February 2011
20 posts
January 2011
19 posts
Brittany Bohnet: Highlights from Nielsen's State... →
brit:
These numbers are somewhat frightening…
- The average US household has 2.5 TV sets
- 31% of Americans own four or more TVs.
- The average American watches 35.6 hours of TV week, or close to the equivalent of a full-time job.
- Looking at age demographics, Americans older than 65 watch…
Interestingly enough, none of these apply to me. I’d imagine though, that I...
The hilarious everything bagel →
I take bagels VERY seriously, but this is kinda hilarious.
“In that way, “Modern Family” may be most akin to modern life. The roiling topics...”
– What ‘Modern Family’ Says About Modern Families - This Life - NYTimes.com
Half Marathon Training Plan
Because Dan likes Excel and makes schedules/plans projects for a living, we now have a spreadsheet for our half marathon training. The last two weeks in it are missing, though those weeks will probably be taper weeks anyway.
Really hoping I can stick with it. I’m particularly excited about week 10 - in March - which will be the first time I’ll run double digit miles. And we’re...
I Was Hit By A Car Today
In San Francisco, there’s a never ending turf war between cars and bikes. And between bikes and other bikes. Generally, I think of myself as someone who tries to ride safely, always with a helmet and lights, a general avoider of the type of antics that tend to frustrate other cyclists and drivers.
But none of that really matters, because I was hit by a car today while riding to work. The...
The Starter Has Been Started
The starter required to make the Tartine country bread loaf has been started!
The first step was to mix 2.5 lbs of whole wheat flour with 2.5 lbs of regular all purpose flour. From there, I mixed flour and water in a small, clear bowl until it had the consistency of a thick batter. After it did an initial three day fermentation-yeast-growing period, we dumped 80 percent of it out and then added...
I bought my first Of A Kind “edition” today — this beautiful necklace designed by Erica Weiner.
In addition to it being utterly fantastic (and eminently wearable — it’s my favorite type of jewelry in that it makes a wifebeater and jeans somehow become dressed up), it’s also a limited edition piece, which makes it, in my opinion, more special.
And, because I am such a U...
[ I left work today, to go home sick. Last week, I had a doctor’s appointment, at which time the doctor told me there was a whooping cough epidemic in California. ]
Me: Cough cough.
Dan: You OK?
Me: I think I have whooping cough.
Dan: No you don’t.
Me: How do you know?
Dan: You have jewping cough.
Me: What’s that?
Dan: Whooping cough for jews.
Also, looking back at 2010
As new years approached two days ago, Dan looked at me and said:
If anyone told us a year ago that: You’d have a new job in SF, I’d get a promotion, raise and then ngmoco would sell; and we’d move into Zena and Lance’s apartment, we would have been pretty excited about what was coming.
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He is wise and I complain too much. We’ve decided that in 2011, we’re...
Resolutions
Run half marathon (probably in April)
Make bread from Tartine bread book (requires a starter)
Less Internet shopping (looking at you, Gilt & Groupon)
More dinner parties