Tag: Music

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Vital Statistics

Bike odometer: 2,109

Aches & pains: skin tag on right cheek, shoulders

Current reading: Getting Things Done

Recent listening: Dissect podcast, Frank Ocean, Prozac for Lovers, Westworld S2 OST, Making Sense, This American Life

Recent viewing: QI, The Goldbergs, WWDC sessions, Antman & the Wasp, Safe, Asperger’s Are Us, Labyrinth, The Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency

Recent playing: Bloons 6

Recent events: TQ’s 92nd birthday in Seattle, spring break week with Graham & Kate including adventure in Oregon City, meditating with Tina

Recently accomplished: resumed bike riding, FSA documentation, taught Graham how to spreadsheet, brainstorming for financial planning app, office reorganization

Imperative To Do: Ride 25 miles in a week, ride to work, read more, file 2018 taxes, find wedding rings, resolve pharmacy issues, finish foundation grade adjustments, file health insurance claim,

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Bike odometer: n/a

Aches & pains: right shoulder

Current reading: Getting Things Done

Recent listening: Kendrick Lamar, NWA, Childish Gambino, Reel Big Fish, Bill Frisell, Oasis, Greta Van Fleet, Led Zeppelin, Genesis

Recent viewing: Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Safe, The Pixar Story, Cooked, White Right: Meeting the Enemy, The Ritual, Disenchantment, BoJack Horseman, SNL, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Goldbergs

Recent playing: Bloons 6

Recent events: Presidents weekend in San Francisco with Thomas, PDX Jazz festival, snow in Portland

Recently accomplished: House cleaning, bought robot vacuum, filing reorganization, turned compost, bought dress shirt

Imperative To Do: Ride bike again, read more, exercise, file 2018 taxes, find wedding rings, FSA documentation

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Vital Statistics

Bike odometer: 1777

Aches & pains: shoulders, butt

Current reading: n/a

Recent listening: Chris Cornell, Waking Up, WTF with Marc Maron, The Ezra Klein Show

Recent viewing: The Break with Michelle Wolf, Explained, Who Is America, Dear White People, Sharp Objects, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Battle of the Sexes, Wild Wild Country, Christopher Robin

Recent playing: n/a

Recent events: Portland Timbers game, Zoo Concert with Graham and Ermias (Bela Fleck, David Grisman, Jerry Douglas)

Recently accomplished: 81 miles/week riding, rode to Vancouver, laundry, revised FAFSA, strengthened AC frame

Imperative To Do: Bridge Pedal, 100 miles/week riding, plant grass in bare spots, clean roof, file manual insurance claims, bariatric surgery, read more

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Aches & pains: shoulders, sciatica, balls of my feet, fingers on right hand

Current reading: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide

Recent listening: Radiolab, This American Life, The Partially Examined Life, Waking Up with Sam Harris, Chris Cornell (various incarnations)

Recent viewing: The Young Pope, Bloodline, The Crown, Dark Net, Game of Thrones

Recent playing: n/a

Recently accomplished: The Daily Bowie, 7000 steps a day for 2 weeks, refinished deck, colonoscopy, finished Neil Young liner notes, mailed CDs (Kent, Kelly), trimmed three arbor vidas, cleaned up all yard debris

Imperative To Do: Get a job, walk 9000 steps per day or 2 weeks, paint house

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Vital Statistics

Aches & pains: sciatica, shoulders/neck

Current reading: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Cracking the Code Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Recent listening: Bare Trees by Fleetwood Mac, Cop Killer by Body Count, Bob Dylan, Robyn Sings by Robyn Hitchcock, Seven Steps to Heaven by Miles Davis

Recent viewing: Billions, Scandal, Louis CK 2017, Suicide Squad, Last Week Tonight

Recent playing: Lake Drawing Book

Recently accomplished: The Daily Bowie, changed ToDo manager to OmniFocus, mowing, edging, weeds, HackerRank.com programming challenges

Imperative To Do: Write Mother’s article, HackerRank, fix Graham’s bathtub drain, walk 3000 steps per day, mail CDs to people

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Aches & pains: sciatica, ankles

Current reading: The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg, iOS Programming: The Big Nerd Ranch Guide, Cracking the Code Interview by Gayle Laakmann McDowell

Recent listening: Cop Killer by Body Count, Anthology 1964-1977 by Johnny Rivers, These Foolish Things by Bryan Ferry, Garcia Plays Dylan, Neon Bible by Arcade Fire, The Doggfather by Snoop Dogg, Slow Train Coming by Bob Dylan, S-Town (podcast)

Recent viewing: Big Little Lies, Homeland, Billions, Scandal, The Last Man on Earth, Dave Chappelle: Collection 1, Marvel’s Iron Fist, The Crown

Recent playing: n/a

Recently accomplished: Replaced CR-V, changed insurance agent, cleaned roof & gutters, job interviews, The Daily Bowie

Imperative To Do: Write Mother’s article, find a job

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Aches & pains: left shoulder

Current reading: Just Kids by Patti Smith

Recent listening: You Want It Darker by Leonard Cohen, Olé Coltrane, Steamin’ with the Miles Davis Quintet, Let Me Get By by the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Peace Trail by Neil Young

Recent viewing: Goliath, Jim Gaffigan: Cinco, O Brother Where Art Thou, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, London Has Fallen, The Fall, 3%, The Sixties, Frank, Longmire

Recent playing: Mario Run

Recently accomplished: Paid bills, dumped US Bank

Imperative To Do: Change insurance agent, clean roof/gutters, fix HP printer, bariatric application, write Mother’s article

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Aches & pains: sciatica, left ankle, sunburn (head)

Current reading: n/a

Recent listening: Prince, Shades of Deep Purple, Yeezus

Recent viewing: The Daily Show, The Nightly Show, 11.22.63, Daredevil (Season 2)

Recent playing: Galcon Fusion

Recently accomplished: Compost harvest, paid bills, Monoprice RMA, updated resumé, logged iTunes bugs, Scion repairs

Imperative To Do: Install AC, fix HP printer, latches for gates, rake front yard, hose off back and front

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Aches & pains: Constipation, mouth infection

Current reading: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Recent listening: Hard rock dive

Recent viewing: Game of Thrones (S4), The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Last Man on Earth, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Falling Skies

Recent playing: ZAGA

Recently accomplished: Fox wedding plans, Indiana, backpack replacement, sold van, Scion maintenance appointment, gutter inquiries

Imperative To Do: Mow lawn, laundry, Xmas air fare, bring in yard sale stuff, pay bills, deck

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Aches & pains: jaw muscle (healing after mouth infection)

Current reading: The Book of Basketball by Bill Simmons

Recent listening: Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Townes Van Zandt, Blaze Foley, Shadows in the Night by Dylan, The Magnolia Electric Co., re: Bach by Lara St. John, Hozier, Little Big Music, Gris-Gris by Dr. John, AM by Arctic Monkeys

Recent viewing: The Tonight Show, Grimm, Parks & Recreation, SNL40, The Daily Show, Scandal, Resurrection, Inside Amy Schumer, Duct Tape Messiah, The Nightly Show, Marco Polo, 30 Days, The Bletchley Circle, QI

Recent playing: Kingdom Rush Frontiers

Recently accomplished: Cleaned laser printer kopen, started van, paid bills, server maintenance, spam cleanup

Imperative To Do: Contact Social Security, turn compost, fix blog CSS, send bike to Thomas