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"The truth shall set you free." -- Caltech

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Red Rocks

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I'm climbing with Aff and his friends in Red Rocks. Climbing on slab sandstone is much better than I expected.  I've attempted ten r...
Monday, February 06, 2023

a funny sketch: Black Lady Courtroom

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This is uplifting and hilarious.

zen interior design style

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I'm very impressed by people who can do interior design. I've read many books and watched videos, and I'm still unable to do it....
Saturday, February 04, 2023

Camino plans: Porto to Santiago

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I've been talking a lot about the Camino. Finally I decided to do it.  I bought plane tickets to walk the Camino Portuguese this May. Ho...
Monday, January 23, 2023

white-glove manipulation

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During the pandemic, I read " Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels ". The author went undercover and worked at two ...
Thursday, January 19, 2023

Earning dough vs unlimited breadsticks

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Me: "So many work leaders like to say 'We're not just a work team, we're a family.' That's just a way to manipulate...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023

History of Sugar

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I listened to an audiobook " The History of Sugar ". I had no idea that sugar plantations were even crueler than cotton and tobacc...
Saturday, January 07, 2023

Wizard of Earthsea

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I am having a good day.  I'm 66% through "A Wizard of Earthsea", which I'm reading for a book club. I first read it in 200...
Thursday, December 29, 2022

a fragile encasing

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Me: After reading that Twitter thread about people who feel an impending sense of doom and then die shortly after , I really feel aware of m...
Sunday, December 04, 2022

Quiet Antarctica

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One unexpected cool thing about Antarctica is knowing there are almost no other humans around, as far as the eye can see.  It is quiet. Ther...
Saturday, December 03, 2022

Antarctic snow

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Antarctica is making me appreciate snow.  Snow in cities is inconvenient. Shoes track sludge into the house. Going inside or outside require...
Monday, October 31, 2022

Antarctica!

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I'm going to Antarctica in a month! I previously tried to go in 2009, but that boat sank before my trip. (All the passengers were resc...
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Saturday, October 01, 2022

Mint ice cream

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I made mint chip ice cream from real mint leaves!  It's good. 
Saturday, September 17, 2022

New York is noisy

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I am visiting NYC after a work trip to Connecticut.  NYC is so noisy! There is movement from all directions, honking and talking and sounds ...
Monday, September 12, 2022

walking 2023

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I am increasingly captivated by the Camino de Santiago. It is a walk across Spain that was started in the 9th century by pilgrims. The most ...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Carbon dioxide

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Aff got a CO2 monitor, so that we can see the ventilation levels of indoor spaces, for covid safety. It's quite convenient!
Monday, August 22, 2022

I like Go

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Aff and I have been programming together in GoLang. It's a well-designed programming language! I'm still taking covid precautions by...
Monday, August 15, 2022

climbing role model

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It took many years, but I'm finally starting to get interested in rock climbing. It's mainly because we met a woman Jane who is a Ch...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

I like Rio de Janeiro

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Aff and I visited Rio de Janeiro. I had a feeling of awe as soon as our plane circled the tree-covered hills and landed on an airstrip next...
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Pie

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Aff baked me a birthday pie!  It is a coconut cream pie. I am very happy about it! 
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I was born in Beijing and moved to the US at age 5. When pronouncing my name, the "e" is silent.
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