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Red Light
This morning on my commute to work, I got cited for running a red light downtown ( Read more... ) -
Pandemic: Virulent Strain
In February, I posted about my preliminary results with Virulent Strain. After 100 games with four players and five Epidemics with Virulent Strain, my win rate was nearly the same as without Virulent Strain. Was this a lucky streak, or a sign of something else ( Read more... ) -
Fitness Tracking
The Apple Watch works as a fitness tracker. Each day it urges me to burn a certain (adjustable) number of calories, get thirty minutes of more vigorous exercise, and stand and move around for at least a minute in twelve different hours ( Read more... ) -
Pandemic: Virulent Strain - the results may surprise you!
After posting my results about 2000 recorded games of Pandemic, I've now recorded 100 games of the Virulent Strain challenge ( Read more... ) -
2016 Reading #6: The Food of a Younger Land
#6: The Food of a Younger Land, by Mark Kurlansky
During the Great Depression, one branch of the WPA was the Federal Writers Project, making work for young writers. One of the FWP's projects was America Eats, a compendium of writings on local food from around the USA. World War II interrupted, and the project was never completed. Many of the ( Read more... ) -
2016 Reading
I've envied my friends with a record of their reading, but I've had trouble getting started with it.
#1. My Tesla: A love story of a mouse and her car, by Joan C. Gratz
A children's book of one woman's story of Tesla ownership. (It was a stocking stuffer.) It was cute, but the protagonist is not always gracious about her Tesla ownership.
#2. The ( Read more... ) -
2000 Games of Pandemic
I have been an enthusiastic fan of the board game Pandemic since I first played it in 2008. I like it because it involves cooperation and careful planning, which makes it a good way to talk to people through a game. For several years, I’ve been playing a lunchtime game once a week with friends. In 2013, Z-Man Games came out with a version of ( Read more... ) -
Tesla
We are planning to buy a Tesla Model S. This is so far out of my usual car-buying habit that I feel a need to justify it ( Read more... ) -
Post-Surgery Victory Lap 2015: June 28: New York City
This day was one of the days we were really looking forward to on this trip; this day we were to tour New York City with Bill (bullyboy on Roadfood) and Dayna. I had read Bill’s reports of leading visitors through the foods of New York with interest and desire, and I had become particularly eager after we met Bill and Dayna at Chris and Amy’s ( Read more... ) -
Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Hand
Last weekend, Lori and I went to Ravenwood Castle for a murder mystery weekend: http://www.ravenwoodcastle.com/2015/06/16/sherlock-holmes-and-the-deadly-hand-sept-18th-19th . It was good fun, with several stories that I will ( Read more... )