Friday, November 14, 2025
Breakfast at home: two-egg fritatta with diced tomato, spinach, red onion, and diced link sausage; half banana; hot water. Continued working on the Recharge Medical dev website all day: hover and focus behaviors on links that included images. Put three Korky BeehiveMAX Hideaway toilet plungers into service. Before doing so I removed a label by hand then removed remaining residue with GooGone. I also used my Dremel-like tool with a cylindrical sanding attachment to remove a sharp point in the top of the handle from the plastic molding process. Lunch at home with Patrick: last night's leftovers from Bottega. Swept the outer stairwell of dark clay that appeared after yesterday's rain from the first entry landing down. Patrick and I plunged the empty drains on the balcony. Two drains were obviously connected, so I had him hold one plunger over one while I plunged the other. We did this when it was not wet, and it's unclear if our efforts had any effect. Patrick held the ladder while I installed an Intermatic EK4336S photoelectric light switch above our garage door which controls lights above the garage door. It replaces an Intermatic K4321. I connected black to black, red to red, and white to white, but when we tested it the EK4336S blinked off and on repeatedly. This indicates a wiring error. I turned the power off, swapped the red and black wires, and now it works as expected. Later Patrick and I walked to dinner at Tanglad. Crispy spring rolls to share. Patrick had chicken pho and water. I had five-spice chicken with garlic noodles and thai iced tea. On the walk home at Market and Castro we encountered Brian and Kelly who were in town a few days on their way to Australia. Our walking path took us literally right in front of them, and I stopped and turned and recognized them. We chatted a bit before inviting them to see our new place. We gave them a tour then sat in the living room and caught up. We talked about appliances (Viking ranges, Sub-Zero refrigerators), home maintenance, powder rooms, bars in Seattle, food, Tim, Australia, Jenn, Chris and Nate, and more. After a while they left to meet a friend for dinner.