May 2023
Summary: SFMOMA with Patrick; Mother's Day Lunch with Patrick, Kerry, Sam, and Mom Ryan; Carnaval Parade and Festival with Patrick
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Mon May 1, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, diced half banana; hot water; 6 ounces of black cherry juice (left over from the icebox cake recipe). Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. Followup with web owners and editors about alt tags. Followup with Leslie F about a name change. Followup with Alex S about custom Qualtrics themes. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: bucatini with cauliflower, capers, and lemon; water. I also had some black cherry juice. I created a YouTube playlist of John Mulaney SNL monologues. We watched Beef s1:e2 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo. Late small meal: leftover shrimp and tofu stir-fry, water.
Tue May 2, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day, including followup with Arezou R about misspellings and broken links on CCB. Various ticket followup with IT. Honors and awards updates on the web. Asana tasks following departures for Deborah G and Levi G. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch with Eric at SF Kebab. Eric had a chicken wrap with french fries and ketchup and water. I had a salmon kebab plate with hot mint tisane. My order took much longer than Eric's to arrive, and we're not sure if it was due to wrap vs. plate or chicken vs. fish or something else or nothing else. Food was delicious. Met with Wan-Yu L over Zoom to discuss Facebook message and comment moderation. Orgchart work for James: budget meeting. Followup with IT to downgrade from SEP 14.3 RU6 to RU3. Photo followup with Judie T. Began real work on the Candy or Medicine project for CPCS. Rode Muni home. It took 90 minutes, partly because they moved the stops and the terminal for bus 48. It's more than a block further than before, and these are long blocks in this part of town. I think I'll never ride this bus ever again since it's too much walking and waiting and no longer is worth it. Before these changes it was worth it to do a little bit of extra walking so that I wouldn't need to take three vehicles to get to work. It's so awful now. Dinner at home with Patrick: Beyond Burger burgers with fixins, water. No sides. We watched GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Recap: Everything You Need to Know Before Volume 3 via ScreenCrush on YouTube. I used the laptop again to avoid commercials with uBlock Origin in Firefox, and this time I believe I resolved the lag by not mirroring the screen. Patrick went to bed. Late beverage: 6 ounces of black cherry juice.
Wed May 3, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Responded to a request from Mel N about a page disappearing in Residencies. Orgchart work: budget meeting. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. CPCS Candy or Medicine work. Lunch at home with Patrick: sandwiches from Jane the Bakery. Patrick had chicken schwarma. I had roast beef. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo, finishing the second story. Helped Nicole F with listserv config: remove Private from Send for some student lists. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from A Desi Cafe via DoorDash: assorted appetizer, chicken tikka kebab, mix vegetables, onion naan, raita, masala chai, large taj mahal (22oz), prawn biryani. All food and drink were delicious except the chicken was drier than we had expected. Several items were spicy but I was able to tolerate it. We watched John Mulaney's second SNL stand-up monologue on YouTube then Schmigadoon! (Schmicago) s2:e6 (season finale) on Apple TV+ then 10 Behind The Scenes Reasons For Star Trek Characters' Quirks via TrekCulture on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Recharge Medical work: reorder home page items, remove some text from the USCIS page. Lots of Recharge dev website work after none for a long time: update Drupal from 9.5.3 to 9.5.9, remove Walnut Creek, remove LinkIt because it was causing problems I was unable to understand or resolve, remove some text from the USCIS page. Installed a rapid security update for my iPhone. It installed extremely quickly; I am surprised.
Thu May 4, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Handled an external support request about receiving an incorrect milestone pin. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. Followup with Nicole F about listserv config. Followup with John G: your redirect is finally in place. Followup with Wan-Yu L about TKP comments on YouTube videos. Lunch: leftovers from A Desi Cafe, water. Posted two events for Carolina L. Orgchart work: budget meeting. CPCS Candy or Medicine work. Snack: seaweed, water. Rode UberX to dinner at Outerlands with Patrick: pain au levain with house-cultured butter; butter bean and escarole soup with nettle pesto, tomato, grana padano; spring salad with snap peas, feta, fennel, avocado, mint, buttermilk dressing; bavette steak. Dessert: passionfruit tart. Cocktails: Moon People (mezcal, angostura, pineapple gum, ancho reyes, lime) for Patrick, Latin Quarter (rum blend, chocolate, absinthe, bitters, lemon oil) for me. Wine with dinner: we each had a glass of buondonno sangiovese (toscana rosso 2019). Service by Zach E was excellent. We sat at table 13, which I liked because it was right next to the service window so I could watch others' food as it emerges.
Fri May 5, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Helped Zev G with a question about inserting images into numbered lists. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. CPCS Candy or Medicine work essentially all day. Lunch at desk from Panda Express: half chow mein, half mixed vegetables, mushroom chicken. Water from my water bottle. My fortune: Your clever mind will lead you to many rewards. UCSF town hall. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: the bucatini dish from a few nights ago was reworked to have a tomato-based sauce. We had that with a side salad. Water to drink. Afterwards we watched Ted Lasso s3:e8 on Apple TV+. I walked in place while we watched. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late meal: leftover indian food, one Cheez-It, water. Washed dishes.
Sat May 6, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo. Lunch: leftover tomato-based bucatini, water. In the afternoon Patrick and I rode Muni to Castro Street station. He walked to the Pilsner to meet Aaron for a few hours then visit his mom and Kerry. I barhopped. At Hi Tops I watched Mage win the Kentucky Derby. I also received a very nice compliment and was so taken by surprise since I don't receive such nice compliments often that I probably had forgotten to thank the giver and get his phone number. I chatted briefly with someone I saw pull out a gym bag from a locker. It seems that anyone with a lock can use an empty locker at Hi Tops to store things whilst in the bar. On the sidewalk someone dressed smartly in black and white and walking a dog asked me if I was at Billy Porter last night. Patrick and I met for dinner at Starbelly: cocktails: chumbo picante (mezcal, Opuntia prickly pear liqueur, grapefruit, calabrian chile oil, lime) for Patrick, passionflower (blanco tequila, passionfruit, citrus, hibiscus) for me. House-cut fries with three dips, house-made dungeness crab and burrata cappelletti with shaved grana and garlic brown butter (order of 3, +$5 for one more to make it even for two persons), Starbelly bacon pizza no jalapeños with arugula and green goddess dressing. Our server was Alex D. We rode Uber Green home.
Sun May 7, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted shredded coconut, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Patrick and I rode Muni to lunch at The Bird on New Montgomery Street: spicy chicken sandwich and root beer for Patrick, chicken sandwich and sparkling water for me. Patrick particularly liked the apple slaw on the sandwich. He said it made them stand out. Afterwards we walked to SFMOMA where we got free admission as part of a MAX event. We arrived around 1:00 p.m. and visited floors 7, 6, 5, and 4 before stopping at the MAX private gathering. We were given a free drink ticket. The room was very darkly lit, and a DJ played loud music. The drink line was very long with seemingly only one bartender. The man in line ahead of us guessed that it would take at least 30 minutes to reach the front of the line, and I had to agree. He abandoned the event, and Patrick and I also did shortly afterwards. Patrick wanted ice cream, so we visited Ghirardhelli's. Patrick got a chocolate-dipped cone cup with chocolate ice cream and mint chocolate chip ice cream. I had a few bites. We rode Muni to the Castro and got $8 sangrias at Blush Wine Bar, sitting on the sidewalk and enjoying the warmish weather and the many passing dogs walking their humans. Dinner at Tanglad: thai iced tea and grilled pork rice vermicelli cold noodle with imperial rolls for Patrick, water and lemongrass beef with garlic noodles for me. All food and drink were delicious. Rode Muni home. Relaxed. We watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s5:e6 on Amazon Prime Video.
Mon May 8, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted shredded coconut, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Commencement program build all day. Lunch: I ate Patrick's leftovers from Tanglad. Rode Muni to a doctor appointment. Rode a UCSF shuttle back to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Martha Stewart's quick broccoli frittata with avocado; a side salad with ranch and unsalted unroasted pumpkin seeds; water. Patrick wanted some theme changes to his website, so we worked on that for the remainder of the evening. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Tue May 9, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted shredded coconut, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay. Followup with Lucia about misdirected snail mail. Followup with Mandy B about a broken link to the Albertson's website. Followup with Alex S about creating a custom Qualtrics theme. Followup with CPCS team about the Pills vs Candy project aka the Candy or Medicine project. Updated digital letterhead for Stephanie H. Lunch at Street Tacos with Eric and Wan-Yu: taco salad and water for Wan-Yu, two tacos and horchata and water for Eric, shrimp taco and tilapia taco with lime wedges, side of rice, and water for me. The corn tortillas for the tacos are handmade, and they are delicious. We had an excellent chat with Wan-Yu talking about all kinds of things. Eric left a bit early to get to a meeting. Back at work, I tried to resolve a broken link issue with an Albertsons website and failed, wasting 30 minutes on the telephone. Followup with Michael D about the Oni-Orisan Lab website. Delivered the commencement program digital art for Documents and Media for Julia S and Leslie C and Lucia P. Rode Muni to Alamo Drafthouse Cinema where I met Patrick for dinner and Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3. Margarita for me, sweetened iced tea for Patrick. We shared popcorn and a chicken cordon bleu sandwich with fries and ketchup. I loved the film, and we particularly enjoyed seeing our friend Nico in it. Nico, you did a great job! Rode Uber Green home in a Tesla Model 3.
Wed May 10, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, unroasted unsalted pumpkin seeds, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Built the commencement program for the web, then implemented some styling adjustments to improve how it and other collapsed tables look on mobile. Lunch at home with Patrick: sandwich delivery from Lucca via DoorDash: meatball with provolone for Patrick, turkey and bacon with swiss on french roll for me. We shared potato salad. All food and drink were delicious. The potato salad is notably plain, with diced celery and onion and something red and without diced boiled egg and without black pepper. Patrick also had some Dr. Pepper. He also ordered a piece of baklava which we saved for later. CPCS Candy or Medicine work the rest of the afternoon. Weeded Twitter followings. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from New Eritrea via DoorDash: vegetarian combo, kilwa (beef), extra injera, extra teff injera, sambusa (ground beef). All food and drink were delicious. We probably did not need so many extra injeras. I made black cherry whiskey sours. We watched Ted Lasso s3:e9 on Apple TV+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Continued working on CPCS since I didn't want to lose my train of thought. Late dessert: some Dr. Pepper. Created automation shortcuts on my iPhone 12 mini to warn me when my battery falls to 45% and to turn on low power mode when my battery falls to 35%. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo. Today I tested how long Volt Heat Lava Boots last on the lowest heat setting. Their claim is 14+ hours, and it met this and exceeded 15 hours. I finally noticed one battery was dead at 17 hours, and the other died not long after that. Pretty amazing! Late snack: potato salad, water.
Thu May 11, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. CPCS Candy or Medicine work the rest of the day. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had Dr. Pepper and leftovers from yesterday's meatball sandwich. I had water and leftovers from yesterday's New Eritrea dinner. I began playing Rime Escape Game for iPadOS on my iPad Air. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick made boiled rice with lap cheung and chinese duck sausage with peas and carrots from frozen. Water to drink. Cocktails: black cherry Disaronno spritzers. We watched Moonlighting s5:e1 "Womb with a View" on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Butcher block wood butter treatment. Finished playing Rime (normal end). I enjoyed it, but there were a few puzzles that I couldn't figure out, so I relied on a walkthrough. Late snack: toasted sharp cheddar on sourdough, water.
Fri May 12, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. CPCS Candy or Medicine work the rest of the day. Rode Muni and walked to lunch at Kiki Japanese Restaurant: gyu don, hot green tea. Gyu don is thinly sliced beef with grilled onions and a little bit of soup over rice in a low bowl. It and the tea were both delicious. Walked and rode Muni back to work. More Candy or Medicine work. Rode Muni home. Encountered problems using our HomePod and HomePod mini: "Sorry, there was a problem with Apple Music." After Siri failed verbal requests to restart the devices, I was able to resolve it from the Home app on my iPhone 12 mini. It's unintuitive because in order to restart you have to select Reset. Walked to 9th and Judah then rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Martha Stewart's Emeril's kicked-up tuna melts with side of Whole Foods tomato parmesan soup, water. Cocktail for me only: aviation. We watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s5:e7 on Amazon Prime Video. I washed dishes at a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo. To bed. Awoke around 1:00 a.m., arose around 2:00 a.m. Prepared one Gardein chick'n slider from frozen in the toaster oven, accidentally setting off a smoke alarm even though there was no smoke. Finished cooking it, then ate it. Patrick woke at his usual hour around the same time, so after eating I returned to bed.
Sat May 13, 2023
Slept in a bit. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. Housecleaning: vacuuming. Lunch: leftover injera (which reheats reasonably well in the microwave) with leftover tomato parmesan soup. Water to drink. Cut my hair, showered. Later we walked to dinner at O'Brien's: cocktails: old fashioneds. We shared: fried chicken sandwich with side of mac and cheese and one of today's specials: New York strip roast with green beans and baked potato. Dessert: banoffee pie. Patrick would have preferred a slaw instead of lettuce and tomato on the chicken sandwich. The banoffee pie was a little hard to get the firm crust out of its dish. We didn't ask the price of the roast special, and we didn't realize until we got home that it was $42. Service by Katie C was excellent. Walked home. We watched Beef s1:e3 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo.
Sun May 14, 2023
Rested in bed a while due to insomnia. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. Patrick prepared Mother's Day lunch, and I helped. The menu: Southern fruit salad, crab cakes with remoulade, mini shrimp rolls, chocolate chip cookies. Cleaned and rested. Walked to dinner at Kingdom of Dumpling, meeting Chris and Andy there. We shared: crispy lotus root salad, beef shanghai soup dumplings, beef roll pancake, garlic string beans, pork and cabbage dumplings, lamb skewers, shrimp and chive dumplings, hot tea. Afterwards we got cocktails at Lost and Found: bourbon for Chris, The Painted Ladies for Andy, Grant Avenue Old Fashioned for Patrick, Market Street Desire for me. We walked them to their car; they gave us a ride home. Patrick went to bed. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo.
Mon May 15, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Strategic plan work: unpublished and redirected old plans. A-Z list work. Lunch: leftover mini shrimp roll, chicken taco grande from Carmelina's, water from my water bottle. CPCS Candy or Medicine work the rest of the day. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Yan-Kit's chicken glazed in hoisin sauce with steamed rice, water, white wine. Dessert: one warm chocolate chip cookie each. Patrick washed many of the dishes. We watched Comedy Central Presents s13 e22 (Bo Burnham) and e23 (John Mulaney) then one YouTube video. I walked in place while watching. Patrick went to bed. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo. I washed the remaining dishes. Late snack: leftover fruit salad, water.
Tue May 16, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay. 90 minutes door to door. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Followup with SEP problems. CPCS Candy or Medicine work. Posted a faculty and staff announcement for Eric. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch at Gott's with Alesia and Eric: chicken caesar salad for Alesia, fish tacos for Eric, crispy teriyaki chicken sandwich for me. We shared french fries. UCSF shuttle from Mission Bay to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. About 90 minutes door to door. Dinner at home with Patrick: previously frozen homemade chili and cornbread, water. Dessert: we split one warm chocolate chip cookie. We watched Ted Lasso s3:e10 on Apple TV+ then The Simpsons s33:e16 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: leftover fruit salad, water. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo.
Wed May 17, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. CPCS Candy or Medicine work all day. Posted an event for Carolina L. Updates for the commencement program on the web. Lunch at home with Patrick: one mini fried chicken sandwich each. I also had a bowl of grapes. Water to drink. After work, I continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo. Dinner at home with Patrick: Martha Stewart's quinoa with carmelized corn and scallions, water. We watched Beef s1:e4 on Netflix instant watch then 75 percent of Hannah Gadsby: Something Special also on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: grapes and a few cashews. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo.
Thu May 18, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. CPCS Candy or Medicine work all day. Implemented two new redirects for Jenna J for CPCS. Lunch at home: leftover cashew chicken with rice, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: Pasta Supply Co.’s fresh pappardelle with smokey pork sugo; Pasta Supply Co.’s olive piccolo (a Spanish version of a baguette); water. All turned out deliciously. We rode Muni to Church Street station. Patrick ran an errand. We walked to and through the Castro before deciding to get drinks at Hi Tops. Human Torch then Mad Bum for me, bourbon drinks for Patrick. We shared a half order of nachos no meat and no jalapenos. We met Rocco (with his airline friends), Tariq (who lives in Noe Valley and works with medical devices), and Besh (who lives near Church and Market). Rode Uber Green home.
Fri May 19, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Upgraded Docker Desktop from 4.17.0 to 4.19.0 and then the next time I started Docker Desktop it caused my Mac to restart unexpectedly. The macOS problem report reported it as "SOCD report detected: (iBoot panic)." Following restart, Docker Desktop started correctly and all seemed well. Updated Safari and Powerpoint—no issues. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Met with Eric to resolve facts and figures numbers. Lunch: shredded pork taco grande from Carmelina's, ate at desk with water from my water bottle. CPCS Candy or Medicine work the remainder of the day. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Pasta Supply Co.’s fresh squid ink spaghetti with tuna, tomato, and capers sauce; Pasta Supply Co.’s pan terra; water. All turned out deliciously. We watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s5:e8 on Amazon Prime Video then the remainder of Hannah Gadsby: Something Special on Netflix instant watch. I walked in place while we watched. I washed dishes at a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed. Late small meal: two corn on the cobs heated in the microwave each for two minutes separately, water.
Sat May 20, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover quinoa with carmelized corn and scallions for Patrick, leftover pappardelle with smokey pork sugo for me, water. Patrick pulled out the external DVD drive to see what was on some DVDs he had while looking for homemade videos of him performing tai chi. We worked on Patrick's website, changing the color scheme, installing updates, and adding a forthcoming event. We shared a midafternoon snack: zong, water. Rode Muni to the Castro with Patrick. Dinner with Patrick at Thai House Express (415-864-5000, 599 Castro Street): we shared sleep shrimp, yellow curry chicken, one order of jasmine rice. Thai iced tea for Patrick, water for me. All food and drink were delicious. Service by Por-Phol was good. Afterwards we had drinks at Blackbird: Manhattan for Patrick, Mile High Club (reposado tequila, tamarind, spiced pear liqueur, fortified wine, bitters) for me. Next we had drinks at Toad Hall: pilsner for Patrick, margarita for me. We enjoyed meeting Julio from Oakland, who had earlier visited Wasabi Bistro and The Mix with friends. All the bars we visited seemed to have light traffic, but maybe that's because it was still early? Rode Uber Green home.
Sun May 21, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Patrick and I rode Muni to Castro Street station. Pastries and coffee drinks at Poesia Cafe: pecan and caramel roll, vanilla and custard croissant, and another whose name we don't recall but it was a chocolate muffin topped with crunchy balls. The vanilla and custard croissant was the best of this bunch. This was our first time eating and drinking here. Afterwards we visited Patrick's mom while Kerry stepped out for a walk in the park. Next we drank aperol spritzes at The Pilsner Inn. The back patio was surprisingly clear, warm, and sunny, and Patrick sat in the shady part. Next we lunched at Los Amigos (2295 Market Street). It was our first time dining at this newish Salvadoran restaurant. Patrick had two kinds of pupusa with coffee and water. I had grilled shrimp with rice, beans, and one tortilla. We enjoyed the meal. No other restaurant in this area has the pleasure of these big windows through which to watch passersby, and we haven't eaten in this space in a very long time. On the way to Castro Street station we encountered a terrific busker (named Cedric?) playing electronic guitar. Rode Muni home, where it was overcast, cold, and very foggy. Later Patrick and I dined at home on leftovers. Patrick's: squid ink spaghetti with tuna, tomato, and capers sauce. Mine: I sauteed green onions and frozen vegetables and mixed that with leftover quinoa. Water to drink. Patrick washed dishes. We watched Beef s1:e5 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Continued reading and taking notes from Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering. Late snack: cashews.
Mon May 22, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced dried mango, diced dried pineapple; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work, including reworking markup on Wells's Alumni page to resolve various accessibility issues. Rode Muni to Cole Vally to drop off dead batteries at the hardware store because for some unknown reason our garbage pickup always fails to pick them up. For lunch I got seated at Kamekyo but after having a few minutes with a menu to decide what I wanted and then waiting a few minutes I saw no wait staff inside the restaurant which was empty of customers except for one table inside and one table outside. I waited a few more minutes before abandoning it due to inattentiveness and poor efficiency. There seemed to be only one wait staffperson. Instead I walked across the street and got a rotisserie chicken sandwich without the spicy spread and plain water at Luke's Local, sitting in an adjacent parklet in the sun next to three people speaking French. I encountered one piece of tendon, but otherwise the sandwich was delicious. More Siteimprove work. CPCS Candy or Medicine work the remainder of the day. Upgraded from iOS 16.4.1 to 16.5 on my iPhone 12 mini. Various page changes for BI for Rebecca D. Walked from UCSF Parnassus to 9th and Judah. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick ate a leftover half from his Irving Subs Italian sandwich at lunch. I ate a chicken pot pie from frozen. Water to drink. Dessert for Patrick: hot chocolate with cinnamon, Mexican vanilla, and mini marshmallows. I had just a few sips. We watched Beef s1:e6 on Netflix instant watch then part of Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: Say I Won't - Full Special on YouTube on my MacBook Pro with Firefox and uBlock Origin adblocker. I washed dessert dishes. Patrick went to bed. I joined an hour later.
Tue May 23, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, raisins; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay. Completed BI page changes for Rebecca D. Published an event for Carolina L. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Lunch at Dumpling Time with Wan-Yu. She had beijing noodles. I had the asian green salad, which was huge and very filling. Water to drink. We talked about Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, John Mulaney, Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Beef, Netflix, commutes, Java, Javascript, and more. While we ate a large fly entered the dining area and bothered us quite persistently. I noticed that as I waved my hand near it it would not fly away, so while it was on the edge of my salad bowl I grabbed it with my napkin and crushed the napkin into a ball. Problem solved. (Sorry, PETA. Obama and I are in agreement on this.) CPCS Candy or Medicine work. Began a new project for Eric to list entrepreneurship data on our website. UCSF shuttle from Mission Bay to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Replaced Patrick's headphones ear pads with new ones. Dinner at home with Patrick: vegan coconut curry ramen with mushrooms, water. Afterwards we watched Beef s1:e7 on Netflix instant watch then Ted Lasso s3:e11 on Apple TV+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: cashews.
Wed May 24, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, raisins; hot water. Worked from home. Followup with Profiles team about a character entities problem. Entrepreneurship data project work. Troubleshot problems with home internet—web pages would take a long time before starting to load—a latency problem? Restarting the ONT and router seemed to fix it. Attended a Brand 101 session by Marc V and the Brand Strategy team. Lunch at home: I had the remaining half of a Tartine turkey pastrami sandwich he had yesterday. Water to drink. Spent most of the day working on the entrepreneurship project for Eric. After work I rode Muni to the Castro to meet Patrick following an eye doctor appointment, but they ended up not dilating as we had expected. We dined and had drinks at Hi Tops: intimidator (lost republic bourbon, bitters, agave, ginger beer, lemon) and fried chicken sandwich and fries for Patrick, baby bull (cazadores tequila, orange bitters, agave, lime) and grilled chicken sandwich and kale caesar salad for me. Afterwards we shopped for the first time at Bottle Bacchanal and bought some items. Rode UberX home.
Thu May 25, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, raisins; hot water. Worked from home. Followup with Terran about errors encountered with their database. Posted an updated event for Carolina L. Entrepreneurship project: logo builds and styling work all day. Lunch at home with Patrick: I walked to Lou's for a sandwich and potato chips: Roma's Club on soft and sweet roll instead of dutch crunch and no jalapeno spread. Dinner at home with Patrick: tuna and white bean salad with warm bread, water, white wine. I washed dishes. We watched Beef s1:e8 on Netflix instant watch then Wanda Sykes: I'm an Entertainer on Netflix instant watch. I did some walking in place while watching. Patrick went to bed. I improved automation shortcuts on my iPhone 12 mini so that my low battery warnings would play custom sounds. Did more entrepreneurship project work after work hours because I didn't want to lose my train of thought. I ended up getting past a problem that stumped me for a while earlier today: to get items to align bottom inside containers that are the same height, set them in either a grid or flex display with align-items: stretch then within each item use a flex display with align-items: end. Butcher block wood butter treatment. Late snack: potato chips, water.
Fri May 26, 2023
Cleaned the bath tub and sink. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, half diced banana; hot water with squeeze of half lemon. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Project work and 1:1 with Eric: entrepreneurship, strategic plan. Early office closure due to Memorial holiday weekend. Walked and rode Muni to lunch at Perilla (415-564-9980, 836 Irving Street): five spice chicken with imperial rolls and garlic noodles and broccoli, thai iced tea. About $23 after tax and tip. I hadn't had the garlic noodles here in a very long time, and on this visit they seemed to be missing something. I felt like they could have been more flavorful. Maybe more garlic? Maybe a few drops of sesame oil? Maybe the water needed salt? Alternately, if you're looking for garlic noodles that aren't too garlicky or salty, these might be perfect for you. The chicken is perfectly moist inside and crisp outside. It had two small pieces of tendon or gristle. The dish comes with two pieces of crunchy broccoli—blanched? This is still my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in the area. Rode Muni home. Sewing project: repaired my Abercrombie Adams Mountain jacket by hand (loose pocket) and machine (fray, overcasting). Patrick napped. Dinner at home with Patrick: pepperoni pizza from Fiorella via DoorDash, water. I was still full from my larger-than-usual lunch and could eat only one slice. We watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s5:e9 (season finale) on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick washed dishes then went to bed. At Patrick's request I duplicated an old home movie DVD of Patrick doing tai chi. I encountered some trouble with a disc stuck inside an Apple Superdrive. A lot of suggestions on the web did not work. The drive didn't mount or appear in Disk Utility, so there was nothing to select then right-click and choose Eject. My keyboard did not have an eject button. Command line drutil eject did nothing. I resolved it by restarting into recovery mode then ejecting it from Disk Utility.
Sat May 27, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, half diced banana; hot water. Changed air purifier prefilters. Cut my hair, showered, cleaned the bathroom. Watched the UCSF PharmD commencement live on YouTube. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover pepperoni pizza, water. Napped. Patrick joined not long after. Dinner at home with Patrick: tuna and white bean salad redux with orzo, warm bread, water. To bed early.
Sun May 28, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, half diced banana; hot water. We rode Muni to the Mission and watched the Carnival parade for a few hours. We got burritos at Taqueria El Farolito (al pastor for Patrick, shrimp for me). Horchata for Patrick, water for me. We visite Kerry and Mom Ryan at their home. Patrick and I barhopped. The Lookout: aperol spritz for Patrick, frozen peach slushie margarita for me. We met Jeff (visiting from New York) and Juan then a bit later a group of five men with one-syllable names that I can't recall. The Pilsner: aperol spritz for Patrick, margarita for me. Dinner at Il Casaro (235 Church Street): calamari, funghi pizza add sausage, water. Patrick also had a bottle of La Nostra Chinotto. Service by Alexa S was very good. Rode Muni home. We watched part of Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger—very funny.
Mon May 29, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, half diced banana; hot water. Memorial holiday. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover tuna and white bean salad redux with orzo, warm bread, water. In the afternoon I left to give Patrick time by himself at home. I rode Muni to the Castro. Walked all over before stopping at Super Duper: french fries, sparkling water. Walked more and barhopped. Ended up at Hi Tops where I had one drink and watched the Giants game. Walked more, then rode Muni home. Cleared a clogged bathroom sink with a plastic snake and a plunger. Dinner at home with Patrick: shrimp paella-style risotto, water. Patrick also had a glass of white wine. Afterwards we watched Beef s1:e9 then the remainder of Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger, both on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo.
Tue May 30, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, half diced banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. Strategic plan styling work. Lunch at Peasant Pies: chicken and rice soup, chicken pie. Errands: Vision, Walgreens. UCSF shuttle from Mission Bay to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. 85 minutes total. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover shrimp paella-style risotto, salad with cherry tomatoes, croutons, and ranch dressing. My salad also had unsalted and unroasted pumpkin seeds and vegan bacon bits. Water to drink. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Beef s1:e10 (season finale) then part of Tom Papa: What a Day!, both on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: a slice of leftover Il Casaro pizza, water.
Wed May 31, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, half diced peach; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Project work all day: entrepreneurship, Kroetz farewell reception html email invitation. Midmorning snack: toasted everything bagel with whipped cream cheese, water. Lunch: large salad with fixins and blue cheese dressing, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: fried chicken sandwich with romesco. We watched Ted Lasso s3:e12 (season finale) on Apple TV+ with butter microwave popcorn and orange-vanilla sparkling water then the end of Baby J: A Wide-ranging Conversation (which I had been rewatching in pieces lately) and the remainder of Tom Papa: What a Day!, both on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Tried to resolve my problem of OneDrive not starting upon Mac restart even when the app is included in the login items in System Preferences Users & Groups. After a bad attempt in which I put "/usr/bin/open -gj /Applications/OneDrive.App/Contents/MacOS/OneDrive" in my .zshrc file (don't do this!), I found and edited ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDrive.plist to change OpenAtLogin from 0 to 1 using the Property List Editor by opening the file in Xcode. I restarted, and OneDrive still failed to start automatically. I realized then I needed to force a reload of the plist because it is cached, so I ran defaults read ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDrive.plist then restarted, and OneDrive still failed to start automatically. I started OneDrive manually then clicked the menu bar icon then clicked the gear icon to open the gear menu then selected Preferences. Open at Login was checked. I unchecked it then checked it then unchecked it then checked it, all while opening and closing ~/Library/Preferences/com.microsoft.OneDrive.plist to confirm that this checkbox was toggling the OpenAtLogin key (setting)—it was. I restarted, and that fixed the problem—no defaults read necessary. I quit OneDrive then restarted one more time to confirm the fix, and it still works! Late snack: a small bowl of cherries. These cherries are M&R Sweet Adelines, and they are tasty, but many of them have stems that are extremely difficult to remove, especially if the stem is very short.