January 2024
Summary: Had a cold that wasn't COVID
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Mon Jan 1, 2024
Holiday. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced banana, golden raisins; hot water. Troubleshot problems with Microsoft Office 365 on Patrick's computer. Troubleshot file sharing problems same as last month. Spent an hour on it before again resolving it by disabling file sharing on the serving computer then restarting that computer then turning file sharing on again. Lunch at home by myself: leftover pizza from last night. Continued troubleshooting DKIM problems. Dinner at home with Patrick: shrimp and English pea fusilli in a garlic-butter parmesan sauce, water. I washed dishes. We watched What If…? s2:e5 on Disney+ then various YouTube videos. Snacks while watching: microwave butter popcorn to which we added cheddar cheese powder, cherry-pistachio biscotti. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Tue Jan 2, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay while continuing to listen to Mike Birbiglia's Working It Out #115 in which he and Pete Holmes delight in lovingly trading burns for everyone's amusement. HTML email work: changed Weekly News Digest templates to reflect new copyright year in footer, prepped next holiday early release for review. DRU redesign content update. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Errands: optometry, bank. Lunch at Caffe Central by myself: green brekkie sandwich (breakfast sandwich with fried egg, avocado, tomatoes, arugula, onions, cream cheese and chives in a brioche bun) with side of various fruits. Errand: optometry, had a nice chat with Ben. Began reading the new UCSF Magazine. UCSF shuttle from Mission Bay to Parnassus. Errand: hardware store. Didn't find what I needed. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: green lentils over steamed rice with warm ciabatta, water, red wine. Dessert: cherry-pistachio biscotti. We watched We watched What If…? s2:e6 on Disney+ then part of Pete Holmes: I Am Not For Everyone on Netflix. Got a leg cramp that lasted a long time. Patrick washed the dishes. We went to bed.
Wed Jan 3, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Lunch at home by myself: leftover shrimp and English pea fusilli in a garlic-butter parmesan sauce, water. Continued reading UCSF Magazine. Walked to dinner at Taraval Okazu-Ya with Patrick: Patrick had combo with teriyaki beef, chicken katsu, and chicken karaage; hot sake. I had chashu ramen and red wine. Dessert: we shared one scoop of coffee ice cream that came with Patrick's combo. He had had his choice of green tea ice cream or coffee ice cream. About $50 before tip. They charged us 25 cents for a to go container. Walked home. Dessert #2: We shared a Whole Foods cream-filled chocolate cupcake. We watched the remainder of Pete Holmes: I Am Not For Everyone on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. I scanned and organized beneficiary and other paperwork.
Thu Jan 4, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Reported the forced air heat not working to Facilities. Two facilities workers stopped by and spent some time inspecting our thermostats but found nothing they could fix. They said they would keep working on it, and it would not be fixed today. I began using a small space heater. Lunch from Panda Express: bowl with chow mein and beef with broccoli, veggie spring rolls with sweet and sour sauce, water. My fortune: Go with your gut. Began new year greeting html email work. Errand: bank. Tried to go to the hardware store near 9th and Irving Streets but it had been boarded and permanently closed. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: pulled pork tacos with pinto beans, tomato, avocado, sour cream, and crispy onions on soft tortillas, water. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we watched What If…? s2:e7 and s2:e8 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: cherry-pistachio biscotti, whole milk mixed with water and simple syrup and pumpkin pie spice. I found a fortune cookie fortune in my pocket from before today: Your mind is original, creative, and alert.
Fri Jan 5, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Heat still not fixed, so I used the space heater. Bridge funding followup with Shalimar X. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Began new year greeting html email build all morning. Followup with Julia S about a listserv question about intern jobs. Lunch with Bernard. He got a Panda Express bowl with half chow mein and half fried rice and teriyaki chicken. I got a classic burger from Cafe Bellini. We ate in my office because it was warm. We talked about Christmas Eve, El Paso, stomach flu, my idea for a television show, video games, and more. I audio-quizzed him on video games (guess the soundbite), half his answers were "Mario", and he got every one wrong. My journal came up in conversation, and I showed him it and my Flickr photos. Continued new year greeting html email build. Letterhead work for Jeff P for Jen C. Later, during the town hall, Bernard returned with some news requiring some decisionmaking, and he sought my help. I gave him advice, and he departed. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: bulgur wheat meatballs in a roasted garlic and olive marinara over creamy polenta, water, red wine. Afterwards we watched What If…? s2:e9 (season finale) on Disney+ with butter microwave popcorn with cheese powder. Patrick went to bed. I did some content work (Lisa K to Jen C changes) and washed dishes.
Sat Jan 6, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins; hot water. Spent several hours trying to buy a replacement bathroom sink aerator. The one I wanted (Delta RP330) no longer ships to California since a 2018 water conservation law took effect due to a longstanding drought that is now over. I avoided Danco aerators because of reviews saying they were too noisy. I avoided Niagara Conservation aerators because of reviews saying they were too noisy and they were poor quality. Home Depot had aerators I could use but they would not ship to California due to the law. I visited Cole Hardware recently, and they did not have what I needed. I recently tried visiting Progress Hardware and found they were permanently closed. So today I gave the one we had a thorough cleaning, added some seal tape (since I removed the corroded gasket), and it seems to be fine. I also did the same kind of cleaning for the spray attachment at the kitchen sink, and it works much better now. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover lentils and rice with a toasted everything bagel and butter, I had pasta with cheese sauce that Patrick had made earlier to which I added frozen mixed vegetables. Water to drink. Opened an old Apple Time Capsule (A1409) and removed the hard drive. I did not use a hair dryer to remove the rubber bottom. I started at a corner with a large flathead screwdriver and just pulled slowly and carefully. It was hard to find the right phillips screwdriver for the next step. Jewelry screwdrivers I owned were slightly too small. Other phillips screwdrivers I had were too large. Eventually I found one that worked. It is marked "Stanley 65-320 USA OPT." I removed 10 screws. I didn't know how to pull the bottom chassis off (after the rubber bottom is removed), and the instructions I found online did not say exactly how to do this. My solution: take a small, thin screwdriver (like the Stanley one mentioned), insert it into one of the holes on the side opposite the ethernet ports, then lift. Be careful to not use the screwdriver as a lever against the plastic case since that might damage the case. Just lift and jiggle the screwdriver straight up while keeping it horizontal. I had to do this in more than one hole before it shook loose. The jiggling helps free the part you're trying to remove. I removed the foam-covered tape covering the heat sensor, then I disconnected the heat sensor, then I removed the sensor attachment base and the foam-covered tape. I next lifted the hard drive a bit then removed the power and data connectors. I next removed the four screws attached to the hard drive. I collected the potentially reusable parts in a small ziploc bag, left it inside, and worked backwards to put it back together. All done. My recently repaired Volt Heat Lava Boot stopped working today. Upon inspection, now a different wire has broken than before. This time it's the black wire that was adjacent to the red wire that I had repaired. Same thing: it broke at the point where it connects to the switch. Had gotten a headache, reason unknown, so I took aceto and an afternoon nap. When I awoke, I was groggy, but the headache was gone. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had pasta with cheese sauce that he had made earlier. He prepared for me a mini quesadilla with bbq sauce and leftover pulled pork. Water to drink. Patrick also had a glass of organic red wine. Nowadays he drinks only organic wines. Dessert: cherry-pistachio biscotti. Patrick washed some dishes. Afterwards we watched 49m:36s of Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. I washed the remaining dishes. Responded to email delivery and DNS record troubleshooting (DKIM, SPF, DMARC) with my web hosting provider. Late snack: toasted everything bagel with peanut butter, water.
Sun Jan 7, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins, cinnamon; hot water. Patrick and I identified items for him to take to Goodwill soon. Nap. Spam management. Followup with webhosting provider about email delivery and DNS record troubleshooting (DKIM, SPF, DMARC). Sharpened the hair clipper blades using an improvised technique based on Part 1.HOW TO SHARPEN ANY CLIPPER BLADE PROFESSIONALLY!! via keepitsharp357 on YouTube. Instead of sandpaper, however, I used four standard emery boards lined up adjacent to each other. I could have bought sandpaper, but I had a whole box of these inexpensive emery boards. I did the coarser red side followed by the finer white side. We'll see if it worked next weekend when I cut my hair. (Retro edit: It didn't.) Napped with Patrick. Dinner at home with Patrick: fried tilapia with buttered mashed potatoes and green beans, water, red wine. Dessert: cherry-pistachio biscotti. We watched Mike Birbiglia: Thank God For Jokes on Netflix then watched part of Triangle of Sadness also on Netflix. I washed dishes at a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed. Chatted with Lani and Dex about real estate and finance issues. Late snack: one Gardein chick'n slider from frozen. Water to drink.
Mon Jan 8, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Continued new year greeting html email build all day. Followup with Jen C letterhead. Lunch to go from Subway: 6-inch garlic chicken on wheat, ate at desk. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie cheese burgers with French fries, water. We finished watching Triangle of Sadness on Netflix. Late snack: quesadilla, water.
Tue Jan 9, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. Nearly one hour door to door, stopping at UCSF Vision to chat with Ben who relayed that they aren't accepting new eye care patients upstairs. Team meeting. Lunch with the team to go from Caffe Central. I had smoked chicken and swiss on focaccia with side of greens. Met with Raj from IT to pilot migration of my files from Stream Classic to New Stream. UCSF blue shuttle from Mission Bay to Mount Zion. Doctor appointment. Rode Muni home. One hour door to door. Dinner at home with Patrick: dumplings from Asian American Food Company: beef and carrot, shrimp and chive, 10 dumplings per person. Water to drink. Dessert: cherry-pistachio biscotti. Afterwards we watched "A Cocktail Tour of New Orleans with Andrew and the Guides of Free Tours by Foot" then "[4K Multi-Angle] Disney Electrical Sky Parade - World Premiere - Disneyland Paris", both on YouTube.
Wed Jan 10, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Continued new year greeting html email build all day. Kroon to Cocohoba and other CP updates. Redirected a letterhead request. BAYS website updates for Emma G. Listserv updates for a student that changed their email address. Lunch at home by myself: I prepared leftover polenta with marinara, leftover bacon, diced tomato, and fresh thyme. Water to drink. Dinner at home with Patrick: Asian American Food Company steamed dumplings from frozen and dipping sauce, water. We watched snippets of the 14th Governors Awards on YouTube then Echo s1:e1 on Disney+ then 30 minutes of Heather McMahon: Son I Never Had on Netflix.
Thu Jan 11, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Continued new year greeting html email build for most of the day. Today's AICD3 meeting with Joanne C was postponed. Followup with Nicole F about Kortemme to Manglik director change for BP. Followup with Julia S about a VPN question. Began prep for the MAK Seed Award reminder html email. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had a quesadilla, I had chicken noodle soup and dinosaur chicken nuggets with ranch. Water to drink. Sent the new year greeting. Finished email prep for MAK Seed Award. Tried logging in to Siteimprove; it is currently unavailable due to an auth problem. Began list prep for MAK Seed Award. Dinner at home with Patrick: baked salmon with creamy orzo, water. Patrick washed dishes. We watched Echo s1:e2 on Disney+ then the remainder of Heather McMahon: Son I Never Had on Netflix. Patrick went to bed.
Fri Jan 12, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, blueberries, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Chatted with Facilities again because the heat was still not working. Nick and Paris arrived to work on heat issues. Later Calvin arrived to replace a missing ceiling tile and a light bulb that was no longer working. Followup with Nicole F about Kortemme to Manglik director change for BP: changes complete. MAK Seed Award work all day. Lunch with Bernard. Bernard got Panda Express. I got a taco salad from Carmelina's. We talked about what happened last Friday at Detour, teeth, vomiting, Triangle of Sadness, Netflix, the Emmys, John Mulaney's parents, Baby J, and more. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: arugula, boiled eggs, and charred asparagus salad, water to drink. To bed early, no television.
Sat Jan 13, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced dried mango, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Installed a hook on the kitchen wall to hang a mandoline. House chores. Beneficiary paperwork. Lunch at home: leftover quinoa, asparagus, and salmon; water to drink. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: steamed shrimp and pork dumplings with bacon-wrapped asparagus, water. Patrick washed dishes. We watched John-Mulaney-written SNL videos on YouTube then Echo s1:e3 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed.
Sun Jan 14, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana; hot water. Nap. Lunch: one sumo orange, chicken broth, hot water. Beneficiary paperwork. We watched Echo s1:e4 on Disney+. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Perilla via DoorDash: shrimp rolls to share, five-spice chicken pho and thai iced for Patrick, beef combo pho for me. Water to drink. We each ate only half of our soups and saved the rest for another time. We watched Echo s1:e5 (season finale) on Disney+ then part of Mo Amer: Mohammad in Texas on Netflix.
Mon Jan 15, 2024
Holiday. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, golden raisins; hot water. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover pho. Patrick had made chocolate-pecan-coconut cookies in the morning, and we each ate one for lunch dessert. I had mine with warm milk. Patrick had his with hot half-caff coffee. We prepared items for disposal via bulky item recycle pickup. Repaired a seven-year-old Oral-B White Pro 1000 electric toothbrush: the rubber seal on the front was coming loose, so I sealed it with white gaff tape (Pro Tapes 306GB16MWHT1) after Elmer's glue failed probably because it was a poor choice to attach rubber to polypropylene. Dinner at home with Patrick: tofu and bok choy stir-fry over steamed rice, water. We watched various YouTube videos then Reservation Dogs s2:e1 on Hulu Basic Plan then part of another YouTube video. Patrick went to bed.
Tue Jan 16, 2024
Sick day. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blueberries, diced half banana; hot water. Nap. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had spaghetti-os; I had leftover tofu and bok choy stir-fry over steamed rice, water. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: black bean stew with drop biscuits, water. We watched various YouTube videos then finished watching Mo Amer: Mohammad in Texas on Netflix then watched more YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: one sumo orange.
Wed Jan 17, 2024
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. Lots of calendar management. Followup with Frances and Su about the postdoc symposium listserv and survey. 1:1 with Eric. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Lunch from Carmelina's: chicken enchiladas meal, water. Postdoc symposium registration form meeting then build with Frances observing. Chai break at the library with Bernard. We talked about museums, protein loading, and more. Rode Muni home, stopping at the library to pick up a DVD. Dinner at home with Patrick: mushroom lasagna, water. Patrick also had a glass of red wine and a cookie for dessert. We watched Interview with the Vampire (2022) s1:e1 on SFPL DVD.
Thu Jan 18, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, diced half banana, golden raisins; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. 67 minutes door to desk. Answered a question for Julia S about mail merge and shared network folder permissions. Lots of editing tasks all day. Lots of AICD3 content edit and prep all day. Lunch by myself at Shorenstein Family Cafe: chicken tenders with bbq sauce, small chicken noodle soup, water. Rode Muni home, leaving work a little late. About 80 minutes desk to door. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover mushroom lasagne with side salad with ranch dressing. Water to drink. No television tonight—too late.
Fri Jan 19, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Encountered error "secure input activated by loginwindow" with BetterTouchTool again. Restarting the MacBook Pro worked around the problem. AICD3 tagline change. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. AICD3 followup all day. Redelivered misdelivered mail to the office across the hall. Chatted in person with Joanne C about AICD3. Lunch at desk: leftover mushroom lasagne from home, water. Zoom chat with Joanne then Suzan. Rode Muni home. On the bus I met a woman named Kathy (or Cathy?) and we chatted for the ride after noticing that the electronics panel door behind the driver was hanging open. We both notified the driver, but she was unable to secure it. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover black bean stew with drop biscuits, water. We watched Reservation Dogs s2:e2 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. My MacBook Pro encountered an iBoot panic, and I have no idea what caused it. During the restart, the login process hung, so I cold restarted, and that let me log in successfully. Late snack: one sumo orange, water.
Sat Jan 20, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. House chores: washed dishes, cleaned the bathroom. Lunch: leftover lasagne, water. Nap. Troubleshot error "secure input activated by loginwindow" with BetterTouchTool, finding alexwlchan's "Finding the app/process that’s using Secure Input". Dinner at home with Patrick: sticky pineapple chicken with steamed rice, water. We watched Mortician Answers Burial Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED on YouTube then took a break then watched Interview with the Vampire (2022) s1:e2 on SFPL DVD. Patrick went to bed. Late dessert: one oatmeal raisin cookie, water. Organized financial info.
Sun Jan 21, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blackberries, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftovers. Nap. House chores: vacuuming. Cut my hair, showered. Dinner at home with Patrick: pepperoni and green pepper pizza with lettuce salad. Cocktail for me: mezcal with toasted marshmallow Torani on ice. Patrick went to bed. I chatted with Lani and Dex on Zoom. Beneficiary claim paperwork.
Mon Jan 22, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blackberries, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. AICD3 image comp work. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Met with Suzan to edit a story and publish a different story. Lunch: bowl from Panda Express: half chow mein, half mixed vegetables, string bean chicken. My fortune: You will soon gain something you have always desired. Met with Matt, Eric, and Suzan about Matt's ideas for updating the PharmD site. Rode Muni to 9th and Judah, waited a few minutes for Patrick to arrive by bus which I watched on the Find My app on my iPhone 12 mini. We walked to dinner at Perilla: pho ga and hot tea for both. Rode Muni home. To bed early, with minor preparation for an electricity outage to occur overnight.
Tue Jan 23, 2024
Around 1:00 a.m. I awoke. Around 1:15 a.m. the power outage ended, and I arose to return states to normalcy: resetting three digital clocks, turning off Wiz light bulbs that came on to full brightness, and so forth. Drank 16 ounces of reduced sodium chicken broth following a coughing session to clear congestion from a recent cold. Did some work: AICD3 open graph, Siteimprove. Back to bed. Arose. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, blackberries, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. AICD3 work: about and admissions web pages, letterhead response before prep, image permissions followup. A little bit of Siteimprove work. Recropped the PharmD website homepage image to be tighter than before. We attempted to lunch at Gott's, but the line was the longest we had ever seen, so we abandoned and got food to go from Caffe Central instead. James J joined, Bernard A could not. Afterwards Suzan and I met with Alesia to discuss Eric's departure. Later Eric met with Suzan and me to share some of his knowledge he needed to pass to us before his departure. I chatted with Sonic support about needing help getting OpenVPN to work, and I resolved the issue on my own even though their instructions were not correct and needed updating. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: balsamic-marinated beef and root vegetable stew with mashed potatoes, water. No television. To bed early.
Wed Jan 24, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work, including creating new policies to search for use of roman numerals and to check for use of "coming soon" which sometimes stays on web pages forever. AICD3 letterhead work, both individual and program. Followup with Russell Y on a few issues including learning that due to an error on the part of his office I ought to undo then redo work I had done involving the use of images from the photo library. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover beef stew with steamed rice, water. We watched Reservation Dogs s2:e3 on Hulu Basic Plan then SNL on YouTube then Interview with the Vampire (2022) s1:e3 on SFPL DVD. I walked in place while we watched. At a break in the middle we ate a test king cake that Patrick had made earlier today—delicious. Patrick went to bed. I did more AICD3 work. I washed dishes. Late snack: one sumo orange.
Thu Jan 25, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Updated BTS joint faculty listing to include Joanne C. Lunch at home: leftover pineapple chicken and beef stew over steamed white rice, water. HR mailing list update. Reconfiguring DKIM keys for one of our mailing lists. Removed part-time and intern jobs from our PharmD job postings form at Julia S's request. Handed off an image to Joanne C for AICD3 on the Grad Div website. MAK seed award html email reminder prep. Moved my performance evaluation process along. Completed new pcard paperwork. Prepped for Julia S's listserv changes including moderation. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Lazy Susan via DoorDash: hot and sour soup, veggie chow mein (which had very few vegetables, but we didn't complain), buddha's delight, general tso's chicken, two orders of jasmine rice. Hot water to drink. Patrick's fortune: Aim high, time flies. My fortune: An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it. We watched various YouTube videos including standup comedy by Dustin Nickerson which was very funny.
Fri Jan 26, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. P-card online training. Lunch with Bernard: he ate a Panda Express bowl. I had a vegetarian taco and vegetarian nachos (no jalas) from Carmelina's. I made the mistake of leaving the nachos in the microwave too long and they mostly turned out inedible; I threw more than half of it away. We talked about Airpods, nontraditional relationships, Detour, and more. Prep for listserv moderation changes with Julia S, including initiating a request with IT to rename and dynamicize our PharmD student listservs. Followup with activities related to Eric's forthcoming departure. Midafternoon snack: one sumo orange. Reported incorrect phone number for me in the UC Learning Center. Carly S helped resolve it quickly. Letterhead work for Robin C. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: tuna mac with peas and green onions and warm dinner rolls, water. This was our first time using King Arthur Better Cheddar Cheese Powder with macaroni purchased separately. It turned out well but perhaps needed a few more drops of milk. I washed dishes. We watched various YouTube videos including more Dustin Nickerson. Patrick went to bed. I archived tax documents. Late snack: toast with butter, water.
Sat Jan 27, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins, diced half pear; hot water, 8 ounces of chicken broth. Gathered new Zoom backgrounds from the web. Midmorning: 8 ounces of chicken broth. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover beef stew with leftover veggie chow mein, I had leftover general tso's chicken with leftover buddha's delight and steamed rice. Water to drink. Recharge Medical website work: new blog post. Watched Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part 1 on Paramount+ with Patrick. Dinner at home with Patrick: TJ's mahi mahi burgers with sweet potato fries, water. We watched various YouTube videos including more Dustin Nickerson. Patrick went to bed. I added the new blog post to the Recharge website in development and spent several hours resolving problems encountered while upgrading local dev Drupal 9.51 to 10. To bed late.
Sun Jan 28, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins, diced half pear; hot water. Examined and prepared for service new hair clippers because the blades on our old one seemed dull and my attempts at sharpening them did not seem successful. Nap. We watched Flash (2023) which was better than we had expected even though some of the special effects weren't very good (tho some were really amazing). We took a break in the middle for dinner: TJ's fried tilapia with potatoes a la dauphinoise and sautéed carrots, water. We watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I installed updates and made backups for home websites and devices. Installed macOS 14.3 Sonoma on Patrick's MacBook Pro. Late snack: half a pear.
Mon Jan 29, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water with squeeze of half lemon. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Followup with La'Trece about pcard setup. Followup with Shubhankar C about renaming a few listservs. Met with Leslie CS to make a few small changes to the Eventbrite page for Commencement. Lunch at Kezar Pizzetta with Bernard: caesar salad add extra anchovies, sausage fennel 10-inch pizza add pepperoni. Began iconography work in Adobe Illustrator. Had a bit of trouble when realizing that I needed to adapt an existing icon from a solid shape to a stroked path. I found the answer on Adobe's community forum: Myra Ferguson explained how to use the blend tool to do so, and I tried it, and it worked! Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: fried chicken sandwich on brioche buns with coleslaw and french fries, water. Afterwards Patrick made us cocktails using Japanese whiskey, lemon juice, lemon twist, Angostura bitters. Patrick went to bed.
Tue Jan 30, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. Door to desk: about 65 minutes. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Iconography work all day for PharmD home page. Accepted a Keeper password export from Eric and installed Keeper and imported it. Eric's farewell lunch at SF Kebab: about 30 people attended, including Chris O, Nathan D, Kathy G, Alesia W, Shondell M, Karen G, Shalimar X, Angelie K, JWG, Lauren A, and more. Buffet. Kathy, Alesia, and Eric each in turn said words appropriate to the occasion, and parting gifts were bestowed. Afterwards I gave JWG and Lauren A a tour of our office space. They departed. I continued icon work and checked in with Shalimar about a question about bridge funding content. Rode Muni home. Desk to door: 73 minutes. We walked to Lost and Found for dinner: Mission Dolores draft margaritas (not too spicy for me—just a hint), happy hour five-spice chicken street tacos for Patrick, birria noodle soup (not too spicy for me—just a hint) for me. All food and drink were delicious. Walked home. Patrick spent all day making a second version of king cake, adapting from three different recipes and knowledge gained from YouTube, and this time it seems pretty perfect. We each had a slice. He had his with 8 ouncers of decaf coffee with milk. I had 8 ounces of hot milk.
Wed Jan 31, 2024
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted slivered almonds, toasted shaved coconut, golden raisins, diced half banana; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. Door to desk: about 55 minutes. AICD3 followup with Joanne C. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Listserv ticket followup with Shubhankar C and Erica D and Doug C: rename and dynamicize. Lunch at Gott's with Eric and Suzan: burgers and sweet potato fries and drinks. Handled a permissions request from Vicky and Erika. Rode Muni home through moderate rain. Muni police boarded at Forest Hill to confirm payment of fare. I have not forgotten to activate my ticket in a long time. Desk to door: about 80 minutes. Dinner at home with Patrick: Mexican-spiced salmon, salsa rice, and a side salad. Water to drink. We watched various YouTube videos.