bagel, toasted, with cream cheese; water.
Tue Jul 13, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced peach; water. Sprint standup. LISTSERV super-list followup with IT. Continued editing UFD. 1:1 with Eric. Followup with Campaign Monitor about not receiving invitations to join others' groups. Added some new pages to Residencies for Mandy M. Lunch at home: a bunch of different leftovers, water. Watched part of a cybersecurity town hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burgers with cheddar and fixins, french fries from frozen with ketchup and bbq sauces, water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched [4K] Immersive Pirates Ride at Shanghai Disneyland - Amazing Ride Technology via Attractions 360° then Rick Steves' Cruising the Mediterranean via Rick Steves' Europe on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late snack: onion bagel, toasted, with cream cheese; water.
Wed Jul 14, 2021
Ran in place to Bill Vicars on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced peach; water. Sprint standup. UFD: final web review, email prep, emergency switch from Mailchimp to listserv, build a Qualtrics form to handle unsubs. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a tofu and green bean stir-fry with Minute rice, water. Meeting with IT and automated-RSS-interested parties to discuss DKIM. Rode UberX to a dentist appointment. Arrived a little early so I walked in the neighborhood browsing shops, stopping at our cellular provider to see about something, and see how the neighborhood has changed. Afterwards Patrick met me for dinner. We went to Pacific Catch. Blood orange margarita and three-taco platter for Patrick, carmelized pina colada and hawwaiian teriyaki chicken with brown rice for me. Also water to drink. Touchless payment and digital receipt via Toast was delightful. Afterwards we got a few grocery items at a nearby market then rode UberX home. We watched Loki s1:e6 on Disney+ with microwave popcorn. Patrick went to bed.
Thu Jul 15, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today, Fifth and Mission, and StarTalk (with Malcolm Gladwell) podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, toasted coconut; water. Sprint standup. Requested a new test listserv. Followup from yesterday's UFD: looked at stats, prepped handling of unsubs, made template tweaks. Blue Sky comms meeting. Lunch at home: leftovers from last night, water. A bit later I had a bowl of Skylar Rae cherries which are now, instantly, my new favorite variety of cherry. They have the coloring of Rainier cherries but they don't bruise as easily, and they are super sweet with a very high Brix. They were half the price of the same amount of Bing cherries we bought at the same store. Finally figured out how to configure DKIM for Campaign Monitor. D8 repo work following James's work with D8 and D9. Read CSS Layout News 311. Troubleshot an HR problem receiving a gift. More CM config. More D8 repo work. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared tacos with fixins. Water to drink. Afterwards Patrick had a scoop of ice cream. I ate a bowl of Bing cherries. We played a bunch of games, but many were unsuccessful. Myst III: Exile on Steam quit immediately upon launch, and several minutes of troubleshooting did not resolve it. Gave up and tried Firewatch. Our DualShock 5 controller would not work with it at all and several minutes of troubleshooting did not resolve it. Gave up and switched to Apple Arcade on Apple TV where we tried Fantasian but it was a long download so while we waited Patrick played some of Pac-Man Party which we had played before. Fantasian still not ready, so I played Frogger in Toy Town. Fantasian is ready. We played it a bit, but then the controller failed to pair. I resolved this by unpairing both previously paired controllers then pairing the one controller we were using today (which was the same as one of the two just-unpaired controllers). Figuring out the controls was too difficult, so we quit Fantasian and uninstalled it. Watched comedy on YouTube including Sam Morril: I Got This—hilarious. Patrick went to bed. Later I got Myst III: Exile working or at least so that it would not quit upon launch. I don't know what I did to fix it.
Fri Jul 16, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, toasted coconut; water. No standup. Handled unsubscribes. Followup with Todd at Bananatag about my problem report with pasting custom html code. Continued troubleshooting Campaign Monitor invitations not being received. Solution: add cmail20.com to whitelist. Resolved my problem with ordering my work anniversary gift by using Safari instead of Firefox. Met with Anne. Met with James. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Perilla Haight via Uber Eats: vermicelli with pork and imperial rolls for Patrick, vermicelli with lemongrass beef and imperial rolls for me, thai iced teas for both. Afterwards I made mezcal margaritas with salt for both of us. I washed dishes. We watched The Painting (2011) on Netflix DVD—amusing, particularly after just watching Loki season 1. Biphasic sleep. Late snack: Bing cherries.
Sat Jul 17, 2021
Slept in. Ran in place to Patrick's Queer Words podcast. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced nectarine; water. Attempted to begin the tarp project to build a replacement for the partly makeshift privacy covering in the back yard, but the hooks I had ordered six weeks ago are nowhere to be found. Had to order replacements. Lunch: Patrick's leftovers from last night. Weeded and tidied in the front yard. Shower. Long nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Hall of Flame Burger via Uber Eats: we both had crispy chicken sandwiches with fries, we shared an order of onion rings, we got chocolate shakes on a two-for-one offer. Patrick washed dishes. I changed the air purifier prefilters. Troubleshot and resolved a problem with CrashPlan connecting on my work laptop by opening CrashPlan, typing Cmd+Option+C and giving the command "deauthorize". Afterwards we watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s1:e7 on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I joined him awhile then arose.
Sun Jul 18, 2021
Slept in. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water. Housecleaning. Afternoon snack: leftover french fries with ketchup, water. Chris and Nate came over for dinner, our first small dinner party at home since before March 2020. Dinner at home with Patrick, Chris, and Nate: chicken and smoked sausage gumbo ya-ya; Creole boiled rice; garlic bread; salad with tomatoes, basil, and mint; homemade pecan pie. To drink: water, sparkling water, the J. Schrams they had gifted us at the end of 2020. They stayed just under three hours, and we all had a terrific time. We stashed the bottle they had brought: a 2020 Archgate sparkling pinot noir rose. Patrick went to bed after doing some of the dishes. I finished the remainder.
Mon Jul 19, 2021
Ran in place to Fifth and Mission podcast via Apple TV then various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced nectarine; water. Sprint standup. Followup with Josh L about archiving cdroms. Reported a phishing attempt to IT. Found and read Beyond Being There (Hollan, Stornetta), recommended by Nate. Lunch: leftovers from last night: salad, garlic bread, pecan pie; Skylar Rae cherries; water. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Watched a Siteimprove video: May 2021 - A Day in the Life of the Blind—terrific. Adjusted settings for the new listserv for white coat guests. Watched Phil Simon Speaks at EdlemanPR on YouTube. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Yum Yum House via Uber Eats: crispy shrimp roll, gyoza, hamachi roll, hana roll, inari nigiri * 2, maguro nigiri, miso soup * 2, smoked sake roll. Afterwards we watched Broken Bread s1:e1 via free preview on Tastemade then Schmigadoon! s1:e1 on Apple TV+. Biphasic sleep.
Tue Jul 20, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today then Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water. No standup. Troubleshot problems with CrashPlan: stuck on synchronizing file information. Restarting did not fix it, but deauthorize did (or at least got it unstuck). Followup with Nicole about super-lists. Followup with Joel about meeting for lunch next week. Followup with Campaign Monitor rss campaign failing to send. Set up 2fa for Campaign Monitor. Handled a Siteimprove request from Jaime K. Followup with Nicole about old CM drafts and the stalled super-list request. Updated our Siteimprove page with a pointer to the channel on UC Tech Slack. Lunch at home: leftover gumbo ya-ya, water. Met with Cheryl C about accreditation and flash drives (?!). Reviewed the review inbox in Asana. Handled some time reference changes for Joel: Pacific standard time changed to Pacific time. Began reading Reimagining Collaboration by Phil Simon on Kindle on my iPad Air. Dinner at home with Patrick: cavatappi with grilled chicken, broccolini, mini tomatoes, and feta; water. I made cocktails: quarter horse. Patrick washed most of the dishes. Dessert for Patrick only: a slice of pecan pie. Afterwards we watched Italy's Riviera: Cinque Terre via Rick Steves' Europe on YouTube then Big Mouth s1:e2 on Netflix instant watch then various standup on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I finished washing the dishes. Late snack: hummus with celery sticks, tortilla chips, and pretzels.
Wed Jul 21, 2021
Ran in place to NPR Life Kit podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water. Sprint standup. Followup with Reanna S about a logo request. Met with Anne to discuss Education Unit orgchart changes and how that affects web pages. Lunch: leftover cavatappi, water. Orgchart work the rest of the day. Read CSS Layout News 312. Dinner at home by myself: tonkatsu-flavored ramen with egg, kale, and mushrooms; water. Patrick spent the afternoon and evening with his mom today. I washed dishes. Patrick returned home. We watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I continued playing Little Orpheus then watched various YouTube videos. Late snack: french fries from frozen, ketchup, water.
Thu Jul 22, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and StarTalk podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water. Troubleshot problems with paste in CKEditor in Firefox 90—looks like a bug in Firefox 90 specific to CKEditor somehow. Chatted briefly with Anne. Created an Asana task to set up a test/stage environment for Jenna S with CPCS. Troubleshot unsubscribing from a mailing list. Lunch at home: large salad with kale and mixed greens, mushrooms, hard-boiled egg, roasted pumpkin seeds, grated mixed cheeses, ranch dressing. Web editor training over Zoom with AS, JS, DK, AB. Continued reading Phil Simon's Reimagining Collaboration. Dinner at home with Patrick: lentil and sausage stew over white rice, water. Afterwards we played Myst III: Exile on my MacBook Pro. The game quit immediately upon launch. I resolved this by turning off screen mirroring via AirPlay. We played directly on the laptop since we couldn't get our DualShock 5 controller to work with the game. We played for about an hour and then after I quit the game I found that it had not saved any of our progress—so frustrating. Troubleshot a corrupted Firefox profile for a long time. Eventually resolved it by emptying the new profile folder created over the course of the day and replacing its contents with the contents of my profile folder from a Time Machine backup. Late meal: mini ravioli in tomato sauce from a can, water.
Fri Jul 23, 2021
Slept in. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water. Followup with various tasks. Chatted with Anne over Teams about Calpoison and staging. Chatted with James over Teams about linking to multitab structures. Continued reading Phil Simon's Reimagining Collaboration. Lunch: pickup from Lou's with Patrick. We took sandwiches home to eat. Patrick had Kick'n RB, and I had RB mushroom. Water to drink. Met with Anne on Zoom. Added Campaign Monitor to the list of authorized bulk email services. UCSF town hall via Zoom. Dinner at home with Patrick: mushroom risotto, water, chardonnay. Patrick washed some dishes. Afterwards we watched Ted Lasso: Season 1 RECAP via Man Of Recaps on YouTube then Ted Lasso s2:e1 on Apple TV+ then various comedy clips on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed the remaining dishes. Late small meal: veggie burger with kale on brioche bun, water.
Sat Jul 24, 2021
Over the past day Patrick and I had noticed that a vole had gotten its head stuck between the backyard fence and concrete and was struggling to free itself. Today we attempted to free it without killing it and soon discovered that its skull had gotten wedged in and could not be removed. After nearly an hour, we took a break. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced pluot, dried cherries; water. We continued over the next few hours, trying many different things including water-based lube and then water then a rotary tool on the wood then a drill on the wood then a blade and a screwdriver to chip away at the concrete, and this last method finally worked, and finally the vole was free, clearly tired and distraught. We gave it a rinse, towel-dried it, gently blow-dried it, then set it in a towel in a box with some celery root and grasses. Exhausted, long nap with Patrick. Upon waking Patrick told me our efforts were successful, and that the vole seems to be recovering and eating. Paul invited me to Hi Tops to watch the Olympics with Divad, but I declined due to the spread of the delta variant of COVID-19. Dinner at home with Patrick: spaghetti aglio e olio con cavolo nero, chardonnay, water. Dessert: I had a small scoop of Ben and Jerry's Punch Line ice cream. The vole seems to have fully recovered, so we released it further back in the back yard. Afterwards we watched Schmigadoon! s1:e2 on Apple TV+ then The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s1:e8 on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I joined him after a bit for a while then arose and read news on my iPhone 12 mini. Late meal: leftover basmati rice with a variation on Mark Bittman's flash-cooked kale (lime juice instead of lemon), water. A bit later: tortilla chips. Finished rereading The Ethical Slut, 2nd edition. To bed late.
Sun Jul 25, 2021
Ran in place to half of 1917 on Netflix DVD. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced pluot, dried cherries; water. Prepped for the tarp project to replace the tarp plus cardboard privacy screen in the back yard. Weeded some in the back yard. Ran in place to the remainder of 1917 and three bonus mini-documentaries on Netflix DVD while Patrick napped. Lunch: leftover risotto, water. Completed the tarp project. Turns out I didn't use the sewing machine. Instead, to hem, I used our creme brulee torch to heat-seal the edge. Cut my hair, showered. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie quesadillas (red bell pepper, onion, kale, cheese), side of black beans, water. I had a glass of chardonnay which oddly gave me an instant, all-over-head headache. Afterwards we watched the trailer for Brigadoon then we watched Schmigadoon! s1:e3 on Apple TV+ then a few minutes of Ilana Glazer: The Planet is Burning on Amazon Prime Video before abandoning it (took too long to get to the first jokes which were not funny) then Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millenial (very hilarious) on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed, and I joined him a while before arising. Archived documents. Encountered another integrity problem with the Toshiba Canvio Slim external hard drive.
Mon Jul 26, 2021
Ran in place to Life Kit and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and fruit; water. No sprint standup. Followup with Mitra and Cheryl about orgcharts timing. Responded to a request from Lucia about deleting old schedules. Followup with IT and email teams about how to remove external sender notices from DKIMmed Campaign Monitor campaigns. Repaired a problem in my journal entries in which everything was off by one day since July 15 because I had mistakenly combined entries from two days. Patrick discovered the problem. Similar to an occurrence in March 2021, I again resolved an integrity problem with a Toshiba Canvio Slim external hard drive by ensuring my backup was secure, reformatting the drive, then restoring the backup. Orgchart work. Met with Sushil C about the super-list Nicole and I have been trying to create. Followup with James about the Cmd+V problem I reported late last week; updates to CKEditor and wysiwyg module are expected to resolve the problem. Lunch at home: two mini burritos using leftovers from previous meals, tortilla chips, water. Restore to the Canvio Slim completed, so I re-enabled backups for it. Troubleshot a problem receiving SiriusXM emails intended for someone else. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. The landlord stopped by to inspect the back yard for improvements. Continued reading Reinventing Collaboration on Kindle app on my iPad Air. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Calibur via Uber Eats: single burgers, fries. Patrick also ordered a chocolate shake. Water to drink. Our order was delivered much later than usual, and the result was disappointing. Afterwards we watched Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi s1:e1 on Hulu Basic Plan then finished watching Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millenial on Netflix instant watch then YouTube: various trailers and Netflix is a Joke. Patrick went to bed. Unloaded images from my iPhone 12 mini then uploaded some to Flickr then archived them. Finished reading The Chronicle's The Jessica Simulation (by Jason Fagone), which I had started reading this morning.
Tue Jul 27, 2021
Ran in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and fruit; water. Sprint standup. Tested an updated CKEditor for James on our test server. Reviewed the telework policy once more for Liana. Followup with Reanna S and Savic Lab about an identity request. Continued reading Phil Simon's Reimagining Collaboration. Rode UberX to Mangrove Kitchen for lunch: larb gai salad not spicy, thai iced tea, water. My server remembered me and what I ordered on my last visit a month ago. I was impressed. Doctor appointment. Walked in the neighborhood and browsed in shops a bit and bought a bottle of organic white wine before riding UberX home. Contacted Mailchimp support to determine why our RSS campaign failed to fire for two weeks in a row. Responded to a request from Kazuko O about how to upload images. Resolved secure input activated by loginwindow with BetterTouchTool (aka Esc key does not work) by restarting my MacBook Pro. I helped Patrick prep some vegetables for tonight's dinner. Dinner at home with Patrick: enchiladas, water. I also had a very small glass of chardonnay. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Earth at Night in Color s1:e1 and s1:e2 on Apple TV+ then Behind the Attraction s1:e1 (The Jungle Cruise) on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I read news on my iPhone 12 mini. Late meal: large romaine salad with diced green bell pepper, sliced mushrooms, sliced green onions, roasted pumpkin seeds, blue cheese dressing; water. Snack: TJ's three-seed beet-corn chips.
Wed Jul 28, 2021
Ran in place to a rewatching of one hour and six minutes of 1917 on Netflix DVD. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and fruit; water. Sprint standup. Manually recreated a weekly news digest html email in Bananatag because it failed to send from Mailchimp two Tuesdays in a row. Prepped for the BT send. Followup with CM support on why RSS campaigns are not sending from there. Read CSS Layout News 313. Attended Siteimprove accessibility webinar: Providing Quality Audio Description. Lunch at home: leftover enchilada, leftover french fries with ketchup, water. Continued playing Little Orpheus. Back to work. Identity work in Illustrator, PowerPoint, and CustomInk for Savic Lab. Rebuilt the weekly news digest as a one-off in MJML then dropped it into Campaign Monitor. Tested and sent it. Populated the White Coat guest list listserv. Patrick visited his mom in the evening and joined her for dinner. Dinner at home by myself: leftover enchilada, small romaine salad with diced tomato and sliced mushrooms with ranch dressing and roasted pumpkin seeds, water, glass of chardonnay. Continued playing Little Orpheus and Pinball Wizard on Apple Arcade on Apple TV. Late meal: romaine salad with diced tomato, sliced mushroom, chopped almonds, and italian herb dressing; water.
Thu Jul 29, 2021
Ran in place to a rewatching of the remainder of 1917 on Netflix DVD. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and fruit; water. Sprint standup. Weekly news digest one-off results review: uncertain. Town hall reminder email build all morning. Rode UberX to Cha Cha Cha on Haight to meet Joel for lunch, indoors, not very crowded. We each got a cubano classico, his with plantain chips, mine with fried potatoes. Diet Coke for Joel, water for me. We caught up on life after not seeing each other in person for well over a year or two. We talked about Italy and other travels, people at work, working conditions, the hiring process for Cindy's replacement, whether Joel was interested in that position (no), Fiona Ma, and more. Joel took a good photo of me on his iPhone. I think it was a 12 Pro Max? Afterwards we both got groceries at Whole Foods. So nice to spend some time with Joel today. I rode UberX home. Continued town hall reminder email build even though Eric sent it as non-html email because we ran out of time. We're still going to need it for next time. Implemented MJML accordions for the first time. They seem to work. Handled a digital letterhead request from Jen C. Followup with Jon and Josh about the White Coat html email invitations. Dinner at home with Patrick: NYT's cheesy pan pizza with sausage and arugula, water. I also had a glass of Chardonnay. I washed dishes. Afterwards I continued playing Little Orpheus on Apple Arcade on Apple TV while Patrick watched. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late snack: small four-cheese quesadilla using corn tortillas, four ounces of hazelnut soda made from Torani syrup and sparkling water from the Sodastream.
Fri Jul 30, 2021
Ran in place to a rewatching of 1917 on Netflix DVD, this time the Sam Mendes commentary. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. Prepped white coat email invitations to send via listserv. Blue Sky comms expertise and capacity meeting. Continued and finished white coat invitations to send. Followup with Reanna S about Savic Lab identity. Lunch at home: leftover sandwich from yesterday's lunch, water. Met with Calpoison and Anne. Met with Anne. Telework proposal review meeting. Patrick prepared gumbo ya-ya for tomorrow night. Granted two more web editor permissions for Mandy M for Residencies. Filed a whitelist request for QBI. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers, water. I also had a glass of chardonnay. Chatted with Tina. Facetime wouldn't work so we switched to Zoom. We talked about gumbo, garlic bread, Cuisinart, Robot Coupe, Pacojet, Gavin Newsom, Chesa Boudin, the delta variant of COVID-19, Roy Choi, Padma Lakshmi, Warrior, avoiding Facebook and other social media, Alley 6 spiced peach liqueur and more. Deauthorized Code42 in order to get it to reconnect to its destination. I washed dishes. Late snack: half banana, water.
Sat Jul 31, 2021
Ran in place to the remainder of a rewatching of 1917 on Netflix DVD, this time the Sam Mendes commentary. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk and sliced banana; water. Folded laundry that Patrick had washed earlier. Midmorning meal: delivery from Les Gourmands Bakery: ham and swiss croissant, almond pain au chocolat, oranais, and two sables de normandie. We shared the ham and swiss. I ate the oranais. We saved the rest for later. Decaf coffee for Patrick, water for me. Dusted, vacuumed, and tidied. Patrick napped, then I napped. Dinner at home with Patrick, Chris, and Andy: gumbo ya-ya with chicken and andouille; Creole boiled rice; heirloom tomato and Vidalia onion salad; Commander’s garlic bread; peaches and cream ice cream with sablé de normandie butter cookie (almond for Chris and Andy, chocolate chip for Patrick and me), sparkling water, water, brut cava, Alley 6 spiced peach liqueur. Always a fine evening when spent with Chris and Andy.