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musicians that improved my day
The following jazz musicians are recommended by me. You can trust my musical judgement, because I'm always right, and I never lie ( Read more... ) -
it's the 21st century, folks
I just found out there are still people teaching two spaces after the end of a sentence. Your PC is not a typewriter, folks. Let the computer work out the typesetting ( Read more... ) -
workout update
I couldn’t train two weeks ago due to being sick. Short version:
6/29 - heavy shrugs, several different kinds of reverse flies, bent-over rows.
7/1 - training at Eliot’s new facility. resistance sprints x10, then supersets of high rep squats & weighted walking lunges. Significant soreness all weekend.
7/6 - timed bench press (10 sets of 5, with ( Read more... ) -
what’s up with me
I’ve been fighting a sore throat for a couple of days, which sucks.
N is out of school for the summer. I’ll take her down to get her learner’s permit in the next couple weeks, and then it’s driving lessons.
It’s time to get serious about losing some weight again. I never did do an after-report on my high protein experiment. Short version: I lost ( Read more... ) -
testing code uploading
This is only a test.
Public Class ScanModelTest
Private testContextInstance As TestContext
'''
'''Gets or sets the test context which provides
'''information about and functionality for the current test run.
'''
Public Property TestContext() As TestContext
Get
Return testContextInstance
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work, and the rest of my life
I took last Saturday off. I will be working through today, tomorrow, all of next week, and next weekend. Fortunately my boss works longer hours than I do, so I don't feel like it's all on me, and the job is not NORMALLY like this.
N is at her boyfriend's prom this weekend, and Ula is at an event. On the upside it's a gorgeous day, and I did get to ( Read more... ) -
sou vide chicken
sou vide chicken
cold chicken breast, season w salt and pepper, one slice of lemon. vacuum.
immerse at 140 F for 80 minutes
saute in butter VERY quickly on both sides
done.
it is kind of hard to imagine better chicken than this. -
weekend aar
friday, put some beef short ribs into the sou vide machine - 135 F for 48 hours ( Read more... ) -
bar experiment: mint julep concentrate
bar experiment: mint julep concentrate ( Read more... ) -
weekend aar
thursday - kid left for Chicago to hang out with p1kap1ka
friday - worked, then dinner & a movie w/ ula1066 . we saw "How To Train Your Dragon", in 3d, and enjoyed it much.
saturday - worked some, did some housework. In the evening, drove down to Albany for Kim's birthday party. Managed to get home before falling asleep, which is always good.
sunday - quiet day at ( Read more... )