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Day 3,684: Steak!

I did it. I cooked myself a steak dinner.

Set off the smoke alarm. I’d even opened up all the windows and put the central air fan on in anticipation…but it wasn’t enough. Not by half. Sigh. Whoever thought microwave stove hoods are sufficient for cooking should be…well, not shot, but certainly something less violently-bad. It’s so stupid.

It turned out okay. Our smoke detectors are hooked up to our security system, so the monitoring company was calling me as I was a minute or two away from...

Day 3,683: Quality Ingredients

So, I want to learn how to cook a steak in an iron skillet. We don’t have a grill. That’s fine. We so rarely eat grill-able stuff, at least in the quantities necessary for a grill. So…a skillet. It’s enough for Liz and I to make a dinner to share. That’s what I want to learn how to do.

I also want to figure out a really, really excellent chocolate chip cookie recipe. Tollhouse is all fine and good, but I want something excellent. The kind of chocolate chip cookie recipe that has people being ...

Day 3,682: Billions

LONG workday today. A good one. But, long nonetheless. It felt normal, which is exactly what I needed. I didn’t quite get to bed when I wanted to last night, but better prospects tonight.

Joy just curled herself up into the blanket on the bed. Like, under the blanket. She’s passed out now, sleeping like the little wild lady she is. She’s ONE today. This is her exact birthday. We know that because of the sham rescue we adopted her from (…she was 100% sold to us from a breeder, even though they...

Day 3,681: Strategy

Netflix work is DONE. Whew. A weird thing to type given its a Sunday evening, but that’s only because it was a short week last week and there were still a few things I needed to finish so I could get them uploading. And now, they are. Woot!

I’m listening to a podcast right now as I type this that’s on Formula 1. Season’s over. Last race was this morning. 2023 was the year I kinda got into F1. I wouldn’t say I’m a super fan by any means—there hasn’t been enough competition to really get into i...

Day 3,680: Prompt

So…Wordpress has these daily prompts now, questions to answer for a blog entry. Maybe I’ll start using them. Who knows?

Liz left today. Sigh. Another month+ alone at home for me. Month, really, I guess, since I’ll be done for a week up in Portland to see the fam for Christmas. Cal’s first Christmas, and her first birthday. Can’t wait.

I need to figure out what I can get done before the end of the year. A bit daunted by that, to be honest…but I do have some time to knuckle down and do some ...

Day 3,679: Very Lucky

Man…Casino Royal is soooo goooood.

So, I finished the Brosnan Bond films, and I was surprised, you guys, to discover that I think they’re actually my least favorite Bond films. I know! I’m surprised, too. I really enjoyed them when they were coming out. They were my introduction to Bond. But…and again, I’m astonished to say this…but I think I enjoy the Roger Moore films more overall, and even one of the Timothy Daltons is better than anything Brosnan did. And it’s not Pierce’s fault, by any m...

Day 3,678: Thanks

So very grateful for my friends and family today.

Had dinner at the King’s. Twas wonderful. Joy came, but she was a bit overwhelmed by all the commotion (and the food, mostly—she wanted to EAT everything that fell onto the ground), but we were still very proud of her. Niners won. Watched GBBO with Bear. I even played a set early in the day so I wouldn’t miss playing one. I think I’m on a three or four day streak. I want to keep that going.

Love you all. Thank you for letting me be a part o...

Day 3,677: Snugged

Once again, Joy is pressed up HARD against me. I don’t think it’s just because it’s chilly, because it’s not that chilly at all, really; Coops doesn’t even need his sweater right now. I think…it’s because she loves me. She likes sleeping on papa.

Liz is coming home tonight. Later tonight, but tonight! Can’t wait to see her. And then she’s gone again in a couple days. Sigh. That’s the way it goes when your wife is a globe-trotting actor. It will be nice to see her.

Thanksgiving is tomorrow....

Day 3,676: So Close

Joy is…so…close to my keyboard right now, it’s almost impossible to type. She’s snuggled right up against my hip, pressed in super, SUPER tight. Sweet babe.

Still…floaty. Didn’t hardly get anything done today besides work. Sigh. But, I did DJ. And I did laundry. And I’ve got sweet ass clean sheets to sleep in. Mmmmm.

Night night.

Day 3,675: Corps

A scattered day. Lots of business. But not much done. Sigh. Feeling a little in a funk today. So, it’s early to bed. Gonna try the old get a good night’s sleep and wake up early routine.

Watched Goldeneye, tonight, which I’ve always known as my generation’s introduction to James Bond, is well-regarded and pretty much universally beloved. Well…I haven’t seen it in probably…20 years? I remembered almost nothing about it, but what I do remember is not loving it. I remember thinking it was okay. ...