Month: November 2018

That’s Metal

November 20, 2018 Improving No Comments
First back squats with the bar in memory. This was after reading some article which argued strength has most everything to do with something called body age. If I remember correctly. The short of it was more push-ups correlated with correspondingly younger number and vice versa. I’m apparently at least…

Configuration Change

November 18, 2018 The Bus No Comments
A layout update maybe? I think a kitchen could all be in the back, which with how we currently use the bus is a pantry and garage combo, rather than some things here, there and that other place too. Street cleaning day. Meaning move the bus day. Then a second…

A Pair

November 18, 2018 Facts The Bus No Comments
Reunited with the truck at M A’s today, a joyful occasion. Tonight the bus is parked out on the street. Be safe! I met friendly neighbors who moved in since the staircase. They’re modifying a van to get out on the road and sound ready.

House Arrest

November 18, 2018 Facts No Comments
It’s been since Wednesday either of us has been outside more than 10 minutes. The place sounds like a hospital: we have 3 air filters and two thingies which diffuse oil into the air. Mme Awesome filled them with products which help with breathing and, to be frank, they’ve made…

Masks and Reality

November 14, 2018 Facts No Comments
Luckily we actually have some P95 respirators on hand as the local stores are all but sold out. Mme Awesome had already left for a bike trip to an appointment by the time they’d been found; since we have some errands that way anyway, I met her in the bus…

Pump It Up

November 14, 2018 Facts Improving Travelling No Comments
Lots of lifting weights since arriving back in town. Daily, spread out and easy. Dead lifts, overhead press, bb curls and pushups make up the list. I stop pretty early, focusing on how I’m moving, balance, whatever needs attention. The idea is to engrain an efficiently performed basic movement so…

In The Kitchen

November 12, 2018 Facts Improving No Comments
I made horchata today. Out of quinoa with full confession the recipe was poorly followed. Specifically, I soaked only the grain and, to boot, in unheated water. Anyway, once ground up with cinnamon and agave and then strained over ice it was good. Except for this unpleasant taste maybe from…

Quick Thinking

November 11, 2018 Facts No Comments
At the farmers mart, the cabbages were large. Mme Awesome neatly paired up with another gal to buy, and the checkout guy divided it in two. We are getting better and better at bag reusage. We biked, by the way. Smokey still.

Day One

November 11, 2018 Facts Mountain Biking No Comments
The big surprises are there was/is a mouse in the garage kitchen while we were away and the place looks great. Outside and in, a comfortable house. Double bleck on the mouse; judging from all the droppings, the things was everywhere. Mme Awesome did her first session at the pier…

That’s It Folks

November 11, 2018 Facts The Bus No Comments
13000 miles later, the bus is in the driveway, barely. The rear sidewalls are too wide to fit backed in actually. Plus some branches had to be trimmed. It’s not a good fit, basically. The smoke is thick. From the bike path to the Emeryville pier peering out at the…