Kate and I had a lovely dinner out at the Verve Wine Bar last Thursday. We had a flight of dessert wines to cap the evening which included a 1971 Pedro Ximenez Madeira. It’s pretty thick and sweet, and my response: “It’s like drinking a carebear!” The waiter was only slightly amused. We’d had a [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Best food review ever
November 10, 2007
10 out of 10
November 10, 2007
An article in today’s paper discussed your carbon footprint. They talk about some cars, and how each one gets an EPA “greenhouse gas score” out of 10 (higher is better). A GMC Yukon gets a 3 out of 10; a Prius gets 10 out of 10. A perfect score? For a car which only reduces [...]
This Morning On The Bus
November 7, 2007
On this morning’s bus ride there was a woman with two little girls (2 or 3 years old?) in a double pram. One of the girls was unhappy and would occasionally scream. This was a bus at 7am, full of morning commuters. The pram took up a bunch of extra space. Screaming on a bus [...]
Zippy Mouse
November 7, 2007
Here’s a weird one: changing the refresh rate on my monitor here at work makes my mouse noticeably faster. Usually I run at 60Hz, but to deal with some hardware issues I sometimes change to 120Hz. And then my mouse cursor becomes so responsive it’s actually hard to control. Is the mouse software running off [...]
My Advice for the Seattle Bus
November 6, 2007
I ride the bus to and from work every day. It’s about 45 minutes door-to-door, including about four blocks of walking. Not too bad, although about twice as long as a car would take. I don’t mind taking the bus, though, since it’s cheaper than gas, parking, and payments on a second car. Plus, I [...]
Selling My Camera Gear
November 3, 2007
I’m parting with all my old camera equipment (it’s up on ebay right now). This is the last of the gear from my photography days at Microsoft — when I was flush with spending money and I didn’t meet a lens I didn’t like. I already went through and sold the majority of it last [...]
Swarthy Choice
November 2, 2007
There’s an ad on the bus warning everyone to be vigilant of stray packages. These ads are sad and ultimately destructive of the society they’re supposed to protect. I wish we could learn to think more rationally about risk. But anyway, that’s not what prompted this post. The ad has a picture of a suitcase-like [...]
Packing It Off
November 1, 2007
I’m officially about 20 pounds overweight. There’s a couple of reasons behind it — a bit of a lazy summer leading to a back injury which really cut down on my exercise. Then a new job which both cut down on my exercise time and put me in the midst of overly tempting food choices [...]
Ruby’s 2nd Hallowe’en
November 1, 2007
Ruby had a good time. She loved her costume and walked from house to house like a pro. She quickly figured out that it was all about the candy, even though she’s never really had any candy before. “Trick or Treat” is still a mouthful for her, but at least she said please, thank you, [...]