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Accomplishments, happenings, etc, this is probably a good way to cultivate gratitude and a value orientation.

2025-11-19

Had a nice catchup call with Betsy.

2025-11-06

Had a good catchup call with Alex.

2025-11-04

Made my testimonial videos for Herasight!

2025-11-03

Had a nice date night with Chase.

2025-11-02

Had a good interview with Ely and Gil.

2025-11-01

Had a delightful brunch with Jeanette.

2025-10-31

30-week OB appointment!

2025-10-29

Got surrogacy parentage documents notarized!

2025-10-27

Went swimming at the Bailey community pool with the Cades!

2025-10-25

Had a great time with Chase at 1FROG, our last for roughly a year!

2025-10-23

Had a good interview with Tyler, Joel, and Don at Zendesk!

2025-10-21

Had a good chat with Ely about XG University.

2025-10-18

Had a nice time climbing at the Astronomy Wall at Staunton State Park with Chase as a FROLIC event with Charles, David, Sophie, Hazel, and Thor!

2025-10-17

Had a nice family dinner with the Cades.

2025-10-16

Had a good interview with Michal at Zendesk!

2025-10-15

Had a good call with Jessie!

2025-10-14

28-week ultrasound went great!

2025-10-13

Had a good time climbing my first multi-pitch route with Chase at Eldorado.

2025-10-11

Had a really nice lunch with James (while he was visiting Denver), whom I hadn't seen in nearly 10 years!

2025-10-10

Nice hike with Lisa (and Chase and Thor) at Staunton.

2025-10-08

Had a good call with Carl and Ely about XG University.

2025-10-07

Had a nice lunch with Sarah, had a good prenatal appointment with Dr Emily, and had a fun evening with Aaron!

2025-10-06

Good meeting with Carl, Ely, Craig, David, and Fred.

2025-10-04

Had a nice steak dinner at home with Scott and Summer.

2025-10-03

Had a nice dinner with Scott and Summer at 2 Dads.

2025-10-02

26-week appointment with Jessie!

2025-10-01

Had a great time at dinner with Paul, Tempest, and Aaron, then had fun at the LessWrong meeting.

2025-09-30

Had a really nice hike (Mt Audubon) and brunch with Paul and Aaron.

2025-09-28

Had a really nice catchup call with Owen.

2025-09-27

Had a really nice time with Chase recreating our first date at Red Rock Canyon Open Space for our third anniversary, followed by 1FROG.

2025-09-26

Had a really lovely call with Cathy and getting a tour of her farmhouse in Kentucky.

2025-09-24

Had a good time helping the Vekslers move house.

2025-09-23

Had a good interview at Zendesk with Scott!

2025-09-22

Had a nice call with Cathy about her farmhouse in Kentucky.

2025-09-21

Had a nice afternoon with Ann and Tom.

2025-09-18

Had a fun interview with the WSJ.

2025-09-16

Had a good chat with David and Fred about a grant proposal.

2025-09-15

Got my blood drawn for my baseline labs / annual physical, and it wasn't too terrible.

2025-09-14

Published my post about Charlie Kirk, which I felt good about writing up over the previous few days.

2025-09-13

Had a good time at 3FROG with Chase.

2025-09-12

Chase and I had a good call with Jessie and Sarah.

2025-09-11

Sorted out Thanksgiving travel plans with Chase.

2025-09-10

Had a fun doggy playdate with Mary Claire and her dogs.

2025-09-09

Had a great call with Jonathan from Herasight.

2025-09-07

Went climbing with Chase at Bucksnort Slab.

2025-09-04

Had a really great catchup call with Alex and felt really good afterward.

2025-09-03

Got to meet Alexis, Matt, and Phineas!

2025-09-02

Got the RO system repaired, enjoyed Susan Campbell's webinar, had a great catchup call with Kelly, and reconnected with Scott!

2025-08-30

Chase's birthday dinner at Texas de Brazil.

2025-08-28

Got my PICC line removed.

2025-08-27

Got a haircut.

2025-08-26

Had a great time hanging out with Aaron.

2025-08-25

Started Foundation seasion 2 with Melissa.

2025-08-24

Finally made it home from my roadtrip.

2025-08-23

Told Jacqueline about my baby news.

2025-08-22

Had a really nice dinner with Jessie, Spencer, Elizabeth, and Ryleigh at Pat's Steak House.

2025-08-21

20-week ultrasound went great!

2025-08-20

Safe, relaxing drive from home to Louisville, KY.

2025-08-19

All my appointments for the day went really speedily, and I managed to get home much earlier than I had anticipated.

2025-08-18

Finished up the rest of the Babylon 5 franchise with the 2023 animated movie The Road Home.

2025-08-17

Able to go up and down stairs without hobbling.

2025-08-16

Felt well enough to do some work.

2025-08-15

Had a good steak dinner with Chase.

2025-08-14

Got the liver abscess drain removed because the CT showed that it was draining and healing up well.

2025-08-13

Watched the series finale of Babylon 5.

2025-08-11

Had enough energy to get a few administrative things done.

2025-08-10

Got a very supportive call from Ann.

2025-08-09

Had a nice dinner with the Cades and the Armstrongs.

2025-08-08

Acute headache accompanying my illness seems to have dissipated.

2025-08-06

Was well enough to get discharged from the hospital.

2025-08-01

Finally started feeling somewhat human again and regained my appetite.

2025-07-29

Chase saved my life by insisting that I go to the ER for how bad I was feeling.

2025-07-27

Chase and I had a nice catchup video call with Jessie and Spencer.

2025-07-26

Had a nice time at 1FROG, where Chase presented about his Chamonix trip, and we both presented about LevelUp.

2025-07-25

Finally returned home!

2025-07-24

Had a nice time at taco night at the OSI staff Airbnb at Melbourne Beach.

2025-07-23

I actually sang karaoke ("A Whole New World" from Aladdin) with Angel at a karaoke bar in Melbourne Beach!

2025-07-22

Hosted all the LevelUp folks at our Airbnb in Melbourne Beach for a BBQ!

2025-07-21

Jessie's 16-week OB appointment!

2025-07-20

Got settled in our Airbnb in Melbourne Beach.

2025-07-19

Great final day of talks and closing banquet at LevelUp!

2025-07-18

Great second day of talks at LevelUp!

2025-07-17

Great first day of talks at LevelUp!

2025-07-16

LevelUp 2025 opening banquet!

2025-07-15

Went flying in Neil's plane!

2025-07-14

Arrived in Tampa / St Petersburg!

2025-07-12

Had a great time at 3FROG and then my birthday dinner at Fogo de Chão.

2025-07-11

Fairly relaxed birthday.

2025-07-10

Had a good chat with Nick about logo design.

2025-07-07

Had a great call with Nick and Kelsey.

2025-07-06

Had a nice call with Lena.

2025-07-05

Hiked to Mount Rosalie peak with Chase, Max, and Thor.

2025-07-02

Took Max and Thor to Wellington Lake for the first time.

2025-07-01

Had a really nice dinner with Katy at our house!

2025-06-28

Had a good time at 1FROG.

2025-06-27

Had a good time climbing with Chase at Staunton.

2025-06-26

Had a nice time with Max and Monse, including a brunch and taking the doggos to the bark park.

2025-06-25

Had a good call with Eric!

2025-06-23

Had a good call with Kelsey!

2025-06-21

Had a lovely time at Charles's and Jenae's wedding!

2025-06-20

Made good progress on the OLI proposal addendum with Nick.

2025-06-19

Accompanied Jessie virtually to her first OB appointment!

2025-06-18

Finally got to enjoy the beef tallow fries at Steak 'n Shake!

2025-06-17

Had a nice call with Mike.

2025-06-15

Had a good chat with Craig about speaking at LevelUp 2026.

2025-06-12

Even though it was excruciatingly painful, I had an abscess drained, which brought a lot of relief and started me down the path of healing and recovery.

2025-06-09

Got a haircut.

2025-06-08

Had a great time snowboarding at A-Basin, last day of the season and probably for a few years!

2025-06-07

Had a great time snowboarding at A-Basin!

2025-06-06

Had a great time snowboarding at A-Basin!

2025-06-05

Had a great call with Nicholas about potentially collaborating on a new initiative.

2025-06-04

Had a great consultation with Morph Wellness about some of my chronic injuries/conditions.

2025-06-02

Another great ultrasound! Jessie's graduating from the clinic!

2025-05-30

Had a good consultation for my career coaching services.

2025-05-29

Got a lot of clarity about what happened at RP.

2025-05-24

Had a great time at Cherry Creek Dog Park with Thor and then 1FROG at Children's Art Classes where we did charcoal still-lifes.

2025-05-19

Jessie's first ultrasound where we saw the heartbeat!

2025-05-18

Had a great time at the shooting range.

2025-05-17

Had a great time at the COKM gun safety class.

2025-05-16

Had a great time at Field Day with Chase at Bergen Elementary.

2025-05-15

Had a good catchup call with Christle.

2025-05-14

Had a nice time snowboarding at Winter Park.

2025-05-13

Had a really nice time babysitting for the Vekslers.

2025-05-11

Had a good time snowboarding closing day at Copper.

2025-05-10

Had a good time at 3FROG.

2025-05-09

Had a really nice visit from Ann and Tom.

2025-05-08

Climbing at Staunton with Chase.

2025-05-06

Had another good day snowboarding at Copper and learned to ride moguls switch!

2025-05-05

Had a good day snowboarding at Copper.

2025-05-04

Even though I didn't get to climb, I had a nice time with Chase at Eldorado Canyon.

2025-05-03

Had a nice family dinner with the Cades.

2025-05-02

Had a great time snowboarding at Copper!

2025-05-01

Jessie had a positive pregnancy test!

2025-04-27

Had a lovely day with Jen and Zev, including taking Max and Thor on a hike.

2025-04-26

Had a great first day and dinner with Jen and Zev!

2025-04-25

Got back home after a long time in California.

2025-04-24

Had a great breakfast with Alisa and then visiting with Tori!

2025-04-23

Had a nice dinner with Johannes at Mel's Drive-In!

2025-04-22

Had a lovely lunch with Kim!

2025-04-21

Transfer day!

2025-04-20

Chase and I had a wonderful time with Alesssandro and his family, then got to meet up with Jessie and Spencer in San Diego and went out to Fogo de Chão for dinner!

2025-04-19

Had a lovely time in Laguna Beach with Sara, Jeremy, and Charlotte, then got to see Olivia, her dad, and Lena and Lev!

2025-04-18

Had a good chat with Annie about work for PF.

2025-04-16

Had a nice dinner with Elizabeth at Dad's and Masha's.

2025-04-15

Had a nice dinner with Dad and Masha after getting into LA.

2025-04-13

Had a great time at Turkey Rocks with Chase and Nick, learning how to crack climb.

2025-04-12

Had a fun time at 3FROG, leading the discussion on the virtue of justice.

2025-04-11

Very nice dinner with Jonathan after not seeing him for over two years!

2025-04-09

Had a good time swimming with Melissa at the local community pool.

2025-04-08

Had a good time snowboarding at A-Basin.

2025-04-07

Had a good chat with Annie about doing some contract work for Prometheus Foundation!

2025-04-05

Had a nice birthday dinner for Richard, including ribs and Martin's cheesy potatoes.

2025-04-04

Had a nice movie date night with Chase, where we had steak and watched All Us Strangers.

2025-04-03

Had a good cocounseling / catchup call with Ann.

2025-04-02

Selected my embryo for transfer!

2025-04-01

Got advanced genetic testing results for my embryos!

2025-03-30

Had a nice catchup call with Vicki and then with Aaron & Charlie.

2025-03-29

Had a delicious banana pancake breakfast with Chase, started the construction of the robot car with Richard that we got him for his birthday, and Chase and I had another delicious steak dinner.

2025-03-28

Had a delicious steak dinner with Chase.

2025-03-27

Despite rushing to catch my flight, I made it, got an extra leg room exit row seat, and my checked luggage made it to Denver. Then I was reunited with Chase and Thor, and we even got some Costco shopping done.

2025-03-26

Had a good catchup call with Elizabeth.

2025-03-25

Made good progress on my professional website.

2025-03-24

Another delicious steak dinner with Emily and Austin.

2025-03-22

Took a nice walk to Lake Michigan with Chase, then had Lou Malnati's Crustless Pizza with Emily and Austin.

2025-03-21

Cooked and ate a wonderful steak dinner (with Brussels sprouts and red wine reduction) with Emily and Austin.

2025-03-20

Arrived in Chicago to visit with Emily, Austin, and Adam.

2025-03-19

Had a nice, relaxed breakfast with Chase in Gunnison and got home at a reasonable hour.

2025-03-18

I followed for the first time and did really well, removing the ice screws that Chase had placed on a 165-foot ice climb!

2025-03-17

Chase and I had a nice steak dinner at our motel in Lake City after another good day of climbing, when I really caught my stride.

2025-03-16

My first day of ice climbing went really well, and I took to it quite naturally!

2025-03-15

Had a relaxed drive to Lake City with Chase and then had a relaxed evening, settling into our motel.

2025-03-14

Had a nice lunch at Beau Thai with Chase, Rick, and Alex.

2025-03-12

Got car service, periodontal maintenance, and a haircut.

2025-03-10

Thor had a great time at puppy day care with Jordyn Wiklund.

2025-03-09

Caught up on my backups and financial records.

2025-03-08

Had an enjoyable time at 3FROG with Chase.

2025-03-06

Another tense meeting, this time with Andrew and Volpe, but our handling of it and followup again underscored how healthy the RP culture is and how great it is that we all have such high emotional maturity.

2025-03-05

Had a really productive day of knocking a bunch of things off my to-do list that had been weighing me down.

2025-03-04

After a somewhat tense meeting with Alex in which there was a little bit of friction and tension, he sent me a really nice note to smooth things over, and I felt so grateful to have such wonderful coworkers and to be working at a company with such a terrific culture.

2025-03-02

Even though I was pretty worn out and low energy, I had a good time on the second day of Colorado Krav Maga Winter Camp with Chase!

2025-03-01

Had a fun first day at Colorado Krav Maga Winter Camp with Chase!

2025-02-27

Really enjoyed the experience of watching the season 1 finale of Severance; I was on the edge of my seat and enthralled the entire time!

2025-02-26

Had a fun time doing a Dropbox user research study.

2025-02-24

Had a great time snowboarding at A-Basin!

2025-02-23

Chase and I had a lovely steak dinner with Ali and Lauren!

2025-02-22

Got my new UDM-SE set up and configured!

2025-02-21

Got legal clearance to move forward with SDFC!

2025-02-14

Got a terrific report card for Thor from Come Sit Stay Littleton from his first boarding experience!

2025-02-13

Got estate planning documents notarized.

2025-02-12

Finalized contracts with Jessie!

2025-02-10

Launched our limited open beta for the RP Diet Coach app!

2025-02-09

Reunited Sophie with her guardian, Carol!

2025-02-08

Found a dog (Sophie), went to 3FROG and 1FROG with Sophie and Thor, then came home and had a good evening.

2025-02-02

Was pretty productive with work over the weekend and felt very motivated to do work!

2025-01-28

Medical appointment with Jessie went well!

2025-01-27

Got to meet Jessie in person for the first time!

2025-01-26

Had a nice catchup call with Lena, Olivia, and Johannes while I took a walk along Harbor Beach in San Diego.

2025-01-24

Had a fun time go kart racing with the RP team!

2025-01-23

Had a nice time walking around the boardwalk and surrounding area with RP folks near Crystal Pier in San Diego.

2025-01-22

First day of the RP product/eng/design offsite in San Diego, got to meet Volpe in real life, and a terrific steak dinner at The Rare Society!

2025-01-21

Had initial deep clean of the house and got the refrigerator door fixed!

2025-01-19

Watched Star Trek: Generations with Chase!

2025-01-18

Had a nice time with Chase at Havana Spa with Matt and Matt, then dinner with Chase at The Fort.

2025-01-17

Karston and Scott came over to do a site evaluation for Neteo.

2025-01-14

Got a haircut!

2025-01-11

Had an enjoyable time at 3FROG.

2025-01-08

Went snowboarding at Keystone.

2025-01-06

Went snowboarding at Keystone.

2025-01-05

Had a good chat with Mike about interesting new ventures and AI.

2025-01-04

Chase and I went on a FROLIC hike with Charles Mullins, taking Max and Thor, and then we bought a car for Chase.

2025-01-01

Really enjoyed watching Dune: Part 2 on a low-key day.

2024-12-31

Went to bed reasonably early instead of staying up for the turn of the new year!

2024-12-28

Had a lovely lunch with Eric and Rachael!

2024-12-25

Chase and I had a lovely Christmas Day dinner at Buffalo Bill's Irma Hotel & Restaurant with Scott.

2024-12-24

Chase and I finished TNG in the morning and then watched The Boys in the Boat over our Christmas steak dinner.

2024-12-23

Chase and I drove up to Cody, WY with Max and Thor!

2024-12-22

Got to meet Jessie's mom, Sandy.

2024-12-20

Got to meet Jessie's boyfriend, Spencer.

2024-12-18

Went snowboarding at Copper.

2024-12-16

First day of snowboarding this season (at Keystone)!

2024-12-15

Chase and I had a nice time at Sandy's Christmas party.

2024-12-14

Chase and I had a really good time at 3FROG.

2024-12-13

Had a lovely dinner with Jeff and Natalie.

2024-12-12

Had a nice day working from Chase's school.

2024-12-10

Chase survived a horrific car wreck.

2024-12-06

Got a Christmas tree!

2024-12-04

Cleaned up server rack (and replaced all old cables with new CAT8 cables), and then had our first meeting with Jessie in the evening!

2024-12-01

Finally returned home.

2024-11-30

Got to meet the first child in the next generation, my sister Jacqueline's daughter, Svetlana!

2024-11-29

Thanksgiving dinner with the family was delightful.

2024-11-28

Had a really nice impromptu Thanksgiving "rehearsal" dinner at Dad's and Masha's, with delicious steak!

2024-11-27

Had a lovely lunch with Kim at Astro Burger!

2024-11-25

Had a wonderful evening at the Biddles' for dinner!

2024-11-24

Had a great time at Emily's and Austin's baby shower and then seeing Olivia, Johannes, and Lena, Karthik, and Lev at Third Street Promenade.

2024-11-23

Flew into Los Angeles for Thanksgiving week.

2024-11-22

Got Neteo dish adjusted to improve performance.

2024-11-20

Got Neteo installed, and had a good experience with the technician, Karston.

2024-11-19

Had a good time with the Cades and Vekslers at Golden Stix for Melissa's 40th birthday dinner.

2024-11-17

Made some time to work on a personal tech project of creating Docker containers to use the Speedtest CLI to monitor the four internet connections independently and directly, bypassing the ER605 loadbalanacer.

2024-11-16

Had a good time at 3FROG with Chase.

2024-11-12

Finally got some of the more serious plumbing issues fixed!

2024-11-10

My talk on meditation (Meditation: Who Needs It) at Charcon 6.0 went really well, even though it was poorly attended because of the early time.

2024-11-09

Really enjoyed James's talk at Charcon 6.0, Inductive Narrative Proof: Gaining Certainty in Science, which was absolutely phenomenal.

2024-11-07

Had a nice brunch with Nick in Charlotte!

2024-11-03

Finally finished IP profile!

2024-10-28

Got a nice haircut and brought Thor with me to meet Taylor.

2024-10-27

Had a terrific time being a mock client for Chase's SPI exam, and then we had a great dinner at Texas de Brazi!

2024-10-22

Did pumpkin carving with Chase, Richard, and Robert, which was the first time for me in decades, and I carved out a Voyager-era Starfleet combadge!

2024-10-20

Had a nice time at 1FROG, where Chase presented on his Alpamayo expedition, and I presented my review of LevelUp 2024.

2024-10-19

Finally installed the tote ceiling rails in the garage after 7 months!

2024-10-13

Had a delightful grandkids luncheon at The Penthouse restaurant in Santa Monica with Grandma Bella and Andrew, Elizabeth, Jacqueline & Daniel, Kataryna, and Victor.

2024-10-12

Had a great time at 3FROG with Chase, where I presented the first chapter of Tara Smith's Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist.

2024-10-10

Chase and I had a nice family dinner with Susan (Melissa's mom), the Cades, and the Vekslers.

2024-10-05

Had a great time rock climbing at Staunton State Park with Chase and Scott.

2024-10-04

Had a very nice evening, reconnecting with Kelly and Aaron and dinner with the Cades.

2024-10-03

Had a very productive afternoon of taking care of a bunch of errands in Denver, including getting the Zey Family Trust documents notarized.

2024-09-29

Took Thor and Max on a FROLIC hike with Charles, Jenae, and Jordan!

2024-09-28

Had a nice family dinner with the Cades and Vekslers.

2024-09-26

Two nights in a row of Thor making it through the night without needing to be taken out!

2024-09-19

Thor's first day of no accidents in the house!

2024-09-14

Thor's adoption day!

2024-09-13

Drove to Utah with Chase and Max, and we met Thor!

2024-09-10

Went to see Avatar: The Last Airbender Live in Concert with Chase, and it was phenomenal!

2024-09-09

Enjoyed meeting John for coffee.

2024-09-07

Had a nice time at Jacqueline's and Daniel's baby shower, especially talking with Elizabeth and Dan.

2024-09-06

Flew into LA with Chase for Jacqueline's and Daniel's baby shower.

2024-09-05

Got to see Andrew Miner and pick up some Objectivist books!

2024-09-03

Resumed Krav Maga after my COVID infection.

2024-08-30

Paid deposit for Thor!

2024-08-26

Got an echocardiogram that confirmed that I had no cardiovascular or cardiac condition.

2024-08-17

Went to Lake Steam Baths with Chase and then to Kyle's birthday festivities.

2024-08-13

Got confirmation from a sports cardiologist that my abnormal EKGs were nothing to be worried about.

2024-08-12

Resumed Krav Maga again after a break during the summer for travel.

2024-08-10

Had a great time at 3FROG with Chase.

2024-08-09

Had an enjoyable family dinner with the Cades.

2024-08-06

Got home after a lot of traveling, hopefully for a while before needing to travel again.

2024-08-05

Visited with Sean, Shira, Midas, and Serenity; Sara and Jeremy; Lena, Karthik, and Lev!

2024-08-04

Had a good time at my first visit to Black's Beach!

2024-08-03

Brit was feeling good, and we went to the beach with Honor again!

2024-08-02

Egg retrieval day!

2024-08-01

Went to the beach with Brit and Honor and then had dinner with Kristian!

2024-07-31

Went to Legoland with Brit and Honor!

2024-07-28

Flew to San Diego and met up with Brit and Honor!

2024-07-27

Started Shreyas Doshi's Improving Your Product Sense course!

2024-07-22

Sad though we were to leave Kaua'i, we were happy to get back home, without any difficulty.

2024-07-21

Went to the Spouting Horn with Chase!

2024-07-20

Went to Donkey Beach with Christopher and Morten!

2024-07-19

Went to the west side of the island with Christopher and Morten!

2024-07-18

Had a relaxing day going to the gym and the beach!

2024-07-17

Kayaked the Wailua River and hiked to the secret falls!

2024-07-16

Had a nice, chill day, and got plain shave(d) ice that I put POG on myself!

2024-07-15

First day with Olivia, and we went on a walk to the lava arch!

2024-07-14

Boat tour of the Nā Pali Coast!

2024-07-13

Had a fun time going ot the lava arch and Kekaha beach.

2024-07-12

Hiked the Sleeping Giant, splashed around in Hanalei Bay, and went to a luau!

2024-07-11

Dad came to Kaua'i to surprise me on my 40th birthday, and we all went out to a steak dinner!

2024-07-10

Got my new favorite rooster-themed wide-brimmed Kaua'i hat!

2024-07-09

Enjoyed Po'ipu Beach and Brennecke's Beach again, then picked up Ann from the airport in the evening.

2024-07-08

Got to enjoy Po'ipu Beach and Brennecke's Beach for the first time in a quarter of a century, and also got to do a workout at the Po'ipu Athletic Club!

2024-07-07

Flew to and arrived in Kaua'i and settled in at Hale Anela in Po'ipu Beach!

2024-07-06

Got a haircut!

2024-07-05

Had a nice steak dinner with Chase.

2024-07-04

Picked up Chase from the airport after his Peru / Alpamayo trip!

2024-07-01

Got home after travel.

2024-06-30

Had a great time hanging out with Gonen and then Бабушка Белла's 90th Birthday Celebration.

2024-06-29

Had a great day working with Andrew, then went to Century Day & Night Spa, then went out with Elizabeth and her friends for her 25th birthday.

2024-06-27

Got to LA with Andrew and enjoyed a low-key evening with Dad and Masha.

2024-06-25

Got some plumbing problems addressed!

2024-06-22

LevelUp closing banquet was enjoyable, and I ate a lot of delicious food!

2024-06-21

I ran the meditation session at LevelUp, which was very successful!

2024-06-20

Enjoyed a fun first day of talks at LevelUp!

2024-06-19

Arrived in Atlanta for LevelUp, and had a great time reconnecting with many friends at the opening banquet!

2024-06-16

All-day visit from Cody, Allison, and Lucian, including going to the playground, brunch, and hanging out at home!

2024-06-15

Had a lovely dinner with Paul and Tempest, whom we had over for the first time.

2024-06-10

Got the well repaired (replaced pressure switch and contactor).

2024-06-07

Had a nice time climbing at Staunton State Park with Chase, Sophie, Hazel, David, Richard, Robert, and Martin.

2024-06-04

Enjoyed Aaron's going-away celebration at Krav Maga Littleton.

2024-05-25

Enjoyed the last day of snowboarding this season at A-Basin and then 1FROG at Dan Sullivan's.

2024-05-20

Started up Krav Maga again and had a great time!

2024-05-19

Had a really nice time on the FROLIC "hike" at Waterton Canyon and the lunch afterward!

2024-05-18

Had a great time snowboarding at A-Basin!

2024-05-17

Had a wonderful time at Bergen Meadows Field Day with Chase and Scott.

2024-05-12

Lovely Mothers' Day brunch at Kravings Brazilian Churrascaria with Masha, Grandma Bella, Elizabeth, and Dad.

2024-05-11

Elizabeth's medical school graduation!

2024-05-09

Had a nice afternoon/evening with Dad and Masha after flying into LA earlier that day.

2024-05-06

Chase and I had a lovely time hosting Cynthia for a steak dinner!

2024-05-04

Had another great day snowboarding at Copper!

2024-05-03

Had a great time snowboarding at Copper!

2024-05-01

Had a nice time with Chase at his school's celebration of Bergen Meadows and its closing (and consolidation into Bergen Valley).

2024-04-29

Had a nice chat with Lisa as I drove her to DEN airport.

2024-04-28

Went on a nice hike at Staunton State Park with Chase and Lisa.

2024-04-27

Had a relaxing day with Lisa's visit, including a nice walk and a delicious steak dinner.

2024-04-26

Despite the emotional turmoil of the prior 12-24 hours, I had a fine day snowboarding at Copper and even took a meeting midday, as I pulled over on a run, which was sort of neat to be able to do.

2024-04-24

Finally got to meet Regina, and we had a lovely dinner on the deck with her.

2024-04-21

Had a fantastic day snowboarding at Copper and even took a new Facebook profile photo!

2024-04-20

Had a delightful catchup call with David and then a good, low-key day of getting work done.

2024-04-19

Had a really nice date night with Chase at 2 Dads Eatery and Taproom.

2024-04-18

Brit and I signed our egg donor agreement!

2024-04-17

Had a good chat with my matching coordinator at Circle Surrogacy about next steps!

2024-04-14

Had a great day snowboarding at Copper!

2024-04-13

Had a nice time at 3FROG with Chase and got to have some fun debates about determinism and volition.

2024-04-11

In what was a very busy, jam-packed day of appointments and commitments, I managed to get things done without feeling too frantic or rushed.

2024-04-10

Had a good catchup call with Brit and we got some important work done!

2024-04-09

Chase and I had a fine drive back home from Austin and didn't get back too late.

2024-04-08

Even though the total solar eclipse was lackluster on account of cloud cover, we had a nice BBQ with Andrew, Sheila, Aleksey, Jacob, Michelle, and Adam.

2024-04-07

Had a nice day with Andrew and Sheila, and then we went to Stephanie's and David's Airbnb for David's 37th birthday party, which was really nice because I got to see a bunch of folks I hadn't seen in a long while.

2024-04-06

Had a good drive with Chase down to Austin and settled in with Andrew and Sheila!

2024-04-03

Had a nice family dinner with the Cades, and we sorted out some finances.

2024-04-01

Started my new mesocycle.

2024-03-31

Had another productive day at home, and while I skipped snowboarding, I felt almost 100% after COVID, and I even nipped out to Home Depot.

2024-03-30

Had a relatively productive day at home, finally feeling better from COVID, and then joined 1FROG via Zoom.

2024-03-27

Had a good annual review with Daniel.

2024-03-26

Despite still feeling quite suck from COVID, I felt very energized by work and was very productive.

2024-03-24

Finished up around 90% of a PRD that I'd been struggling to find the time to work on for many months.

2024-03-23

Had a great time snowboarding at Winter Park with LGBT and Friends Ski group.

2024-03-21

Got to meet Ann for lunch and then have a lovely steak dinner with Chase and Scott.

2024-03-20

Chase found Hale Anela on VRBO for my 40th birthday Po'ipu, Kaua'i, Hawai'i trip!

2024-03-19

Had a really nice time with Chase at Ginger Rogers Beach (Will Rogers State Beach), then drove by Pali and had lunch at Chipotle in Pacific Palisades.

2024-03-18

Took a nice walk around Lake Balboa with Chase.

2024-03-17

Chase and I had a lovely picnic with Lena, Karthik, and Lev, as well as Sara and Charlotte, at William R Mason Regional Park in Orange County, then we went to Century Day & Night Spa, and then an amazing family dinner involving a huge steak!

2024-03-16

Had brunch with Akash, got to do alumni rowing, and went to the UCLA Men's Rowing Alumni Banquet with Chase (and saw Beeckler and Kanya)!

2024-03-15

Elizabeth got matched with USC's orthopedic surgery residency program, and we had a nice celebration that evening!

2024-03-14

Straightened out a bunch of Google Workspace stuff, had dinner and went on a walk with Jeff Britting, then had In-n-Out with Rachael and Brett Rosenthal while they were passing through town!

2024-03-13

Managed to escape Denver before the snowstorm hit and arrived in Los Angeles.

2024-03-12

Had a wonderful catchup call with Brit.

2024-03-10

Had a good family meeting with the Cades.

2024-03-09

Had a great time snowboarding the mogul run under Resolution Chair (Double Zero) for 5 hours at Copper and then Kelsey's and Kyle's house party!

2024-03-07

Had a wonderful time helping Sarah with Asher in the morning and early afternoon.

2024-03-06

Had a fun time playing Settler of Catan with Andrew, Alex, Volpe, and Easterday.

2024-03-03

Even though I missed snowboarding on account of how I was feeling and also anticipating bad weather and road conditions, I had a pretty productive day.

2024-03-02

Had a nice time at Sophie's 11th birthday party after a relatively productive morning.

2024-03-01

Vacuum-sealed 25 bags of chicken that I had bought at Costco for later sous viding, which took longer than I had anticipated, but I was pretty happy about having done!

2024-02-28

Had a nice chat with Nick about corporate tech life.

2024-02-27

Ended my minicut with a 6000-calorie day that included a delicious steak dinner with Chase at the table (instead of the TV), then finished watching "Who Watches the Watchers" with him (my favorite TNG episode)!

2024-02-26

Got an official offer from RP!

2024-02-25

Moved Chase's furniture to the Wolfden from his (soon to be former) place in Golden; had a nice lunch with the Cades, Vekslers, and Chase's dad, and we had a relatively relaxing rest of our Sunday.

2024-02-24

Even though it was a difficult day in terms of energy and motivation, my skill and performance was surprisingly good at Keystone, and then I had a fun evening at 1FROG with Chase.

2024-02-21

Had a fun chat with Nick about RP stuff, as well as my current minicut.

2024-02-19

Had the most fantastic time snowboarding at Keystone, flying down moguls with more confidence and skill than I ever have before by a substantial margin. I even had to post on Facebook about it!

2024-02-17

Had a wonderful time seeing Elizabeth and Dan for breakfast with me and Chase (at Conifer Cafe) and then going to the dog park with Max, Stella, and Tuborg!

2024-02-14

Good progress/results from my periodontal maintenance.

2024-02-10

Had a great time snowboarding at Breckenridge!

2024-02-08

Got my 2023 taxes done!

2024-02-07

Got to work from Chase's office!

2024-02-05

Got a haircut!

2024-02-04

Finally put up Chase's plice!

2024-01-27

Had a great time snowboarding at Vail!

2024-01-26

Managed to get my change of payment method sorted out with Apple, after quite a bit of consternation and logistics.

2024-01-20

Had a great time snowboarding at Keystone!

2024-01-18

Had a good first therapy appointment with Dana Torres and then opened up a bank account for Zey Enterprises (and got to take advantage of a few awesome deals/incentives)!

2024-01-14

Had a great time snowboarding at Breck (first snowboarding this season)!

2024-01-13

Had a nice time at Lake Steam Baths with Chase and Blake, then a fun 3FROG.

2024-01-12

Had a nice steak dinner with Chase over an episode of TNG.

2024-01-10

Brit and I had our first fertility clinic appointments at San Diego Fertility Center!

2024-01-09

Had a great time at Disneyland with Brit and Honor!

2024-01-08

Had an absolutely delightful dinner with Brit and Honor at my parents'!

2024-01-07

Had a nice breakfast/brunch with Elizabeth, Jacqueline, and Daniel before we headed over to visit with дедушка.

2024-01-06

Had a wonderful time with Lena, Karthik, Lev, and Johannes over for breakfast with the family.

2024-01-05

Had a good time catching up with Ryan Dosa at LA Fitness in Tarzana.

2024-01-04

Had a nice family dinner in LA.

2024-01-02

Reunited with Chase after his climbing trip in Montana, and we had a nice steak dinner.

2023-12-28

Managed to get my eye exam in under the wire in 2023.

2023-12-26

Drove home from Casper with Cassidy, sorted out all my errands, and got settled back in at home.

2023-12-25

Had a nice Christmas brunch with the Popps.

2023-12-24

Had a lovely day with the Popps.

2023-12-23

Had a fun time at Lifetime Fitness with the Popps, learned to play pickleball, had a nice pre-Christmas dinner, and did our Secret Santa gift exchange.

2023-12-22

Had a nice dinner at Racca's Pizza with Chase, his parents, his brother Max, and his brother's fiancée, Monse.

2023-12-18

Had a delightful catchup call with Brit.

2023-12-17

Chase, James, and I had a great time at 1FROG at Anders's and Maria's.

2023-12-16

Chase, James, and I went over to the Cades' for a steak dinner that I prepared for Martin's birthday.

2023-12-15

Went on a fun hike at Elk Meadow with Chase and James, where we had another fun conversation about epistemology, but this time about statements like "Cardio makes you fat.", and then later that evening, Chase and I went to his company holiday party.

2023-12-14

Had a nice time at the Denver Ookla holiday party with Chase and James.

2023-12-13

Went on a fun hike at Staunton with Max, Chase, and James, and we had a fun conversation about epistemology, specifically about concept formation, generalizations, and proof.

2023-12-12

James Ellias came to stay with me for a week, and we had a really nice dinner.

2023-12-11

Started watching Ted Lasso, which I found really enjoyable.

2023-12-10

Had a nice time at Martin's and Robert's birthday dinner.

2023-12-09

Had a good time at 3FROG with Chase.

2023-12-08

Had a fun time at the shooting range.

2023-12-07

Had a delicious lamb dinner with Dad, Masha, and Chase.

2023-12-06

Had a nice catchup call with Chuck, then picked up Dad and Masha and had a fun afternoon of errands/shopping before coming home and having a delicious steak dinner with Chase.

2023-12-05

Chase brought me flowers because I'd been so stressed out recently.

2023-12-04

Had a really nice time hosting Adam Harvey for dinner and catching up with him.

2023-12-03

Had a nice catchup coffee with Jay.

2023-11-30

Went with Chase to Planet Honda to buy and pick up his new CR-V!

2023-11-29

Had a lovely video catchup call with Brit.

2023-11-25

Had a pleasant breakfast with Jacqueline, which I take as a good sign on the road to healing our relationship.

2023-11-24

Had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family in LA.

2023-11-23

Had a great time seeing family in LA with Chase.

2023-11-20

Had a great time playing Pandemic with Richard and Robert.

2023-11-18

Had a nice time at Melissa's birthday lunch, followed by 1FROG at Doug's and Hannah's.

2023-11-12

Had a good catchup call with Lena and got to meet Karthik.

2023-11-08

Started Chase on Star Trek: The Next Generation!

2023-11-05

Finished watching Avatar: The Last Airbender with Chase!

2023-11-04

Had a nice time at 1FROG with Chase.

2023-11-01

Had a fun movie night with Chase and the Cades, where we finally watched Thor: Love and Thunder.

2023-10-29

Had a nice family dinner with Chase and the Cades.

2023-10-22

Officially finished my 12-week cut in the RP Diet app with 100%, exceeding the projected fat-loss rate.

2023-10-20

Had a great time climbing The Pooka at Staunton State Park with Chase, Richard, and Robert.

2023-10-14

Had a fun time with Chase at 3FROG and then going to Scheels for the first time.

2023-10-12

Had a nice call with Jessica Bartlett and then later a nice call with Linda from PLN.

2023-10-07

Had a fairly relaxing day with Chase at home.

2023-10-06

Got to join Chase at Bergen Valley Elementary School for their Field Day and had a really great time helping out and being around hordes of kids.

2023-10-04

Got my labwork results back, and everything looked basically normal, particularly the high testosterone levels and normal thyroid and iron/ferritin levels.

2023-10-01

The Cades and I hosted 1FROG, and it was really nice to have everybody there.

2023-09-26

Had an enjoyable day at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science for homeschooling day with the Cades.

2023-09-23

Had an enjoyable hike up to Chasm Lake with Chase and then got to see a bunch of FRO people at Vicki's going-away dinner.

2023-09-22

Had a nice time catching up with Alden over breakfast while he was in town, then had a relaxing evening camping with Chase at Goblins Forest in Rocky Mountain National Park.

2023-09-19

Had a nice catch-up call with Ann.

2023-09-17

Had a nice time with Chase and his parents at the park, and then Chase and I ran a bunch of errands.

2023-09-16

Had a nice time seeing Chase's parents (including meeting his mom for the first time) for a walk, then dinner, then the Carbonaro: Lies on Stage magic show.

2023-09-15

Continued to have a great morning with Travis, including breakfast and a walk around the neighborhood.

2023-09-14

Had a really fantastic time with Travis on his visit, where we talked for something like 10 hours nonstop.

2023-09-02

Installed the backyard ramp gate!

2023-09-01

Finished the last accumulation week of my cut mesocycle.

2023-08-31

Had a nice day with Cassidy's visit; she and Max got along really well. Martin supervised my installing a post for the backyard ramp gate.

2023-08-30

Started my waking-up-at-04:00-to-get-shit-done experiment, which felt pretty good over the course of the day, despite slightly insufficient sleep.

2023-08-26

Had a nice time with Chase at 1FROG at Howard's and Susan's.

2023-08-19

Seeing Mom's branch of the family tree for Grandma Lilia's funeral was relatively low-drama.

2023-08-18

Enjoyed seeing Dad, Masha, Andrew, and Elizabeth in LA.

2023-08-14

I enjoyed nerding out with Google Sheets for tracking Daric projects.

2023-08-13

Chase and I had a really nice lunch with Rachael and Eric Daniels.

2023-08-10

Got a haircut, took a walk with Hadley and Max around the park, and got to meet baby Asher for the first time!

2023-08-09

Seems like we "finally" got our RO water treatment system issues sorted out.

2023-08-07

Got to provide feedback about Fi collar to their product managers in a Zoom interview.

2023-08-02

Had a really nice time leisurely walking through Home Depot, and the lady at the window desk even ordered me two complimentary replacement window cranks and arms for my windows!

2023-07-29

Had a nice time at 1FROG with Chase at the Miners', especially because of their dogs!

2023-07-28

Finished my maintenance mesocycle!

2023-07-25

Had a nice dinner with Ann at The Ethiopian Restaurant in Denver.

2023-07-24

Replaced broken deck screen doors with Ann.

2023-07-22

Picked up Ann from the airport for her visit with me!

2023-07-16

Had a really nice dinner with Jared and Lorraine (and doggos Bismarck, Bear, and Nala), and of course Chase and Max.

2023-07-15

Moved Chase out of his apartment in Colorado Springs.

2023-07-14

Had a fun time axe throwing for my birthday with Chase, Vicki, Nikki, Melissa, Martin, Richard, and Robert.

2023-07-12

Had a good catchup call with Andrew.

2023-07-11

Had a fine 39th birthday, and the steak dinner with the Cades and Chase was delicious.

2023-07-08

Had a nice time at Quin's birthday party.

2023-07-04

Climbed Mt Yale (14,200 feet) with Chase and Max!

2023-07-03

Helped Martin finish building the greenhouse!

2023-07-02

Had an amazing time at Fan Expo with Chase (as my early birthday present), where I got to meet and get photographs with and autographs from Gates McFadden, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, and Christopher Lloyd.

2023-07-01

Had a nice time with Chase at 1FROG.

2023-06-24

Got to sit with Craig, Sarah, Jen, and Guy at the LevelUp closing banquet, and we had great conversation!

2023-06-23

Got to have dinner with Laura (and Chad, Christopher, Joe, Kayla, and, of course, Chase)!

2023-06-22

Had a great first day of LevelUp (TOS-Con) 2023 with Chase!

2023-06-21

Got to go the pool with Honor!

2023-06-20

Got to meet Joshua for the first time in person down in Tucson!

2023-06-19

Got to meet Brit in person for the first time!

2023-06-11

Installed entryway hooks (for Max's leashes etc) and wall-mounted shoe rack.

2023-06-10

Chase and I had a nice lunch with Ben and Indi, followed by 3FROG.

2023-06-08

Had a great day with Richard, digging a ditch to address rainwater runoff, collecting trash that Mountain View Waste distributed across the property, and planting some herbs and vegetables!

2023-06-07

Got Murrby chipped, symbolizing that he's officially "my" cat.

2023-06-06

Had a fun chat with Andrew and Volpe about some UI design for the RP Hypertrophy app.

2023-06-03

Had a nice time at 1FROG with Chase.

2023-05-30

Max and Murrby had their first day of being off-leash together, and they did great!

2023-05-29

Had a great day of shirtless snowboarding at A-Basin.

2023-05-28

Went on a really nice hike with Chase, his dad (Scott), and Max at Maxwell Falls.

2023-05-27

Had a nice time at Asher Veksler's baby shower

2023-05-26

Got to meet Chase's dad at dinner at Fogo de Chão.

2023-05-25

Had a great time seeing Ann again after several years!

2023-05-24

The PLN Open Meeting about forgiveness was very interesting and engaging.

2023-05-21

Made great progress on riding switch at A-Basin on a beautiful, sunny, warm day with great snow.

2023-05-19

Max and Faux Murray booped noses without any drama, and there was really great progress on Max's part in terms of getting used to Faux Murray and being calm around him.

2023-05-17

Attended a virtual PLN retreat reunion, and it was nice to see everybody.

2023-05-16

Max had a really great puppy playdate with Ellie, neighbor Heidie's doggo.

2023-05-14

Had a great, full day of snowboarding at A-Basin and getting pretty good at riding switch, including some good progress on moguls. It was also a lovely sunny day, despite rain and snow in the forecast.

2023-05-12

Officially decided to move forward with creating embryos with Brit! Later, had a nice time at the FROLIC dinner seeing Kirk for the first time in a while.

2023-05-10

Enjoyed playing around with D2 to create a diagram that tries to be a taxonomy of feelings and thought language and how they're causally related.

2023-05-09

Sent out my first customer-facing email at Ookla, got my local developer environment set up, and got added to Ookla's developer team in GitHub.

2023-05-08

Had a really pleasant chat with Brit and scheduled a time to have a video chat.

2023-05-07

Had a really great time rock climbing outdoors for the first time in my life, with Chase, Richard, Robert, David, and Sophie.

2023-05-06

Had a good day snowboarding at Copper, where I significant improved riding switch.

2023-05-05

Got to meet my neighbor Heidie and her doggo Ellie, who had a playdate with Max, and they got along really well.

2023-05-04

It was a busy, but really productive work day, which felt really good.

2023-05-03

Finally finished some hateful busy work of converting issues in a spreadsheet to JIRA issues.

2023-05-02

Got to meet Susan Campbell on one of her group coaching sessions.

2023-04-30

Had a good time taking Max to the dog park with Chase.

2023-04-29

Made really good progress getting better at riding switch at Copper.

2023-04-26

Had a really wonderful call catching up with Tori for the first time after several years.

2023-04-25

Had a nice chat with Chuck on the phone.

2023-04-24

Woke up feeling like I finally had higher-quality sleep than I'd had in a really long time.

2023-04-23

Had a fairly relaxing, lazy morning in bed with Chase.

2023-04-22

Had a great time snowboarding Breckenridge: conditions were great with lots of powder, I got a lot better at riding switch (including unstrapping goofy and even doing some soft, shallow moguls), I got to see Nikki for her birthday, and I had a lovely chat with the shuttle driver on the way back to the lot where I parked.

2023-04-20

Got to bed much earlier than I had been able to in quite a few weeks.

2023-04-19

Watched Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, which was delightfully nostalgic (and corny)!

2023-04-16

Had a really congenial conversation with Lundy about Ayn Rand and capitalism, without going too deep into politics and instead finding a lot of common ground in ethics.

2023-04-15

Had a really good full-day of PLN retreat activities, including a nice hike along waterfalls and the local watershed.

2023-04-14

Got to meet Leah, Betsy, Sherri, and Patty in person for the first time!

2023-04-11

Really good annual review at work.

2023-04-07

Got a haircut.

2023-04-06

Max behaved really well around deer on our walk.

2023-04-05

Had a good R&A Yoga class with Chase.

2023-04-03

Had a really lovely video chat with Brit.

2023-04-02

Finished my first RP Diet app muscle-gain phase with 100% adherence!

2023-04-01

Even though my snowboard got even more broken over the course of the day, I had a pretty good time at Copper and improved my ability to ride switch.

2023-03-30

Installed the Toto C5 bidet that I finally got around to ordering!

2023-03-29

The Circle Surrogacy Single IP Parents Support Group was really enjoyable.

2023-03-28

Got to bed at a decent hour, after many days of bad sleep habits.

2023-03-26

Took a nice long walk with Sarah Veksler and Max.

2023-03-25

Enjoyed going to the Hatch Surrogacy presentation in Denver with Chase, then Howard's 75th birthday, followed by 1FROG and Stacy's house-cooling party.

2023-03-22

Finally got to bed at a reasonable hour after a long time of bad bedtime habits.

2023-03-21

First nutrition/diet coaching session with Helen.

2023-03-20

Made my first payment to Circle Surrogacy!

2023-03-19

Successfully completed the RP Certified Nutrition Coach, Level 1 exam!

2023-03-18

Had a nice dinner with Chase, the Cades, and their new friends, Josh and Shannon.

2023-03-16

Had a really interesting chat with Andrew about ChatGPT and the future of AI.

2023-03-15

Enjoyed seeing Travis, Jessica, Emmi, Alekhya, Shivani, Doug, Kathy, and Dave at the Denver Ookla office and then for dinner afterward.

2023-03-14

Had a fun time with Chase at an R&A event.

2023-03-13

Had a great time with Elizabeth taking Max to Beaver Ranch Bark Park and then lots of interesting conversations late into the night.

2023-03-12

Had a really fun day snowboarding with Elizabeth at Keystone.

2023-03-11

Elizabeth, Chase, and I got to see Stacy, Daniel, and Lane for a walk around Sloans Lake.

2023-03-10

Had a nice evening with Chase, and then we picked up Elizabeth from the airport.

2023-03-08

Had a nice family dinner with the Cades.

2023-03-06

Did a good job finishing up the food I bought in LA and was timely about car rental return and catching my flight, including getting to the gym in the morning.

2023-03-05

Got to row in a boat at the UCLA Marina Aquatic Center, and then I got to meet Lev and Helen and visit with Sara, Jeremy, and Charlotte!

2023-03-04

Had a great time at the annual UCLA Men's Rowing Alumni Banquet with Christopher and Jackie.

2023-03-03

Had a really nice time getting tea with Kim and catching up.

2023-03-02

Met Ryan Dosa from Team Full ROM at the LA Fitness in Tarzana totally by accident, and then had a really nice dinner with Dad, Masha, Elizabeth, and Grandma Bella.

2023-03-01

Arrived at parents' house and had a good chat with Dad about stress and anxiety.

2023-02-28

Had an enjoyable call with Jared Volpe and Andrew about some of the UX in the Lose It! app.

2023-02-27

Had a nice time at Indian Hot Springs with Blake.

2023-02-26

Despite feeling completely tired and exhausted, I ended up having a decent day snowboarding, with decent performance, not too cold, and without aggravating any of my injuries/sensitivities.

2023-02-25

Had a productive day, not feeling very stressed out, which finished with Chase joining me for an enjoyable 1FROG.

2023-02-23

Got to know my long-time mere acquaintance Brit a lot better, much to my extreme delight.

2023-02-20

Got to start alpha testing the RP Training app on my new muscle-gain mesocycle.

2023-02-19

Managed to get a few items replaced from the storage unit burglary.

2023-02-17

Despite what seemed like systemic inflammation and some tooth/gum sensitivity in recent weeks, I had a good report of my periodontal health at my dental appointment.

2023-02-16

Got to shovel lots of snow for a good long while.

2023-02-14

Had a good meeting with Jen from Circle Surrogacy and Melissa.

2023-02-12

Had breakfast with Andrew, Sheila, Stacy, and Vicki at Sassafras.

2023-02-11

Went on a hike at Staunton State Park with Andrew, Sheila, Chase, and Max.

2023-02-10

Had a really fun call with Andrew about RP training app.

2023-02-09

Andrew and Sheila arrived for their weekend visit!

2023-02-04

Went snowboarding at Keystone with Chase.

2023-02-03

Got to help Vicki move house.

2023-01-29

Got to sleep in and had a relatively relaxed, but still productive, day.

2023-01-28

Had a nice time with 1FROG folks at our annual holiday potluck and meeting.

2023-01-27

Got my car serviced.

2023-01-26

Got to catch up with Mařenka on the phone.

2023-01-25

Registered Zey Enterprises, LLC!

2023-01-24

Got a haircut and got to spend some time with Nikki.

2023-01-21

Had a fun time snowboarding Winter Park.

2023-01-20

Had a good call with Greg about Daric.

2023-01-19

Enjoyed the PLN Advanced Cocounseling Dropin class.

2023-01-18

Watched Matilda: The Musical with Melissa for a movie night, just the two of us.

2023-01-17

Had the first PLN Level 2 Cocounseling class.

2023-01-16

Went on a hike to Staunton State Park with Chase and Max.

2023-01-15

Cleaned up the garbage in the neighborhood that the garbage "collector" people carelessly distributed. Discovered that Murray is alive, after all.

2023-01-13

Had a really great chat with Andrew and Jared Volpe about RP.

2023-01-12

Got to see some Ookla coworkers at the Denver office holiday party after spending some time with Nikki.

2023-01-09

Successful start of a new mesocycle within Bulk 10, this time using the RP Diet app!

2023-01-08

Had a really great chat with Andrew about how I can get involved with RP.

2023-01-07

Had a great time at Breckenridge, my first day snowboarding this season!

2023-01-02

Got Max caught up on his shots, finished another module of the RP Certified Nutrition Coach course, made visitation plans with Andrew, and had cocounseling and established the accountabilibuddy routine with Ann!

2023-01-01

Had another relaxing day, during which I finished another two modules of the RP Certified Nutrition Coach course.

2022-12-31

Finished two modules of the RP Certified Nutrition Coach course.

2022-12-30

Got to see Nikki and then go to Stacy's holiday party.

2022-12-29

Got to shovel snow for 2.5 hours with Chase!

2022-12-28

Took Max to the dog park.

2022-12-26

Tested negative for COVID-19, after a week of being sick.

2022-12-22

Found out that I actually have three years (not two years) to submit my burglary claim to State Farm, along with receipts for replacement purchases, in order to get full replacement value reimbursement.

2022-12-19

Got to bed early.

2022-12-18

Really enjoyed hanging out with Andrew and Jacob in the American Express Centurion Lounge before our flights back to our respective homes.

2022-12-17

Had a nice time with some RP folks driving around Red Rocks and then at Olympia 2022.

2022-12-16

Had a fantastic time at RP Summit!

2022-12-15

H ad a terrific time at the RP VIP dinner with Andrew, Mike, and others!

2022-12-14

Got to see Andrew and hang out with the RP crew, including machine gun shooting, dinner, and playing Secret Hitler.

2022-12-13

Had my first official consultation with Circle Surrogacy!

2022-12-11

Went on a hike with Chase for Max's birthday and got to bed early.

2022-12-10

Had a nice time at Sandy's Christmas dinner with Chase.

2022-12-07

Got a preliminary approval and estimate on my burglary claim with State Farm, which was pretty satisfactory.

2022-12-06

Finally submitted my burglary inventory to State Farm.

2022-12-03

Finally got around to finishing at least the first pass of the burglary inventory for the insurance claim.

2022-12-01

Managed to catch up with a bunch of messages I'd been procrastinating on.

2022-11-30

Finally started the RP Certified Nutrition Coach course.

2022-11-29

Decent DEXA scan results, lunch with Anton and Eden, everything was on time with my flight, finally got home.

2022-11-28

Had a really nice dinner with Emily and Austin.

2022-11-27

Got to play with Sasha's wolfdogs, got my eyebrows did, and had a lovely dinner with Christopher and Morten at their "new" place in Richmond Point.

2022-11-26

Relaxing day with family at Kira's and Alexei's.

2022-11-25

Thanksgiving dinner at Kira's and Alexei's with family!

2022-11-24

Thanksgiving dinner with Sasha and family!

2022-11-23

Factory reset the Synology, got some basic things set up, and started copying files back to it.

2022-11-21

Disenchanted movie night with Melissa, Richard, and Chase.

2022-11-18

Got my tea box that's engraved with my crest!

2022-11-17

Had a good Advanced Cocounseling Class, where I participated in the demonstration.

2022-11-16

Got to go into the Denver Ookla office!

2022-11-13

Finished migrating Plex to the Intel NUC (core47pi)!

2022-11-10

Had a great time at R&A yoga.

2022-11-08

Optometrist (Dr Terence Trinka) told me that my eyes are very healthy and that my prescription has changed only marginally (and my range of vision is quite excellent), so I don't even need to get new glasses.

2022-11-07

Finished backing up TV shows to external drive.

2022-11-06

Made chicken wings (drumsticks) for the first time!

2022-11-05

Had a nice time with Chase Popp, including going to Stacy's birthday party in the evening.

2022-11-04

Kevin Nuckolls gave me an awesome Docker overview/tutorial.

2022-11-03

Had a really nice chat with Chuck Lasher, connecting over migrating my Plex server to an Intel NUC.

2022-10-31

Started Bulk 10.

2022-10-30

Had a nice time hanging out with Chase all day.

2022-10-29

Had a really nice time hosting 1FROG.

2022-10-28

Had a really nice day shopping and running errands with Melissa, Richard, and Robert.

2022-10-27

Finished setting up my new IKEA bookshelves.

2022-10-26

Max made really good progress on his reactivity with Murray: only one "outburst", which didn't even frighten Murray out of my arms (and we were right next to Max's crate), and Murray even reached out with his paw through the crate to let Max sniff him.

2022-10-23

Had a nice time with the Cades and Vekslers at Sarah's birthday dinner at Benihana.

2022-10-22

Mostly finished setting up my new Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel Watch.

2022-10-21

Had a relatively relaxing day to decompress after what felt like a dreadfully long week.

2022-10-20

Enjoyed reconnecting with folks at the first PLN Advanced Cocounseling Dropin class in a while.

2022-10-19

Found out from the dentist that my periodontal health is significantly improving, and we're reducing appointment frequency to once every four months from once every three months.

2022-10-18

Climbed my first 14er (Mt Huron) with Chase Popp and had a great time!

2022-10-17

Chase Popp came over, and we had a nice evening before our hiking adventure the next day.

2022-10-15

Had a relaxing morning at the cabin with Jonathan and Tyler, saw some amazing views on the way to Pagosa Springs, then got to meet Dee, and we went back to cabin and had a delicious dinner over Hocus Pocus 2.

2022-10-14

Had a really nice time with Jonathan and Tyler, driving around the broader South Fork area and seeing the changing colors and amazing views.

2022-10-13

Drove to and arrived at Jonathan Wands's family cabin in South Fork with Jonathan and Tyler and got settled in.

2022-10-12

Met with Levi and made some plans for home improvements.

2022-10-11

Launched Phase 0 of the new Speedtest Custom pricing model.

2022-10-10

Went to IKEA with Melissa and bought some new Billy shelves for my apartment.

2022-10-09

Enjoyed the drive back home with Matt from Steamboat Springs.

2022-10-08

Went on a really nice hike at Mad Creek with the Steamboat Springs gang.

2022-10-07

Had a really nice, relaxing time with Matt at Strawberry Hot Springs.

2022-10-06

Had a wonderful time at dinner with Ookla coworkers and then axe throwing.

2022-10-05

My STC pricing update presentation at Sales Summit went really well.

2022-10-04

Had a nice time at Smith Tower for happy hour with Ookla coworkers, and I got to know Rachael and Kenzie better.

2022-10-03

Just an amazing day connecting with Ookla coworkers.

2022-10-02

Had a nice time seeing Olivia perform at CroatiaFest and then dinner with her afterward.

2022-09-30

Got a haircut!

2022-09-29

Had a really nice video chat with Dad and Masha about Phase 2, having a kid, and life.

2022-09-27

My new washing machine was delivered!

2022-09-25

While a lot about it was emotionally difficult, going with Andrew Goldberg down to Huerfano County to look at 80 acres for Phase 2 and talking to him for 8ish hours led to a lot of good, serious reflection on future plans.

2022-09-24

Went on a nice walk with Chase at the Red Rocks Open Space, followed by a fun 1FROG meeting where we discussed the TOS-Con talks.

2022-09-23

Had a surprisingly good call with a representative from Nationwide Pet Insurance about the claim for Toothless's disappearance/death.

2022-09-21

Really nice dinner with Dave, where we had a chance to talk and get on the same page about some stuff.

2022-09-20

Nice, relaxed last day of parents' visit, and I managed to get some work done after dropping them off at the airport.

2022-09-19

Had a nice day with dad and Masha, going to the dog park, making lamb, and watching BSG.

2022-09-18

After somewhat difficult and tense dinner conversation between dad and Cades/Vekslers, I was glad that things sort of calmed down, and we got back to normal, and then dad, Masha, and I watched the first episode of the BSG miniseries together.

2022-09-17

Had dinner with Dad, Masha, and Stacy at Fogo de Chão and stuffed myself silly.

2022-09-16

Picked up parents from their conference center in Denver, went to a dog park, had dinner with the Cades; just a really nice day overall.

2022-09-15

Finally got exterior-to-interior cabling sorted and wifi access point set up in main house living room!

2022-09-13

Had a really nice time with just Melissa on our afternoon shopping/errand trip into Denver.

2022-09-11

Had a nice relaxing day to myself and got a few things tidied up an organized.

2022-09-10

Jay and Kevin came over for brunch, and we had a good time.

2022-09-08

Had a nice time hanging out with neighbor Jay and his friend Kevin at Aspen Peak Cellars.

2022-09-05

Went on a great hike in the Mt Evans Wilderness with Max and Jason.

2022-09-04

Concluded a fairly relaxing weekend of tidying up and organizing.

2022-09-01

Finally got T-Mobile static IPv4 address configured correctly.

2022-08-30

Had a good introductory office visit with Dr Diana Milling.

2022-08-28

Had a nice catchup call with Helen.

2022-08-27

Had a really nice time at the 1FROG BBQ.

2022-08-23

Reorganized and cleaned out the garage.

2022-08-22

Moved most of the bins from the garage to the storage space.

2022-08-21

Cleaned out the under-garage-deck storage space and set up shelving.

2022-08-01

Abandoned the Cut 9 mesocycle where I had chosen too aggressively high weights, and started over with more appropriate 10 RM estimates.

2022-07-31

Got a bunch of stuff at home cleaned up and got ready for the week, which felt very good.

2022-07-30

Had a fun time hanging out with Matt, then 1FROG at Anders's and Maria's.

2022-07-27

Family dinner with the Cades, Leesie, and Rosie.

2022-07-23

Took Robert to the Renaissance Festival!

2022-07-18

Started cut 9!

2022-07-16

Picked up my T-Mobile 5G Home Internet kit!

2022-07-15

Finally finished season 2 of The Witcher with Melissa!

2022-07-14

Catchup call with Kathleen!

2022-07-13

Friendsnight dinner with the Cades, Vekslers, Jess, Maddy, Jenn, Maddy, and Rafi!

2022-07-11

First negative COVID test result after being sick.

2022-07-07

Met and had a nice long chat with neighbor Carole and her dog Sweet Pea.

2022-07-09

My COVID rapid antigen test read nearly negative, and my energy levels felt noticeably better.

2022-07-04

Most of the acute COVID symptoms have passed.

2022-07-02

Attended Helen's baby shower.

2022-06-30

Aside from the horrific headache, all my COVID symptoms were relatively mild.

2022-06-29

Finally made it back home at the end of my month-and-a-half-long travels.

2022-06-28

Went on a fun hike with a ton of other TOS-Con folks (including Craig), completing the Ouray Perimeter Trail, and having a really good chat about the connection between volition, ethics, and determinism with Jon and Angel.

2022-06-27

Went on a very enjoyable hike of half the Ouray Perimeter Trail with a few TOS-Con folks, including Chris, Lizzy, Seamus, and Cynthia.

2022-06-25

Really enjoyed Amala Ekpunobi's talk at TOS-Con.

2022-06-22

Had a really nice time at the TOS-Con opening banquet and getting to see a bunch of folks I hadn't seen for a while, especially Eric and Sean.

2022-06-17

Got to see Robby Nadler for lunch and a walk.

2022-06-15

Made it back home with Max, after being gone for a month!

2022-06-14

Max and I start on our roadtrip to go home to Colorado!

2022-06-13

Got to see Zahra for lunch after about half a decade!

2022-06-09

Enjoyed the Palm Springs heat in the pool.

2022-06-08

First day of vacation in Palm Springs with Chris, Morten, and Donny.

2022-06-07

Got to have dinner and drinks with Alisa, Stan, and Lola, which was absolutely lovely.

2022-06-06

Got to see Sara, Charlotte, Kim, Matt Knebl, and Helen, all in one day!

2022-06-05

Randomly got to see Indi in Culver City when she was there for work, and we had dinner.

2022-06-04

Emily and Austin got married, and it was a wonderful ceremony and reception!

2022-06-03

Emily's and Austin's Welcome Reception for their wedding was really nice, and Andrew, Elizabeth, and I had really great conversation.

2022-06-02

Got to see Andrew and had a really fantastic dinner with him and Grandma Bella over really engaging and interesting conversation.

2022-06-01

Got to watch The Orville season 3 premier on the IMAX big screen with Johannes and got a picture with Penny Johnson Jerald!

2022-05-30

Had a really nice, lazy day hanging out with Tim, and we had lots of good conversation.

2022-05-29

Martin and Richard joined us, and we all had a nice dinner with LA family.

2022-05-28

Masha's surprise birthday party! Melissa and Robert met the rest of the family!

2022-05-27

Finally made it to LA on our roadtrip!

2022-05-25

Woke up early of my own accord to get work done. Got to see Sasha for microblading and dinner and puppers!

2022-05-24

Felt significantly better on waking up, much more like myself.

2022-05-23

Feeling a ton better over the course of the day after the previous day's fallout.

2022-05-22

Kenneth took good care of me while I was feeling sick.

2022-05-21

Kenneth's and Danny's wedding!

2022-05-20

Took the Bainbridge Island ferry from Seattle with Melissa and Robert before continuing our drive down to Portland.

2022-05-19

Got to see Olivia for the first time in over two years, and it was really nice to reconnect.

2022-05-18

Woke up feeling a million times better after a decent night's sleep. Had dinner with Travis, Daniel, and Marc, then drinks including Luke (but without Daniel), and all of it was really terrific and enjoyable.

2022-05-17

Feeling a lot better in terms of the sore throat and sinus congestion, and it's not COVID!

2022-05-16

Started the Cade-Zey West Coast Adventure!

2022-05-15

Had a really nice brunch at Stacy's with Dave.

2022-05-14

Had a terrific last day of the snowboarding season at A-Basin, and I got really good at riding switch, I got to snowboard shirtless, and I even did a handful of mogul runs shirtless, which I hadn't previously had the skill and confidence to do.

2022-05-13

Moved all the network equipment to the server rack.

2022-05-11

Watched two episodes of The Witcher season 2 with Melissa.

2022-05-10

Watched the first three episodes of The Witcher season 2 with Melissa.

2022-05-08

Had a nice, relaxing, mostly-TV-watching day with Dave at my place, taking it easy.

2022-05-07

Fun day snowboarding at A-Basin in very warm conditions, even though my torso got pretty sun-burned!

2022-05-03

Had a nice steak dinner with Garret Motelet, who came over, and we chatted for many hours.

2022-05-02

Had a nice day with Dave Denison, which included having a full workday myself and then our gymming, then watching some TV over pizza.

2022-05-01

Had a nice lazy day with Dave Denison, watching Dune, making and eating dinner, and watching Misfits.

2022-04-30

Went to Winter Park (Mary Jane) for the first time this season with Steve Kahley, and we had a really good time in spring skiing conditions, and did lots of moguls and trees. I'm getting much better at both moguls and riding switch.

2022-04-24

Really improved riding switch on closing day at Copper Mountain, where I also had a great time riding moguls all day.

2022-04-23

Had a great time with Dave Denison at Copper Mountain.

2022-04-19

Got to meet with Minh Ha Ngo, my favorite math teacher, from high school.

2022-04-17

Had a great day snowboarding at Keystone, and I got a lot better at riding switch, as well as having some of my best mogul runs.

2022-04-16

Terrific day snowboarding with Garrett Motelet at Keystone and started really learning how to ride switch.

2022-04-15

Really fantastic snowboarding day at Keystone.

2022-04-10

Really great snowboarding day at Keystone.

2022-04-13

Finished my rewatch of Stargate SG-1, and I cried and cried and cried about how much I love that show.

2022-04-05

Had a really nice video chat with Andrew where we talked about interesting things, including fitness and tech.

2022-04-03

Had a great time at A-Basin, partially with Stacy.

2022-04-02

Had a nice time with the Vekslers' visit and helping the kids to feed the deer.

2022-04-01

Ran a good meeting at work to scope high-level engineering requirements/effort and got good feedback from my engineering VP.

2022-03-30

Presented my product line's roadmap to executive leadership today, and that went really well.

2022-03-26

Had a really nice day snowboarding at A-Basin, where I hadn't been in 5 years.

2022-03-14

Returned to Facebook and updated my profile there and on LinkedIn. Finally.

2022-03-09

Got to meet Charlotte Rose and hang out with Sara and Jeremy all day.

2022-03-07

Had dinner with David May, six years after meeting online.

2022-03-05

Attended the annual UCLA Men's Rowing Alumni Banquet and got to see my friend Christopher Beeckler and his new girlfriend Jackie, both of whose company I enjoyed tremendously.

2022-03-04

Arrived at parents' place in Tarzana and got to meet their new dog Max, with whom I instantly fell in love.

2022-03-03

Got Toothless to the vet.

2022-02-28

Had a good and interesting conversation with Melissa about Attachment Theory and parenting.

2022-02-27

I fixed my toilet all by myself by replacing all the internal components. Also got a lot of tidying up done. Had a nice dinner party with Melissa, Stacy, Lane, Vicki, Dan, Sam, and Brettan.

2022-02-26

Had a really great day snowboarding moguls at Vail.

2022-02-21

Thawed frozen drainage pipe in garage and got the RO system back into working order.

2022-02-20

Celebrated Sophie's birthday at our house and then the park; then donated blood to address my hemochromatosis.

2022-02-19

Got to spend 4+ hours shoveling snow and clearing out all the pavement of ice in advance of another snowstorm.

2022-02-18

Got some errands/shopping done, tidied up my place, and caught up on my workouts.

2022-02-17

Got to spend 1.5 hours shoveling snow in the sun.

2022-02-16

Finished The Wheel of Time with Melissa.

2022-02-15

Cleaned out and organized a lot of the garage and then had a very nice evening with the Vekslers.

2022-02-14

Good "annual" performance review at new job, reflecting good work in my first 2.5 months.

2022-02-13

Spent 3+ hours shoveling snow in the sun.

2022-02-12

Went snowboarding at Breck with Tyler and had a nice time with him.

2022-02-06

Got my mirrors hung and installed!

2022-02-05

Went snowboarding at Breckenridge and managed to hit the moguls for over 4 hours, seemingly without worsening my back.

2022-02-04

Got my desk monitor setup organized and cleaned up.

2022-02-03

I conducted some really good meetings at work, where it seemed the participants appreciated how we were progressing.

2022-02-02

Produced documentation updates to the Ookla Web SDK using Adobe InDesign, which I'd never used before.

2022-02-01

Got good feedback on the first JIRA issues I filed for engineering.

2022-01-31

Started up a bulk mesocycle after a long break from the gym!

2022-01-29

My back healed enough to go snowboarding at Breckenridge, and I had a great time, even being able to do a few easy mogul runs!

2022-01-27

Got to start The Wheel of Time with Melissa and really enjoying it.

2022-01-26

Finished season 1 of Foundation with Melissa.

2022-01-23

Had a nice morning/afternoon with Jonathan, including a late steak lunch with him and Melissa.

2022-01-22

Had a really productive day of cleaning the house, shoveling the driveway, and preparing a chapter of America's Revolutionary Mind that I was presenting at 1FROG, which I also hosted. I was speedy, but not frantic.

2022-01-24

Got the piano tuned and sticking key fixed.

2022-01-12

Hyperthyroidism resolved!

2022-01-03

Got to enjoy a really beautiful sunrise.

2022-01-02

Went to Indian Hot Springs with Chris.

2022-01-01

Woke up to a bunch of snow and went on a walk with Chris and Morten.

2021-12-31

I had a very enjoyable New Year's Eve dinner with my friends Chris, Morten, Morten's mom (Marian), Melissa, Richard, and Robert.

2021-12-30

I had a nice time at Stacy's post-post-Christmas party.

2021-12-29

Had lunch with an acquaintance who was passing through Bailey, and we managed to discuss controversial topics (where we had different viewpoints) without its being an argument.

2021-12-28

Went on an enjoyable date at a local pub.

2021-12-27

Got to spend the afternoon with Richard and Robert while Martin and Melissa went on a date.

2022-02-26

Got a tour of Boom Supersonic and had dinner with Blake Scholl.

2021-12-25

Christmas morning with the Cades!

2021-12-24

Christmas Eve steak dinner with the Cades!

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