The topography of life
posted over 4 years ago | 0 comments
The hike reminded me of an earlier time.
A long time ago, I was in grad school, in peak physical experience due to playing extreme gym-rat basketball. I went on a hiking trip in the Enchantments in the Cascades. I was in tune with the world, in t...
A long time ago, I was in grad school, in peak physical experience due to playing extreme gym-rat basketball. I went on a hiking trip in the Enchantments in the Cascades. I was in tune with the world, in t...
The Hike
posted over 4 years ago, updated 4 days later | 0 comments
My sister came to visit. Good times, but she left with my wife and her daughter to go to my niece's wedding shower, leaving my brother-in-law and me on our own.
They're a physically fit family, always soccering all over the place and doing things...
They're a physically fit family, always soccering all over the place and doing things...
I still eat it
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 2 hours later | 1 comment
I have a pretty good life, I have to say.
But lest everyone think it is all roses, a peek into the horrific. Our science company does a lot of food safety. Most of the time, that means I sit at my desk and write responses to USDA action letters, ...
But lest everyone think it is all roses, a peek into the horrific. Our science company does a lot of food safety. Most of the time, that means I sit at my desk and write responses to USDA action letters, ...
Carry on Jack
posted over 4 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 0 comments
Can't just leave it at the headache.
Last two weeks have been extreme again. It was work Mon-Tues-Wed all day, then homework until 10PM at night, getting out an important 'see, we really DO know what we are doing' 200 page support binder buttres...
Last two weeks have been extreme again. It was work Mon-Tues-Wed all day, then homework until 10PM at night, getting out an important 'see, we really DO know what we are doing' 200 page support binder buttres...
The Headache
posted over 4 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 1 comment
Tension had been mounting for days. On the home medical front, the latest hypertensive drug was giving me hypotension when I stood. So I did a little home tweaking of administered meds in the morning. On the workplace side, the cumulative effect o...
Just a day
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Just a day in Seattle. Showers yesterday, perhaps showers tomorrow, but for the day, for the moment, life is exceptional.
A drink with the wife, bbq sizzling beside us. Clouds rearranging themselves on the horizon. Tugboats lugging rafts of wood...
A drink with the wife, bbq sizzling beside us. Clouds rearranging themselves on the horizon. Tugboats lugging rafts of wood...
How I spent my Christmas
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On the way out of the office, the receptionist asked me how I'm spending my Christmas. "Quietly" I told her. On the day after Christmas, Ben heads for New York for 8 days. When he comes back, he hops in a car and heads to Olympia to his new apartm...
What a weekend (Seattle, last December)
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It's Sunday night. Generator cycling outside, single light in the kitchen pulsing gently. 72 hours now, hoping for power tonight, but maybe won't get it. For me, facing another night without my CPAP air mask. Ran the generator the first night, jus...
