Category: TD/GDMBR 2024

Had fun this evening with David & Erik. Talked about a lot of things, but some it was climate change stuff. My favorite: Space Bubbles A couple other interesting  possibilities that I should look into later: alkalizing the oceans (limestone?) But back to space bubbles: the idea is to block some solar energy in space.…

Mis en Place  is a French cooking term: “Putting in place”.  Basically it means: put out all your ingredients before you start. I first heard the term many years ago, and honestly it doesn’t really work all that well for my style of cooking. At least, that’s what I thought. I’ve always thought that it…

Set expectations to low please. Perhaps part of the wisdom of growing old is that the things that you actually want look less like the things you imagined as a young adult, and more like curling up with a good book.

Welp, I finished. Rapha 500 is a challenge to ride 500km in the last 8 days of the year. I’ve never done it before, but I was around this year so…. Why not? I did not expect to finish when I started, but I went pretty hard – several 100km/66 mile days in a row.…

This is stream of consciousness. Spoilers ahead. So don’t read this if you plan to read the book. I like books where there’s a bit of mystery, something for me to puzzle through. Murakami really hits this right for me. I’ve read a lot of his stuff (Fiction & Non – both are great!). The…

This will be brief and incomplete, but I think has promise. The internet can be amazing. Especially so for those off frail health, who maybe cannot travel to see friends or meet on person due to health concerns. Like the Elderly. And, it can also be dangerous: Some elders I know have been tricked into…

In 1972, Johnathan Richmond wrote Pablo Picasso, with the famous lyric above. Today I Learned: Pablo owned a LOT of cars but never drove, and apparently never had an El Dorado. Even though I loved my Art History class in college (really, I learned a ton!), I somehow thought that Pablo Picasso was a Victorian…

I love my kids so much – they’re both hilarious. They will show up here many times I’m sure. One day we asked Kid1 what she’d learned in school that day. She said that they’d been watching movies in Spanish class. “Like what?” “Harry Potter.” “In Spanish?’ “Nope! It’s all… ¿Como yes llamas? You’re a…

Tl;Dr: etiquette is weird when ‘filling’ your car takes 1.5 hrs, maybe top off at home? High voltage chargers charge your car pretty fast, but much less fast than a tank of gas (which is why gasoline is so explosive and a key advantage of gas cars). If your lithium battery is below 80% charged,…

My wife & I have been married for 25 years! We had a nice evening out at Jazz Alley seeing the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. Great show! This is an old story, but I suppose it needs to be written down at some point. We Eloped – a decision that worked out well. Our thinking goes:…