Good morning!
I made muffins!
From scratch! With fresh blueberries!
I will make a longer post about this, but I’ve been thinking lately about my phone’s role as the mortar of my life - the thing that fills the gaps, no matter how small, between other things.
And what might have been there instead.
Sure. Snow in late April kinda sucks.
Makes for a damn pretty hike, though.
(Fort Harrison State Park, Indianapolis, IN. Camp Creek Trail)
Finished up our Indiana adventure yesterday. Hit New Harmony, Harmonie State Park, Lincoln Boyhood Home National Memorial and Lincoln State Park before winding home.
Pictures in the previous are from:
- Cataract Falls (Indiana’s largest waterfall by volume)
- Shakamak State Park (nice hike around a lake)
- George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes
Fun day exploring parts of Indiana we hadn’t been before with all my favorite people.
Three-mile hike at Mounds State Park this morning with my other favorite person.
So much chillier than yesterday, but a nice loop through the woods.
I bought myself an Apple Watch back in January and started filling my Exercise and Move rings with walks.
Back then, I’d walk a mile and a half or so, fill my rings and call it a day.
Yesterday, I did a four mile walk and now I’m thinking of hiking and building up a ten-miler.
A year ago today, I tearfully reunited with my family after a two week cautionary quarantine away from them.
Today, I’m sitting in a Kroger parking lot in Shelbyville, IN, waiting for my first vaccine appointment.
Fun morning hiking around Spring Mill State Park with two of my favorite people.
(The other one’s at Boy Scout camp)
I’ve filled out two brackets this year. I have WVU losing in the Elite Eight in one, and the title game in another.
In my heart of hearts, though …
I figure they’ll lose in the second round.
Everything else is gravy.
Of course, the 2009-2010 team also has a place in my heart. Beating this Kentucky team in the Elite Eight, singing “Country Roads” at Scotty’s Brewhouse and watching them play Duke in the Final Four here in Indy is also 😎.
As a WVU alum and fan, the 2005 team still has a special place in my heart. The first 17 minutes or so of this Elite Eight game remain among the most excited I’ve ever been as a fan - even 16 years later.
(The final is also very WVU)
A year ago today, I woke up in a hotel room in Atlanta, read that someone at a company all hands the day before had been second hand exposed to COVID.
I spent the next two weeks in various hotels - quarantining from my family while my wife had surgery.
I ordered some delicious Kimchi for the fine folks at Fort Wayne’s True Kimchi (link below).
Been experimenting with it all week, but this morning I went with Kimchi Fried Rice (recipe came with shipment) and this is this awesome.
Yesterday, I posted something with a cryptic headline, that I figured I’d give another shot.
In late 2018, I helped write down our engineering principles, and looking back, I’m quite proud of them.
When shoveling snow, you make a big pile of snow.
My kids took a break to play in said pile.
They were too cute not to post (and I don’t have the ’gram anyway)
Principled Speed
Monday, February 15, 2021
I joined Sigstr fairly early on its journey, and for the first time, I was at a place early enough to help set the philosophy and direction of the engineering group. We had a VP at the time who was very big on principles, and forced us to stop and think about them from time to time. Looking back, those principles I helped set and wrote down are one of the prouder moments of my career.
Making a recipe that includes a 50-50 mix of soy sauce and Worcester sauce.
Midway through, I realized I’m out of Worcester sauce and swapped it for fish sauce …
And I think it’s better?
Each year for the Super Bowl, we make a bunch of stuff like we’re throwing a party but it’s just our little four-person household.
This year, we started the prep today with these: www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/p…
They’re awesome!