apteryx

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  1. 1. get my doctorate and become a professor
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    6 people
  2. 2. write some interesting books
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    1 person
  3. 3. recuperate in the San Francisco Bay Area
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    1 person
  4. 4. regain my ability to concentrate
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    1 person
  5. 5. decide what to do this summer
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    1 person
  6. 6. make a physical object
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    1 person
  7. 7. make a web site that makes money
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    1 person
  8. 8. do something memorable every weekend
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    6 people
  9. 9. write an algebra book
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    1 person
  10. 10. clear out my inbox
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    6 people
  11. 11. drink a basil-infused vodka
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    1 person
  12. 12. see the parrots
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    1 person
  13. 13. eat at Mi Lindo Peru
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    1 person
  14. 14. generate all the order-9 graphs
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    1 person
  15. 15. be Malcolm Gladwell
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    1 person
  16. 16. play the most interesting move
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    2 people
  17. 17. Fall in real love: ridiculous, inconvenient, consuming, can't live without each other love.
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  18. 18. get married, stay married, and live happily ever after
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    1,897 people
  19. 19. be daring and passionate, to hell with the consequences
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    74 people
  20. 20. accept that people think I'm crazy
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    3 people
  21. 21. Do 100 sit-ups daily for 100 consecutive days
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    202 people
  22. 22. Learn how to banter
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    2 people
  23. 23. get my doctorate
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    275 people
  24. 24. do all the problems in Stewart's Calculus, chapter 10
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    1 person
  25. 25. draw a buffalee
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    4 people
  26. 26. cultivate a positive masculine style
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    1 person
  27. 27. meet 43 people noteworthy enough to have Wikipedia articles about them
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    1 person
  28. 28. make 1000 Wikipedia edits
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    1 person
  29. 29. hire a virtual assistant in India
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    2 people
  30. 30. return to San Francisco
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    5 people
  31. 31. Congratulate Robot Daniel on his Impending Nuptials
    2 people
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recuperate in the San Francisco Bay Area (read all 3 entries…)
San Francisco ideas 2 days ago

Ecch, well, here I am in San Francisco, without a plan. My plan to have a plan this time has failed.

Some ideas:

  • Show up at a Jejune Institute induction center. They’re a (fake) cult that tries to, er, hook your brain up to a dolphin to give you dolphin therapy, or something like that. “A recondite family awaits.”
  • Do an SFZero event. I was meaning to do one all the time I lived here, and never did. I found out about them one night when I came across a couple people involved in a citywide game of tag. Most of their “tasks” are more subtle and small-scale, though.
  • Eat at Mi Lindo Peru. One of my hosts is a foodie, so a dinner here might be a nice way to show gratitude.
  • Take an improv class. I think there are a lot of free improv events that you can just drop in on. Not performing a show, just doing improv games with folks, usually with a teacher.
  • Go indoor rock-climbing. A friend has invited me to this several times, but the timing hasn’t worked out yet.
  • noisebridge, a hackspace. I could finish building my Brain Machine there.


recuperate in the San Francisco Bay Area (read all 3 entries…)
Going back for another week 3 days ago

I’m going to house-sit for some friends who are going out of town. Hooray!

Now deciding what events I can go to during the week. Here’s one I’m definitely going to do: noisebridge.

What other interesting things are happening in San Francisco over this next week?



drink a basil-infused vodka (read all 6 entries…)
Mediciney 3 days ago

Tried it after five days of steeping. It tasted…mediciney. Like a bad liqueur. It smells really good, as long as you don’t get your nose too close to it.

blissfulwizard said that it’s a pretty shade of green. Ahem.

I’m not ready to give up yet. We have a whole bottle of this stuff. Some ideas:

  • Make Bloody Marys.
  • Make gimlets.
  • Make Lemon Drops.

Any other suggestions?



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