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Journal 7.12.2023

Date:   July 12, 2023 at 8:15:25 PM EDT
Weather:    77°F Mostly Cloudy
Location:   1811 Old Kings Hwy, Saugerties, New York, United States

Tennis night.

after tennis….

Spoke with Joe Keenan about his consulting practice.

Walked to library. Got Michael Chameides’ email address from Emily.

NuLink Health meeting…..

15,187 steps.

2/9/2021 – Tuesday

First up for the day is UTMH Work. Team mtg. Update websites.

Entered several jaunts on OldDodgeVan.

3-4 inches of snow, fluffy.

2/2/2021 – Tuesday – snow, clean up, kitchen repairs, “general consensus”

Snow over night

6:50am
7:30am Continue reading →

2/1/2021 – Monday – snow early

Snow forecast

Got up at 3:30 am for ibuprofen for hip. It had started snowing several hours before forecast.

Scanned a bunch of old photos. Andrea and Mark bringing paint back to 266 Western Ave during Great Blizzard of ‘78 in Cambridge.

UTMH – meeting with OSPLabs. Possible new software developer.

Spoke with Matt Almeida.
3pm. Snow

Lots of work on OldDodgeVan.com.

5 pm more snow.
Orton sibling chat. I recalled a summer debate between Torrey and Father when he was 16 or so over whether the phrase “general consensus” was a redundant phrase.

1/23/2021 – Saturday – cold – more Bernie Saunders silliness

11 degrees at dawn.

Various tasks. Library, UTMH. Took books to post office, UPS, and FEDEX.

More Bernie mittens. Continue reading →

1/8/2021 – Friday – domestic matters, work, tennis

Shopping early. Cold 19 degrees

Went to Walmart. Lots of soups and coffee. Walmart still a disappointing place to shop. Ever more shelves of “Great Value” store brand products. Lots of things missing from selection.

Picked up more propane.

Talked with David Ackerman. He has painful eye problems. Sounds depressed. Mentioned selling business in passing. Will follow up on this.

Finished the pandemic food project on the website. Sent note to Nan.

Tennis with Ted at Chatham. 1 1/2 hrs. Mostly played games. Need to improve serve and return of serve consistency.

1/7/2021 – Thursday – more on Trump’s Insurrection…..

Trump’s Insurrection Follow Up

Found 4ft digital level on walk this morning.

Sent note to Ba’s bathroom designer. Details of upstairs bathroom.

Blog and Facebook posts about Trump’s insurrection.

Tennis lesson. Lots of work on foot work, especially volleying.

Found lectures by Lynn Stout about shareholder value theory of the corporation. Sent note to Noah.

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Tuna, rice, spinach, cabbage steak.

1/5/2021 – Tuesday – Timeline and unified understanding of current economy

More work on Timeline, other website pages.

Resolved city claim that we didn’t pay taxes end of 2019. Finally TBOGC sent a proof of payment PDF.

UTMH – team mtg. Ball Associates and invoicing.

Mailed another 11 Still Stepping books. Continue reading →

12/8/2020 – Tuesday – mostly Mark’s Big Book of Life Instructions

UTMH work

Not much

My version of Life’s Little Instruction Book in draft….

Very productive webinar from MHLS – 7 Habits of Highly Effective Boards. 5:30 to 7:00pm.

12/3/2020 – Thursday – work – tennis lesson – cooking – library

UTMH work – not much – boring meeting with Seth, Ryder, and Erin….. about how to document new features…..

Paddle-ball court at Total Tennis

Tennis lesson featured a lot of new drills. Instead of usual warm up did volleys and touch and volley. Lots of footwork practices. Health monitor on phone said I took over 5,000 steps in an hour. Roughly 2.5 miles of running. Tired.

Cooked first bean dish in a long while. Vaguely followed a black beans and rice recipe from Moosewood.

Emily Chameides sent me a query about things wrong with the mobile version of the library website.

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