Leisure

    If you haven’t had to shovel snow in slacks and loafers because the city did a second round of snow removal while you were at work, well then you haven’t really lived.

    I had my second jiujitsu competition yesterday; I lost both fights but I wasn’t there to win, I was there for Paco.

    The bracket with small groups works out that I still got bronze. My friend/mentor from the academy snapped this one for me.

    Just found this note from 2014 on my hard drive

    201409201429 - Top Five Breakfasts.

    1. Plaza Cafe, Gallup NM (huevos rancheros)
    2. West side market, Cleveland OH
    3. Ardmore Cafe, Ardmore PA
    4. Pine State biscuits, Portland, OR
    5. Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA

    Hard to argue with that list, but maybe I should update it soon.

    🎥 I bought an UNUSED 70-year old Rolls-Royce crate engine, YouTube.

    Yup. Get some popcorn and settle in. This is going to be good.

    Simplified Research

    My research organization has gotten a little too byzantine over the years. Navigating to an active research project is now six levels deep on my computer. If I want to get to my book manuscript, e.g., I have to do the following: Dropbox/AcademicWork/Projects/Inprogress/mssBook Then, I still have to navigate within that folder between my archival material, grant reporting, the book proposal, and the manuscript. It’s a mess.

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