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This week, I got caught up on a number of things at work. I feel sort of accomplished. I also made eggnog, ice cream, and eggnog ice cream, for the company potluck. And I also made about 25 cups of green tea and passed it out to people. Fun fun fun! Today I made about a gallon more eggnog (4x alton’s recipe). I found egg whites in a carton, but unfortunately they don’t whip up like real egg whites. I stupidly didn’t read the carton, where it says “This product doesn’t whip up like egg whites”. They were right. I am not sure whether to whip up some raw egg whites, or just leave the recipe alone. It seems to be fine on its own, just not as light and fluffy. The eggnog was a hit at the potluck, but the next potluck on Thursday I’m entering my nog to compete against three others in a “nog-off”. So, if I can find pasteurized egg whites specifically for whipping, I can make that, otherwise I’ll probably leave it in its current custardy state. ...

This week I exercised three days for 1 hr each, for a total of 180 min. I may do some more today, more likely not. This meets my “bare minimum” which is 150, the equivalent of 30 min for 5 days, but doesn’t get to my next goal of 210 min. I have been a bit careless with both diet and exercise the last couple weeks. Right at this moment I am at 257.6, so that means I have slipped by 5 or 6 pounds. I haven’t been paying a lot of attention to diet, hoping that putting time into exercise would negate the need for it, but I know I really need to do both in order to get to my weight goal. I will keep up the cardio and try to watch portion sizes a little bit for the next couple weeks.

I made Alton’s Eggnog, and it came out pretty good, at least better than the store-bought stuff I think. Ingredients are: Milk, cream, eggs, sugar, and 3 oz. Maker’s Mark. And, freshly grated nutmeg. (let’s see, 3 oz x 90 proof / 1 qt total equals…) It came out to 4% alcohol for the finished product, which is (I think) about as much as a beer. Also, before starting I stopped at Bevmo and got tiny versions of both Maker’s Mark and Wild Turkey, and I did a side-by-side taste test of just bourbon and milk. The Maker’s Mark was a higher proof, but I didn’t taste the alcohol nearly as much, so it was the winner of the taste test (and I then went and bought a proper-sized container of it :) ...

Allow web server to execute the temp firewall script with no passwd. In /etc/sudoers apache ALL=NOPASSWD:/usr/local/adm/firewall/add_temp.pl Adjust your firewall script (that you use on startup) to allow a “temporary” table which is consulted for input. Also remove ssh so that it is not allowed by default.

Exercise log for December Thu 12/1: no Fri 12/2: no Sat 12/3: exercise bike, 60 min, 16.25 miles Sun 12/4: no Mon 12/5: exercise bike, 60 min, 16.25 miles Tue 12/6: no Wed 12/7: exercise bike, 60 min, 16.25 miles Thu 12/8: no Fri 12/9: no Sat 12/10: exercise bike, 60 min, 16.25 miles Sun 12/11: no Mon 12/12: no Tue 12/13: no Wed 12/14: no Thu 12/15: no Fri 12/16: exercise bike, 60 min, 15 miles Sat 12/17: exercise bike, 60 min, 15 miles Sun 12/18: exercise bike, 60 min, 15 miles Mon 12/19: no Tue 12/20: no Wed 12/21: no Thu 12/22: no Fri 12/23: no Sat 12/24: no Sun 12/25: no Mon 12/26: sick Tue 12/27: sick Wed 12/28: sick Thu 12/29: sick Fri 12/30: sick Sat 12/31: sick

I found this once before but I had trouble finding it again. It doesn’t seem to be on the Site Map. There is a module for it in MyLJ though. Anyway, if you think you might have missed some comment emails, check out Recent Comments. It should show all the comments made in your journal. It doesn’t show comments responding to your comments elsewhere, but if you scroll down, it does show *your* comments elsewhere, and you can visit the more recent ones to see the resulting thread.

I posted about this before: Dr. Stephen Hawking to speak in San Jose. The show is happening on Monday. Is anyone else going to this? If so, want to meet us for dinner? We are going to be at La Pastaia at about 5:00 and that should give us time to eat and socialize before the show. (And Klae, if you’re working that night we would love to see you!) Update: Could not get reservations at preferred restaurant. We will try for Pasta Pomodoro, Santana Row instead, 5 pm.

Exercise log for November Tue 11/1: exercise bike, 30 min, 7.5 miles Wed 11/2: none, slacker! Thu 11/3: exercise bike, 40 min, 9 miles. weight 253.0 net, a.m. Fri 11/4: exercise bike, 35 min, 9 miles Sat 11/5: exercise bike, 40 min, 10 miles Sun 11/6: exercise bike, 45 min, 12 miles Mon 11/7: exercise bike, 40 min, 10 miles Tue 11/8: exercise bike, 40 min, 10 miles, weight 252.8 net, a.m. Wed 11/9: stairs, 51 levels in 33:07, 38.9 sec each, weight 251.0 net, a.m. Thu 11/10: not feeling well Fri 11/11: none Sat 11/12: none Sun 11/13: none Mon 11/14: none Tue 11/15: none Wed 11/16: none Thu 11/17: none Fri 11/18: none Sat 11/19: none Sun 11/20: weight 256 or so (creeping back up) Mon 11/21: bike, 45 min Tue 11/22: none Wed 11/23: Thu 11/24: Fri 11/25: Sat 11/26: Sun 11/27: Mon 11/28: Tue 11/29: bike, 48 min, 13.65 miles. Weight 259. ack! Wed 11/30:

I signed the following petition… “The nomination of Samuel Alito poses a grave threat to the protections Americans count on, including basic workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights. We call on the Senate to stand up for all of us and reject the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court of the United States.” If you feel the same way, please go here: http://www.moveonpac.org/stopalito/ Thanks!

I am still exercising 5 days a week, but I changed up my routine a bit… instead of walking up stairs, I am riding the exercise bike. 30-45 min, every day except sat/sun (In theory I can use sat/sun as make-up days if I miss one during the week, but I have managed every mon-fri for almost 7 weeks now :)