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Oh, I guess I forgot to say: I'm now the Associate Director of Retail Operations and director of the Miami University campus stores. Technically I'm interim, but that is due to the way internal promotions work here, and shouldn't last more than a few months (at which point I'll actually get the pay level at which I'm working). Anyway, the latter title puts me in charge of the "bookstore," and its multiple satellites and external stores, which is a big thing in and of itself, and the former makes me operations director of all kinds of retail locations, including retail foods, many of which don't even exist yet, and which are going to be a real test. I've never supervised hundreds of people, including managers (I'm getting used to now being a "big boss," for large swathes of people). I think I'm doing an okay job. I'm extremely hands on by nature (though the antithesis of a micro-manager, as I trust people until they give me reason not to), and I'm having to get used to not necessarily touching the things I own. I trust my boss implicitly, and I'm being allowed to put together a sub-management team that I trust. Miami University is exhausting, by its very nature, and I work long hours, an hour away from where I live (that is changing come early August; it'll be 35 minutes away), but I really love it. So, any given day I'm doing all of that. I get to dress however I like, which is rather well. I got in 20,000 steps at work, today, in dress shoes. That's more than usual, but 15,000 steps at work is typical. It really works out well for me, in a lot of ways. Miami is getting the best of me. Every day, my energy and time go there. I'm afraid that my family is getting the worst, but I'm doing my best.

Sous-vide leg of lamb, finished in cast iron on induction stove top. Plated with Original Ruffles crisp fried potato Sent from my LG-H932 using Tapatalk

Sleeping together.

Tony wasn’t the patron saint of head case, but he damn sure could’ve been. I am going to have some whiskey and a steak tonight in his honor.

For some reason that reminded me of Pink Floyd's 1969 stage equipment on the cover of Ummagumma Live. Pretty primitive given the monster rigs at modern concerts. And a little van to fit it all in. The amps and speakers were designed by Charlie Watkins (WEM), who toured with the band and mixed for them. Watkins also did the multi-kW sound systems for the Stones, Hendrix, the Isle of White festival - one of the titans of sound reinforcement. My son has a WEM Dominator bass guitar cabinet that I picked up for nothing, and sorted out when Watkins was still alive and sent me parts to refurbish it (he was a really nice guy you could just phone up). Died in 2014 at the age of 91.

Is that when you're wearing only a robe for a business meeting and try to force someone to milk your postulate?

omg. I can die happy.

Quite clearly I'm not on a diet these days ?

Weinstein's Postulate?

Order was submitted last night. Now just wait 3-5 weeks. in the meantime I will be confirming addresses and getting packaging organized. There's a chance that the cases will be individually packaged already, which will make things easier.

Was wondering when you'd finally give into your desire for lil' woodys.

RIP

Ugh. Used to frequent Les Halles, er, frequently back in the day. It too came to a sad end. RIP Tony.

Hey, you know they're going to be in San Francisco for the first time in 16 years, right? https://www.thethe.com/2018-tour/

They deserved it, Ovie looked SO happy out there..... Funny celebration moment (hope it stays on YT):

CAPS amazing run. serious breathe of fresh air and lots of deserving folks. ovi, trotz, holtby, all the depth guys who were so clutch. congrat Dan!

^Probably (respect any pinout differences). I think they are effectively the same transistor/die. The only thing that could potentially be a problem would be cooling. I know the pzta parts were put in because of that (power going beyond the BC capability and the MPSW being discontinued).

Homemade mustard sauce

I expect that the fpga code has been leaked and pretty soon everyone will have 24 bit sign magnitude dacs that convert dsd. also this uses actual switches, not the 8 bit shift registers, so it's a better quality product than some of the stupidly priced things. massdrop seems to be doing their best to drop the bottom out of the audio market

having made lots of circuit boards its funny to read the comments of the people who are going with the "only so many ways to do it" this was copied down to designer personal preference level

Psych!

There's a chili cookoff tomorrow at work, so I spent the last couple hours making a batch of pork chili verde to share with the masses. This was one of two pans of veggies that I roasted.

Trying out these Nate Nachos

You can countersink 2mm thick panels, but you often need to use undercut screws.

Everyone is sorted... Geez that was a ton of boards. I'll head to the store tomorrow for envelopes after I sort those who didn't order a TKD pot.

Found the most beautiful basil leaves on supermarket yesterday, and they have a pretty decent dough there. Since I already had some pepperoni home... Me puts leaves and Parmesan slices after 3-4 minutes off the oven.

the only reason they won is I'm a predators fan now But I'm enjoying watching

About to Sous Vide some Rosemary/Thyme/Garlic Lamb loin chops

Mother's Day breakfast prepared by Alden and me. Challah French toast and summer fruits, with sausages and bacon. Took a hike around Lake Lagunitas to work some of it off.

Once I’ve tested everything, we can run a group buy.

Lacking brisket, I grilled a tri-tip instead. It’s more CA anyway. Went OK.

Kenrick Sounds make amazing restorations. And their discipline while moving the speakers is commendable. But those people complimenting how good they sound through Youtube, and then through their own speakers or earphones, I mean, come on man.

Shit fire! I have been trying to book a training camp session for Lance in Italy and dealing with the designated travel agency who for some unknown reason is responsible for this camp is like trying to explain quantum physics with a lisp to a group of deaf people. No wonder no one follows fencing!

I have what seems to be 1cm malignant (well, testing hasn't been definitive, but my mother had thyroid cancer, and the cells are quite abnormal, so they figure it's either early stages of being malignant or will become malignant) tumor. It got caught super early, and I'll get to keep half of it (the thyroid, not the tumor). It will be outpatient, in late August (they really aren't concerned, right?), and I'll just be down for a couple days.