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Busy? Yes. Productive? Not so much.
Dec. 2nd, 2021 09:58 pmI looked at previous introduction posts I did for Holidailies and decided they were not particularly interesting. So you’re just going to get what I would normally be writing about and you can figure me out from there.
I have a list of things to do that is longer than your average CVS receipt. About the only productive things I did today were finishing reading the Sunday Washington Post and signing a contract for a storytelling performance. The latter involved a certain amount of wrestling with technology, as I can’t figure out how to get the scanner feature of my multi-function printer to work my Mac. In the end, it didn't matter because I did succeed in figuring out how to sign it electronically. (The major issue there was “writing” in a reasonably straight line on the trackpad.) I could have stuck a paper copy in the mail, but this was, obviously, faster.
Speaking of storytelling, I belong to a discussion group for the Grimm Fairy Tales. It was quite appropriate that the topic for a meeting shortly after Thanksgiving was “Clever Gretel,” which involves a cook and two chickens. That’s actually a story I tell, since it fits in two of my themed folktale shows - one on Fortune, Fools, and Fowl and one on Wise Women and Gutsy Girls. Interestingly, at least three people knew the story primarily from a Danny Kaye recording I had not been familiar with.
Speaking of food, I went out to dinner last night with a couple of friends at Mason Social in Alexandria. The mahi mahi sandwich I got was okay, but nothing really special. I had a drink called an Aviation, which was interesting. It had gin, creme de violate, maraschino liqueur, and lemon. Supposedly this is an old classic that has been revived with the past few years, but it was the first I ever heard of it. By the way I had good metro karma getting to Alexandria but not so much getting home, when I had a 20 minute wait at Rosslyn for the Orange Line.
I had another zoom presentation early this evening which, alas, was rather dull. (It was MIT related and had to do with an Equitable Resiliency Framework. There was a somewhat interesting example about the Seaport District in Boston, but, overall, I didn’t find the presentation exciting. I was happy when it finished and I could go play Codenames with my friends.
I have a list of things to do that is longer than your average CVS receipt. About the only productive things I did today were finishing reading the Sunday Washington Post and signing a contract for a storytelling performance. The latter involved a certain amount of wrestling with technology, as I can’t figure out how to get the scanner feature of my multi-function printer to work my Mac. In the end, it didn't matter because I did succeed in figuring out how to sign it electronically. (The major issue there was “writing” in a reasonably straight line on the trackpad.) I could have stuck a paper copy in the mail, but this was, obviously, faster.
Speaking of storytelling, I belong to a discussion group for the Grimm Fairy Tales. It was quite appropriate that the topic for a meeting shortly after Thanksgiving was “Clever Gretel,” which involves a cook and two chickens. That’s actually a story I tell, since it fits in two of my themed folktale shows - one on Fortune, Fools, and Fowl and one on Wise Women and Gutsy Girls. Interestingly, at least three people knew the story primarily from a Danny Kaye recording I had not been familiar with.
Speaking of food, I went out to dinner last night with a couple of friends at Mason Social in Alexandria. The mahi mahi sandwich I got was okay, but nothing really special. I had a drink called an Aviation, which was interesting. It had gin, creme de violate, maraschino liqueur, and lemon. Supposedly this is an old classic that has been revived with the past few years, but it was the first I ever heard of it. By the way I had good metro karma getting to Alexandria but not so much getting home, when I had a 20 minute wait at Rosslyn for the Orange Line.
I had another zoom presentation early this evening which, alas, was rather dull. (It was MIT related and had to do with an Equitable Resiliency Framework. There was a somewhat interesting example about the Seaport District in Boston, but, overall, I didn’t find the presentation exciting. I was happy when it finished and I could go play Codenames with my friends.
