Kicked off Thanksgiving dinner with our Holiday go-to: warm Brussels sprouts salad. It’s a lot of hand-chopping, which is more consistent than a food processor. It would be raw vegan without the essential bacon, Parmesan, and sautéed shallots(!).Recipe.
Category: Living
Seeing Red
Filled my backpack with exactly what we need, and no more, for Thanksgiving dinner. For us, a small amount of cranberries goes a long way.
Simple Fix
Until today I’ve been putting up with a sharp, intense pain in my lower thumb, assuming it was arthritis. Today a physical therapist used her hands to apply a technique called positioned myofascial release to a muscle in my thumb, and the pain has gone. I’m amazed and grateful.
Angles
Spent a few minutes building a rig to evaluate a LEGO Mindstorms sensor that measures angles. Spent a few hours trying to read the angles from a computer program. Eventually a simple test suggested the sensor is defective. My next LEGO creation needs to “know” its joint angles.
Honoring Ordinary People
On my cycle ride: Sheridan Memorial Park. Surrounding plaques honor veterans of ten wars while reflecting on the futility of so much conflict. I appreciate how this memorial focuses on the ordinary people called to fight in wars, rather than leaders.
Earnest Young People
On a chilly day for cycling, warmed up with an Americano at a community table where earnest young people were chatting with each other or their laptops.
Obfuscation
Saved by the bell! Ran out of time in today’s “Phlebotomy as a third language” just before this slide. Next time, I’ll try to break this into manageable parts and rephrase: “…degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfills requirements.” Not sure I’ll succeed.
Cranking up the Thermostat
After a dusting of overnight snow and a chilly walk this morning, I was ready to crank up the thermostat and hunker down for the rest of the day.
Chopping Veggies
Chopped and prepared veggies for two dinners: cabbage and onion for a braise tonight, and roasted eggplant and zucchini for a veggie lasagne tomorrow night. One of the joys of travel, for me, is renewed appreciation for everyday home activities.
KLM Delft Houses
It’s a joy to be traveling through Schiphol again. KLM hands these Delft houses, filled with Dutch gin, to passengers traveling B. There’s 102 different designs, some fetch over $500 on the secondary market. This evening, I’ll be sipping cheap wine in steerage en route to MSP.