Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
My three-year old iPhone decided to die earlier this week, which was pretty inconvenient. I’ve spent the last couple of days running around to different service and sales providers to figure out what to do. Here’s basically how that went. Best Buy Repair Person: Hey man, what’s up? Me: My phone isn’t turning on. Repair…
Playing around with adding on-screen text. Adding different quiz elements to a video.
“So these numbers are not good,” the allergist began. Last week, I went to an allergist for the first time. My doctor and I have been talking about my ongoing struggles with asthma, which been getting progressively worse recently. It was getting to the point where I was frequently waking up at night gasping for…
Just playing around with design tool H5P. Super fun to create with, so far! Here’s a simple drag and drop quiz I created.
I love making quiches, but the crust is sometimes more work than I want to put in. This quiche uses the simplest crust I’ve ever encountered: thin slices of sweet potato! I honestly didn’t think this would work. But the two quiches I made came out really well and were a hit at the brunch…
For the past couple of months, pretty much the only extra-curricular activity I have been up to is rock climbing. I barely manage to go dancing once or twice a week. Which is really weird for me. For several years, I have been dancing five, even six nights a week, sometimes at multiple venues in…
I tried out this “struggle meal” from Tastemade and liked it a lot. Super easy, cheap, healthy, and delicious. Ingredients: 3 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs 1-14oz can full fat coconut milk 1 lime 3 garlic cloves grated 2 tablespoons fish sauce 1 in fresh ginger, grated 4 whole sprigs of cilantro 1 tablespoon brown…
In 1926, the National Association of Masters of Dancing made this pronouncement: The Charleston is dying, the Black Bottom can never be king, and during the past year there has been a great revival in old-time dancing. A bit of historic context: The National Association of Masters of Dance was a gathering of dance instructors…
A highlight of the lindy hop dance event Swingin at the Savoy 2019 last weekend was the panel discussion with legendary dancers Norma Miller and Chester Whitmore, facilitated by Seattle-based dancer Adam Brozowski. It was a packed house of eager swing enthusiasts, happy to get to engage with these two remarkable humans on a Saturday…
There’s something wonderful about surprising yourself with our own capabilities and progress. I’m sure that there’s a word for it in German. I spend a lot of my free time either rock climbing or dancing. With both pursuits, I have my ups and downs, my things I feel confident about, stuff I’m working on, and…