April 2024 in the Journal of Frank Farm

April 2024

Summary: Dinner at Sorrel

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Mon Apr 1, 2024

Ran in place while watching part of Bologna 🇮🇹 Walking Tour - 4K60fps with Captions - Prowalk Tours Italy on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Standup with Suzan. Town hall team meeting in Zoom. Drafted an html email for CP peer review in MJML then sent it to Lisa D for review/approval. Followup with Nour and Su about a new email account for CCI. Finalized a budget orgchart for CP for Karen H. Updated a document on the Faculty Academic Affairs website for Angelie. Lunch at Crepevine with Suzan: we split a florentine crepe with potatoes and side salad, and I also had an arnold palmer. On the way back we stopped briefly at the vision center for an eyeglasses adjustment for me. Suzan and I met to discuss Lawrence's request to remake the UFD into a different kind of html email. Edited a news story for Suzan. Responded to a listserv request from Sharon. Published changes to the Benet event agenda for Lawrence and Sahru. Met with Suzan to publish a news story. Walked and rode Muni home. On the bus: continued reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Did some weeding in the front of the house. Dinner at home with Patrick: Japanese-style fried rice with fried chicken tenders, both from frozen. Water to drink. Afterwards we watched The Brothers Sun s1:e8 (season finale) on Netflix then various YouTube videos then part of Verified Stand-up s1:e1 on Netflix. I washed dishes at a break somewhen in the middle. Patrick went to bed.

Tue Apr 2, 2024

Wed Apr 3, 2024

Thu Apr 4, 2024

Ran in place while watching part of Bologna 🇮🇹 Walking Tour - 4K60fps with Captions - Prowalk Tours Italy on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Continued reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Did lots of reorganizing in Asana, renaming projects, creating new projects, recategorizing tasks, and creating new views. Lunch at home with Patrick: I had leftover deli tomato soup and one leftover slice of pepperoni and veggies pizza with hot water to drink, Patrick had leftover tagliatelle with cream sauce and marinara sauce with leftover roast chicken and sparkling water to drink. Notified Sahru and Karen about Box live editing, and they wanted to meet to learn how, so I scheduled a meeting. Resolved a request from Holly L to remove an attachment she had uploaded. I removed and redirected it to the logical new url. Filed pcard paperwork. Determined the current admin of MSB9 hallway displays and requested Brandcomm to update the Communicators website with the new email address; thanks to Courtney S for reporting the issue. More Asana work: created some recurring tasks. Comped an image for a forthcoming news story. Reviewed PowerPoint slides that Suzan prepared, then notified her about an issue with them. Created new identity graphics for Joel to use with an external party. Reviewed and gave feedback for an identity project for Angie G. Followup with Kristina L requesting to be added to one of our mailing lists. Walked through light rain to dinner at King of Thai Noodle with Patrick: we shared hoi jor, yellow curry chicken with rice, crispy egg noodle with gravy sauce - no calamari. Thai iced tea for Patrick, hot tea for me. All food and drink were delicious. Service by Kwang was very good. Walked through light rain home. Dessert: we shared two chocolate-pecan cookies sliced from a frozen log that Patrick had prepared a while ago. We watched recaps of seasons 1 through 4 of Star Trek: Discovery on YouTube then Star Trek: Discovery s5:e1 on Paramount+ then 75% of Tig Notaro: Hello Again on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I joined not long after.

Fri Apr 5, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Continued reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Prepped images for a news story. 1:1 with Lawrence. Bernard stopped by for a chat. We talked about New Orleans, reading, Applebee's happy hour, San Francisco Restaurant Week, turn-offs, vaseline and other skin care treatments, napping, rent increases, geeks vs nerds, and more. Edited a news story for Suzan. Lunch to go from Subway: 6-inch veggie delight, ate at desk. Water from my water bottle. Added a temp employee to the weekly news digest mailing list. Responded to an identity request from Frances P about need for a banner. Prepped images for a news story. DRU new content build: presentations. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: baked Spanish bomba rice with cantimpalo sausage, chickpeas, and raisins; water; white wine for me only. Dessert: we shared three chocolate-pecan cookies sliced from a frozen log that Patrick had prepared a while ago. We watched Star Trek: Discovery s5:e2 on Paramount+.

Sat Apr 6, 2024

Ran in place while watching part of Bologna 🇮🇹 Walking Tour - 4K60fps with Captions - Prowalk Tours Italy on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Continued reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Housecleaning: vacuumed, washed dishes from dinner last night, changed air filter purifier prefilters, cleaned the bathroom, performed a butcher block wood butter treatment, weeded in the back yard, washed all three of the trash bins. Ate a popsicle and drank some water. Napped. Walked and rode Muni to Restaurant Week dinner at Starbelly. Prix fixe menu, $45/person, your choice of three appetizers, three mains, and two desserts. Cocktails: Patrick had smoke show (mezcal, anejo tequila, amaro, house mole bitters), I had passionflower (blanco tequila, passionfruit, citrus, hibiscus). Patrick had house-made dungeness crab and buratta dumplings with brown butter, garlic, and aleppo chile garan; sumac-seared Hawaiian tombo tuna with white butter bean puree, grilled little gems, and green olive salsa; and warm toffee cake with mascarpone and medjool dates. I had butter lettuce salad with crème fraiche herb dressing, caracara oranges, radishes, and dill; house smoked duroc pork chop with sweet potato puree, grilled green beans, and apple chutney; and salted caramel pot de crème with cornmeal-rosemary cookies. The appetizer neither of us got was house made chicken liver pâté with buttered bread, sweet onion marmalade, and grain mustard. The entree neither of us got was grilled bavette steak with crispy plantains, nopales, and heirloom tomato salad with spicy peanut salsa matcha. All food and drink were delicious. However, Patrick's entree arrived first, and we waited perhaps 10 or 15 minutes before mine arrived, and only after we caught our server's attention and asked why it was taking so long. Also, the menu said asparagus but what I received was green beans, and it seemed strange that they would make that substitution without telling you. Despite these issues we enjoyed our meal, and I tipped Gam G 20% because it was unclear whether the problem lay with the kitchen or the wait staff. Afterwards we visited Badlands because Patrick had not yet been since their post-COVID reopening. There was a very light crowd when we arrived. We got happy hour mezcal margaritas—a pair for $14 after tip, and soon afterwards the bar started getting full. We departed not long afterwards with intentions to return another day. We walked and rode Muni to West Portal Station. We visited the memorial outside the library for the family of four killed on March 16—there so many photos, candles, flowers, and small gifts. There was a longish wait for either of the busses we needed, and the arrival time kept changing to later and later times, so we began walking. While walking we saw from a distance one of the busses we were waiting for pass; there was no way we could catch it. So we walked the rest of the way home. To bed.

Sun Apr 7, 2024

Mon Apr 8, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Continued reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Asana task followup. Standup with Suzan: built a hero item. Sent an html email for the forthcoming town hall. Built new social media graphics for a forthcoming news story in Adobe Illustrator. Lunch with Suzan in the spare office. Suzan brought food from home. I got chicken enchiladas with rice and beans at Carmelina's. Met with Nour M about CCI brand and identity needs. Orgchart work. Met with Suzan to review the UFD draft she is manually building in Campaign Monitor. Completed account setup for identity theft prevention services provided by University of California. Walked to perform a secret errand before walking and riding Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: linguine with mushroom and tomato basilico, water. I washed dishes. We watched We Call It Imagineering | Audio-Animatronics® on YouTube then Loot s2:e2 on Apple TV+ then Demetri Martin: Demetri Deconstructed on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: tortilla chips, water.

Tue Apr 9, 2024

Wed Apr 10, 2024

Last night while having insomnia I listened to a reading of Moby Dick by Pete Cross on Hoopla, picking it up again after a long time. Ran in place while watching part of Bologna 🇮🇹 Walking Tour - 4K60fps with Captions - Prowalk Tours Italy on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Continued reading Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Missed the bus by one minute, so waited 20 minutes for the next bus. Asana task followup. Team meeting with Lawrence and Suzan. Lunch with Suzan. Suzan brought a large salad from home to which she added small items from the Moffitt Cafe salad bar. I had Panda Express: bowl with chow mein with mushroom chicken. While headed to Panda Express, I encountered James F, and we chatted briefly. Suzan and I sat in the sun in front of the library next to Beniamino Bufano's Mother Bear and Cubs sculpture. My fortune: It is time to let your quiet soul sing. Calendar management. Orgchart work. Lawrence, Suzan, Karen, and I met in HSW302 for a Zoom and Town Hall prep. Staffbase email consultation with Lisa D and Michael D. Rode Muni with Patrick to California Street and Presidio Avenue. We had some time to kill, so we visited the Katz Snyder art gallery on the second floor of the Jewish Community Center: Nourish Your Roots, Co-curated with ArtSpan with the fine works of artists Laura Abrams, Salma Arastu, Liz Bloomfield, Dale Eastman, Ray Gonzalez, Saira Grube, Liz Lauter, Suki Liebow, Larraine Seiden, Christine So, Mimi Sweeney, Sydney van Delft, Melissa Willett, and Lorraine Woodruff-Long. Next Patrick and I enjoyed a splurge dinner at Sorrel (3228 Sacramento Street). Neither of us had dined here before. We came to taste their eight-course spring tasting menu at $185 per person. We were seated at a four-top table. 1. maitake, green garlic, dashi; 2. buñuelo, fresh cheese, black garlic; 3. white asparugus, pine nut milk, smoked roe; 4. parisian gnocchi, guanciale, ramp; 5. potato, egg yolk, dill; 6. black barley, smoked duck, nettle; 7. striped bass, fava bean, spring onion or umpqua valley lamb, urfa chili, artichoke; 8. pandan, tapioca, matcha. For course 7 we both chose the bass. There were three add-on options: 1. oyster, cucumber, apple, shiso for $4.50 each; 2. kaluga caviar, sunchoke cheesecake, allium for $38; 3. BBQ duck legs, sesame, five spice for $43. We added the caviar cheesecake. We both chose to include the wine pairing at $95 per person. There were four unnamed, unexpected courses: 1. bread and four kinds of cheeses, 2. sorbet, 3. birthday cake with candle, and 4. small chocolates. Course total = 13. Patrick had an espresso at the end. A 20% service charge and 5% SF surcharge was automatically added to our check. Service by Jonathan K and all was excellent; probably the best service we've experienced in San Francisco. Rode Lyft home. To bed almost immediately.

Thu Apr 11, 2024

Last night while having insomnia I listened to a reading of Moby Dick by Pete Cross on Hoopla. Ran in place while watching part of Bologna 🇮🇹 Walking Tour - 4K60fps with Captions - Prowalk Tours Italy on YouTube. Still tired and still full from last night's meal, I returned to bed for a while before rising again. Still full. Skipped breakfast but drank a pint of hot water. Worked from home. Styling work: increase font size on hero title for pharmacy home page. Design work: spring research seminar welcome sign for Angie G. Followup with Alaina P about Adobe licensing. Followup with Michael D and Lisa D about html email campaigns and branding and identity and Microsoft Teams. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work, including resolving a menu item path problem for Emma G and notified her. Installed iPadOS 17.4.1 on my iPad Air. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Adobe license purchasing. Sent Suzan lists of PharmD students by class year. DRU new content build: presentations. Afternoon snack: one sumo orange. Began resolving the problem of too many files on pharm for Eric G, was able to delete about 500 MB. Forwarded a story request from Kathryn P to Suzan and Lawrence via Asana. Dinner at home with Patrick: Kashmiri shrimp and spinach curry with steamed rice, water. We watched various YouTube videos then Star Trek: Discovery s5:e3 on Paramount+ then three-fourths of Jack Whitehall: Settle Down on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: peanut-butter-filled pretzel pieces, dried cherries, dried banana chips, water.

Fri Apr 12, 2024

Ran in place while watching part of Bologna 🇮🇹 Walking Tour - 4K60fps with Captions - Prowalk Tours Italy on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Met with Suzan in Zoom to publish a news story, edit a recent news story, and discuss the UFD. Followup and analysis about Campaign Monitor and email campaign issues for Lawrence. Skipped lunch. Met with La'Trece C and James J in Zoom to create four orgcharts. QBC Graduate Program Retreat content build for Nicole F. Walked and rode Muni to meet Patrick for dinner at Souvla Valencia: we each got a pork sandwich (minted greek yogurt, cherry tomato, pickled red onion, cucumber, feta cheese) and we also shared avgolemeno soup. Tap water to drink. Afterwards we attended reading series Kitchen Table at 826 Valencia. Patrick was one of the readers. Also reading were Alan Chazaro and Baruch Porras-Hernandez. The food vendor was Chronic Kitchen. The reading went well. Suzan and her friend Rusty attended, and of course we chatted briefly with hosts and friends Paolo and Lucie. Patrick sold one copy of his book, and another writer introduced himself and gave him a chapbook, requesting feedback.

Sat Apr 13, 2024

Ran in place while watching part of Bologna 🇮🇹 Walking Tour - 4K60fps with Captions - Prowalk Tours Italy on YouTube. Skipped breakfast; still full from last night's meal. Did some cleaning in the bathroom, including cleaning dead bugs from the diffuser of the light fixture. Archived product box info by taking a photo. Inspected how to resolve a burnt-out bulb in our bathroom nightlight; we don't have the correct bulb, so it will need to be purchased. Napped. Patrick and I walked and rode Muni to Kerry and Mom Ryan's place. Only Mom was home, and we visited with her for a while. As we left a light rain turned into rain. We walked to Tacolicious (741 Valencia Street) for a delicious dinner at the bar: drinks round 1: mucho gusto for Patrick, margarita fresca for me. We shared a kale salad no meat with four tacos. Patrick had spicy shrimp and pork chile colorado. I had baja fish and carnitas. drinks round 2: Patrick got a pasion, I got a mucho gusto. Patrick didn't like his drink, and they were gracious enough to change it at no charge. He got another mucho gusto. We shared churros for dessert. Four small churros come with two sauces: dulce de leche and chocolate. I ate one churro, Patrick had three. Afterwards we had planned to visit Badlands, but with this rain, which we were worried had soaked into our shoes, we decided to just go home. Rode Lyft home. To bed shortly.

Sun Apr 14, 2024

Ran in place while finishing Bologna 🇮🇹 Walking Tour - 4K60fps with Captions - Prowalk Tours Italy on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Prepared a greeting card. Cleaned in the bathroom. Cut my hair, showered. Cleaned in the bathroom. Afternoon snack: leftover marinara on seeded sliced bread with swiss cheese, toasted. Water to drink. Lunch: I prepared new linguine to eat with leftover mushroom and tomato basilico sauce. Unloaded photos from my iPhone 12 mini, uploaded to Flickr, then archived them. DRU new content build: presentations. Dinner at home with Patrick: miso-marinated tofu and soft-boiled egg ramen, water. We watched the remainder of Jack Whitehall: Settle Down on Netflix then various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I chatted with Lani and Dex on Zoom. Late snack: one sumo orange.

Mon Apr 15, 2024

Ran in place while watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Standup with Suzan. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Orgchart work. Adobe licensing followup. SCM and IT compliance followup. Town Hall prep followup. Orgchart work. Walked to errands and lunch in Cole Valley. Breakfast bagel on sesame at Luke's Local, water. Walked and rode Muni back to the office. Orgchart work. DRU new content build: presentations. Walked and rode Muni home, stopping at the West Portal branch library to return the DVD of The Color Purple. Dinner at home with Patrick: Whole Foods prepared meal: chicken alfredo with linguine and broccoli, water. Afterwards we watched YouTube clips from the most recent Saturday Night Live with Ryan Gosling then two-thirds of Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: one berry-flavored popsicle.

Tue Apr 16, 2024

Ran in place while watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. DRU new content build. Responded to Suzan's draft of a method of gathering content from content providers. Edited a news story for Suzan. Lunch at home: Patrick had a grilled sausage sandwich with swiss cheese, I had leftover ramen to which I added fresh ramen noodles and leftover ramen fixins. Water to drink. Continued DRU new content build. Helped Suzan resolve a data loss problem with OneDrive by restoring the version I edited from Time Machine backup. Published a news story for Suzan. Dinner at home with Patrick: Whole Foods prepared meal: black pepper beef with rice, water. We finished watching Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix then various YouTube videos then Loot s2:e4 on Apple TV+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes then continued watching various YouTube videos. More Recharge work: new outdoor sign.

Wed Apr 17, 2024

Ran in place while watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Met with Nour about CCI. Created a CCI banner draft and sent it to Frances P and Nour M for review. Nathan gifted me a Chinese pork bun - yum! Multiple CCI banner drafts all day. Created a new Constant Contact account and began seeing how we might be able to switch to it away from Campaign Monitor due to problems with contract compliance. Lunch with Suzan: she brought a salad with fixins from home. I got enchiladas a la carte from Carmelina's. We ate in the shade in Saunders Court and talked mostly about fitness options. Encountered Bernard while attempting to resolve a mail delivery issue. Chatted briefly on the phone with Frances about the CCI banner. Workflow and Tools meeting with Suzan: we reinstalled OneDrive and set up a new pattern of working for her. Rode the UCSF Lime shuttle from Parnassus to Buchanan Dental at 100 Buchanan Street. Suzan walked home, and I walked with her most of the way before continuing to meet Patrick at Kerry and Mom Ryan's place. We first visited the new Fisch and Flore intending to dine, but the patio had just gotten full, and the menu did not interest us that much. We walked to dinner on the back patio at Fable. Drinks: non-alcoholic cocktails: white wine for me and aperol spritz for Patrick. We shared a double cheeseburger with fries and the day's special: hand-seared trout with risotto, peas, and broccolini. All food and drink were delicious. There were three minor issues, but they aren't worth mentioning. Walked and rode Muni home. We watched Magic Prank Show s1:e1 on Netflix then The Simpsons s32:e18 Burger Kings on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I stayed up a bit and did some cleaning and maintenance on spam filters in cPanel.

Thu Apr 18, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Notified Khanh T that one of their websites was down; it was restarted in minutes. Created final version of CCI banner. SCM compliance work with Trish from Campaign Monitor. HTML email build continues for the September 16 School Retreat. Attended Town Hall: PharmD Updates. I was in charge of starting and recording the Zoom under the dean's Zoom account, and that seemed to go well enough. We had brought additional lighting on stands but could not figure out how to assemble them. Afterwards, I lunched in the spare office with Suzan and Sahru. Sahru I think ate a muffin. Suzan brought a salad with fixins from home. I had a Panda Express bowl with chow mein and Beijing beef, water from my water bottle. My fortune: Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded. Helped Angelie and Sahru with a web edit question: affiliated faculty. Small web edits to bridge funding page for Nour M. Helped Suzan resolve a problem with a Word document that opened as read only. Restarting her computer seemed to fix it. Chatted for a few minutes with Bernard after encountering him in the hallway while also meeting Peter CH and Kim who passed by. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burgers with sweet potato fries, water. We watched YouTube videos of Suzan R's past performances, photo shoots, etc. then Star Trek: Discovery s5:e4 on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Archived and OCRd old documents that brother Dex had found.

Fri Apr 19, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced mango; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Reported missing deploys to IT via Slack. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Resolved some problems with redirects. Reduced a PDF from 12 MB to 8 MB partly in order to address disk space usage issues. Met with Suzan to discuss working in Otter. Together we trimmed the audio, then I uploaded it to Otter and began transcribing. Walked and rode Muni to errands in Cole Valley. Lunch at La Boulangerie de San Francisco: chicken, arugula, and pesto sandwich; water. It was crowded inside, so I ate in the parklet outside even though it was mostly overcast with cool, occasional breezes. Walked and rode Muni back to work. Handed off the Otter transcription task to Suzan. Normalized the School Retreat mailing list, then sent the html email reminder for it. Manually added temp employees to the mailing list for holiday early release. Styling work in Drupal: began resolving missing link icon after. Troubleshot problem with creating new devices in Apple Simulator. The solution that worked for me was posted by sambua and titled "Solution from 2023 #2 Sonoma 14.0": Open Xcode settings, on the Platforms tab install iOS. Troubleshot "Could not find a Solr index…" on local dev. Could not figure it out. Reported it to IT via Slack. Reported a problem to Siteimprove: unable to create new css selector policy because I'm using a valid selector and their form says it's an invalid selector. Followup with Julia S about listserv moderation and stalled dynamic listserv creation. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Rao's pepperoni pizza from frozen, water. Dessert: Patrick had a banana. I had a popsicle. We watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: one sumo orange, water.

Sat Apr 20, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced mango; hot water. Cleaned the bathroom. Archived legal paperwork. Washed dishes. Earthquake preparedness: refilled Aqua-Tainers (overdue). Deleted my account on a service I had used for a long time because I had switched to a competitor a long time ago, and I was concerned about their security. Began reworking spam filters in Cpanel for home email addresses. Lunch at home with Patrick. Patrick had a large salad and toast with roasted tomatoes. I had star pasta in tomato and cheese sauce from a can. Nap. I prepared dinner at home with Patrick: small salad with Rao's chicken parmigiana from frozen. Dessert: one orange creamsicle each. We rewatched Salt (2010) on Hulu. Patrick went to bed. I continued reworking spam filters in Cpanel, including migrating filters from local Apple Mail and lots of regex work. Late snack: one leftover pizza slice, one small piece of dried jackfruit, two unsalted cashews, water.

Sun Apr 21, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Continued migrating spam filters from local Apple Mail. Lunch at home with Patrick: I walked to Lou's Cafe and brought back sandwiches: Patrick had hot pastrami, I had roast beef with mushrooms on soft and sweet roll, no jala. Potato chips on the side. We each ate only half of our sandwiches and saved the rest for later. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had a Whole Foods lo mein meal, I had the remainder of my sandwich, toasted, with fresh lettuce, and some multigrain chips. Water to drink. We rewatched Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) on Hulu.

Mon Apr 22, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Town hall transcript review in Otter. Installed Audition and Premiere Pro to assist with audio and video editing. Tidied Asana template subtasks to better document the transcript and YouTube upload process. Listserv management: temp employees. Mailing list HR update. Lunch by myself: I walked to Underdogs Tres (1224 9th Avenue) and had a carne asada Nick's Way taco with a side of grilled veggies and a watermelon agua fresca. 1:1 with Suzan: town hall subtitles export from Otter and video upload to YouTube and resolving duplicate OneDrive folders. Orgchart work: QBI. Continued mailing list HR update. Benet event update for Brigid R: add new donation link. Began reworking UFD mailing list analysis. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Whole Foods spaghetti and meatballs, avocado toast, water. I washed dishes. Dessert for Patrick: pieces of chocolate. We watched various YouTube videos including Before the Dawn Planet of the Apes, three episodes. We watched a little more than half of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2014) on Hulu. Patrick went to bed. I continued watching various YouTube videos. I realize at 10:30 p.m. that I was mischarged at Underdogs Tres. I'm pretty sure that the menu said the side veggies was $2.95, but my receipt said $4.95 and I didn't catch it at the time of payment. A similar discrepancy happened with our recent visit to Fable, and now I'm wondering if it's becoming more common and I'm just not paying attention.

Tue Apr 23, 2024

Jane the Bakery blueberry muffin. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Picked up a small package for Alesia. Rode the UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay, doing some work on the way. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Edited a news story for Suzan: Benet Event. Dean's Office team meeting. We each received $28 in tickets for lunch at Spark Social. I got a delicious lobster roll with tater tots and ketchup from Cousins Maine Lobster. Sprite to drink. Team meeting with Suzan and Lawrence, which was interrupted by a long phone call. Suzan and I left to complete the town hall web page with video embed. Asana project cleanup. Edited a news story for Suzan: Rupa T. UCSF shuttle from Mission Bay to Parnassus. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: butter chicken meals from frozen with french fries from frozen, water. We finished watching Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2014) on Hulu. Patrick went to bed. Edited a blog post for Phil and Drew for Recharge.

Wed Apr 24, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, blueberries; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Met with Karen G and Sahru K to test live editing with Office documents in Box. Responded to a request from Levi about social media image branding. Published a news story for Suzan: Rupa T. Styling work in Drupal: button improvements. Lunch with Suzan in the spare office. She brought leftover chili from home. I got tortilla soup from Carmelina's. Began Benet event design work: agenda foam core poster. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: rigatoni with vegetables in cream sauce from frozen, side of French bread and butter, water. We watched various YouTube videos then Loot s2:e5 on Apple TV+ then YouTube videos of Suzan R's past performances. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: one sumo orange, multigrain toast with medium cheddar, water.

Thu Apr 25, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Continued Benet event design work: agenda foam core poster, sent drafts of two documents to Sahru for review/approval. Retested a problem uploading a jpg image to pharm, and the problem no longer happens, even off of VPN. Lunch at home by myself: deli minestrone with french bread revived by steaming, water. Patrick returned with groceries. Sam stopped in a moment to say hello. Home chores: trash management, vacuumed, cleaned and changed water in flower vase, emptied and cleaned another flower vase. Drupal styling work: wysiwyg menus. Afternoon snack: multigrain chips, water. Listserv management, including altering config to grant Su and CCI more permissions. Finalized the commencement program and delivered files to Leslie CS and Julia S. Followup with Maddie from ResourceSpace and with Siva from BrowserStack. Weeded unused accounts in The Archive. Walked and rode Muni to Zuni Cafe where we met Paolo and Lucie for dinner. We shared: shoestring fries, polenta, white asparagus, and roast chicken for two. Drinks included conejo malo, elderflower cocktail, San Francisco cocktail, sparkling water, and club soda. For dessert, we shared blood orange upside-down cake and gateau victoire. All food and drink were delicious. My favorite was the chicken. 20% fair wage gratuity was included; we left no additional tip. Our receipt had printed at the bottom "IMMIGRANTS MAKE AMERICA GREAT" which I very much agree with, but there's no need to shout, even in a loud restaurant, and we know your receipt printer can handle lowercase since lowercase appears elsewhere on it. Also, if a "fair wage gratuity" is automatically included, then it's not a gratuity. Merriam-Webster defines gratuity as "something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service." So let's stop saying "fair wage gratuity." Service by Joshua and all was excellent. We sat at table 33/1, which is at the top of the stairs facing Market Street. We talked about doom loop, the housing crisis, Kitchen Table and its future with Dianne, poetry, stand-up comedy (including John Mulaney, Sam Morril, Hannah Gadsby, and Caleb Hearon), restaurants including Breadbelly, Dalida, and Tadich Grill, restauranteurs including Michael Mina, coffee including Saint Frank Coffee and Grand Coffee and Le Llave, caffeine metabolization, sleep schedules, The Taste of Things (2023), Monkey Man (2024), San Francisco, New Orleans, Washington state, Martha's Vineyard, Montreal, India, Ireland, Indonesia, introversion vs. extroversion, and much, much more. Paolo and Lucie gave us a ride home. Patrick went to bed. Cutting board wood butter treatment.

Fri Apr 26, 2024

Ran in place while watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Built the web version of the 2024 commencement program for Leslie CS and Julia S. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work. Asana task followup. Edited a news story for Suzan: Benet event. Lunch: veggie pizza slice from Cafe Bellini: about $7. Water from my water bottle. Continued Benet event design work after change requests from Lawrence and Sahru. Encountered a problem in which OneDrive stalled during and upload of several files totaling about 70 MB. Quitting and restarting OneDrive resolved the problem. Traded emails about ResourceSpace with Maddie P. Fielded a request from Neliza P and Paul D about their website now on a new platform that I do not administer. Continued UFD mailing list analysis. Requested an updated donor list from Xandrine G and Rachelle K. Continued Benet event design work after change requests from Lawrence and Sahru. Followup with Julia S and Leslie CS about the commencement program. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: shrimp tacos with avocado, water. Post-dinner drinks: mint tisane for Patrick, cherry soda made from Sodastream water and cocktail cherry syrup and simple syrup. I washed dishes. We watched Star Trek: Discovery s5:e5 on Paramount+ then The Simpsons s32:e19 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I updated the appointments page for Recharge for Drew.

Sat Apr 27, 2024

Ran in place while watching Rio de Janeiro Walking Tour - 4K60fps with Captions - Prowalk Tours Brazil and other YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. More Recharge web work. Decided today that I will probably abandon the unfinished website I have in development for Recharge because Drupal is more difficult to maintain for this project than other platforms. So many things broke since I last looked at it. The menus disappeared, some pages give incomprehensible errors. Mended small holes in my black Patagonia jacket with needle and thread. Cleaned the bathroom. Rode Lyft to Fort Mason Festival Pavilion where we met Tai and Drew for the San Francisco Art Fair. Tai received enough tickets from his work for all of us. At the start Patrick and I shared a delicious char siu croissant and coffee with half and half from Grand Bakery Oakland purchased inside the event. We all saw lots of art. Afterwards we attempted to eat at nearby Radhaus but it seemed too crowded. They had driven to the event, so we decided to drive to Clement Street and eat there instead. We ended up at Mamahuhu where Drew had a rice plate and the rest of us each ate fried chicken sandwich combos—combo means you also get hot and sour soup. Tai and Patrick both got Honey Hawthorn; I got Super Savory. There was a long, stress-inducing wait for a table for four, but eventually we got one. Afterwards we parted. Patrick and I rode Lyft to the Castro and walked around a bit before stopping for beverages at Thorough Bread and Pastry: decaf mocha for Patrick, chai with steamed milk for me. We then visited with Mom Ryan, with Kerry stopping in briefly to drop off groceries before heading out to play darts. I napped while there. Afterwards Patrick and I dined at Rustic (215 Church Street): a glass of verdicchio for him, a glass of pinot noir for me. We shared a margherita pizza add prosciutto and arugula. No dessert. $62.51 after $4.76 tax and $2.75 SF mandate but before tip. Service by Jonny P was very good. We sat at table 22 which was near the back right corner. Walked and rode Muni home. We watched 16 minutes of Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen on Netflix before stopping. We watched a little more than half of Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer on Netflix. Patrick went to bed, and I joined a while later.

Sun Apr 28, 2024

Mon Apr 29, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work all day. Standup with Suzan. Lots of email followup. Tried to figure out how to use Constant Contact's RSS widget, failed. Tried to get support from Constant Contact, failed. For lunch I had intended to eat at You See Sushi but I forgot they are closed on Mondays. I walked to Poke Origin and had a small poke bowl with water. Afterwards I got frozen yogurt at Easy Breezy: a mix of vanilla, chocolate, and churro—yum! More account troubleshooting with Constant Contact. 1:1 with Suzan: image comping, news staging. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: grilled cheese with carmelized onions sandwiches and creamy tomato soup, water. We watched the remainder of Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer then Dinner Time Live with David Chang s1:e8 (Joe Manganiello and Nicole Byer) on Netflix. Patrick went to bed, and I joined a while later.

Tue Apr 30, 2024

Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shaved coconut, toasted sliced almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking, spellchecking, and policy work all day. Spent some time working with identity theft prevention services. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself two small shrimp tacos using shrimp left over from tacos dinner earlier, lettuce, sliced cheddar, salsa, corn tortillas. Mailing list cleanup and analysis all afternoon. Posted a news story for Suzan: new pathway programs from Sharon and Igor. Cut my hair, showered. Dinner at home with Patrick: mushroom enchiladas with sour cream and shredded lettuce, water. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos: John Mulaney Auditioned for SNL 44 Times, Ryan Gosling Surprises Guests at First 'The Fall Guy Live' at Universal Studios Hollywood via Attractions Magazine, Charli XCX and Troye Sivan Met in the Kitchen of One of Her Iconic House Parties via Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The Fall Guy | LA Premiere via Universal Pictures. We ate butter microwave popcorn while watching My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: John Mulaney on Netflix then Loot s2:e6 on Apple TV+. I washed dishes at a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed.