Friday, September 26, 2025
Breakfast at home: I prepared for myself fried rice: leftover rice, carrot, celery, zucchini, sliced deli chicken breast, soy sauce, Dorot garlic, Dorot ginger. Later, second breakfast with Patrick: we shared two pastries we took home yesterday from Parachute—heavenly! Attempted to resolve a problem with our Sub-Zero 650 refrigerator in which the light fails to turn on. The problem was seen occasionally since we moved in, and the workaround was to tap the left triangular switch at the top of the inside of the door. Spraying compressed air into the switch did not fix the problem. A Cidyaust straw brush was too big to insert because of the protective nub on the end. A standard art supply pipe cleaner did fit inside, but working it in and out did not fix the problem. I removed the grill above the fridge, using my selfie camera on my iPhone 16 Pro to identify the springs with hooks on the inside that needed to be unhooked in order for the grill to be removed. Inside it looked like it had never been cleaned. I cleaned with a soapy and lightly wet sponge, then vacuumed thoroughly. I removed one screw holding in place the metal panel protecting the two switches, then unhooked and removed the switches. Continued cleaning, mostly with the vacuum, including the inner (grill?) on the right side. I retrieved three loose screws found behind the outer grill. After the inside was as clean as I could get it without taking it further apart, I fully cleaned the outer grill then let it dry in the sun on the balcony. I retrieved the 90-degree door stop pin from the plastic bag attached to the inside and installed it. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick prepared mandarin chicken salad from a salad kit to which we added sliced deli grilled chicken breast and mandarin oranges, water. More house chores: trash management, vacuuming. Ordered one replacement light switch. Removed cobwebs from corners on the balcony and brushed animal poop from the railing. Vacuumed the upper level. Stored tools and cleaning supplies. Patrick and I walked to Midnight Sun to meet a subset of The Syndicate for happy hour. Along the way I stopped at Cliff's Variety to drop off a burned-out fluorescent tube light bulb for disposal. In attendance: Scot, Scott, Andy, Tim, Kevin, Jose, Galen, Brendon, John B, Timmie. Afterwards most of us dined at Dumpling Kitchen. Weeded flagged emails. Continued the Recharge Medical dev website build: floated TOC right. Noticed some scratches on the secondary bathroom countertop that must have been there but I never noticed them.