It took 6 months for COVID-19 to go from the March lockdowns to the White House. COVID-19 is still less than one year old!

Trump Tests Positive for the Coronavirus

Related, from two days ago, Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump.

Hit a new 30-min PR and passed 400 kJ of output in Irène Sholz EDM Ride. 402 kJ, +8 over previous PR. 48% of ride at or above VO2 Max range. Was completely gassed by the end. #FitByFifty

Had a great evening with a couple of friends sitting around the fire, drinking an Old Fashioned or three, and having good laughs. 🥃🔥

I enjoy Dense Discovery and the variety of topics that Kai brings to the newsletter. It was an easy decision to sign up for the new Friend of DD program announced in issue 107.

A “twofer” of geeky humor in one shirt. Stay at home, wear a mask.🤓

Finished a much needed organizing and upgrading of my home office setup. This is working much better on every dimension.

Amazon’s marketing strategy with Ring seems to be:

  1. Make you worry about something you weren’t worried about yesterday.
  2. Sell you a product to try and counteract that worry they created for you.
  3. Try to distract you with technology that seems from the future.
  4. Give lip service to privacy concerns.
  5. Create a large volume of data to sell you more things.

Delicious plate of tomatoes grown by our old neighbor. 🍅

Enjoying this home brew Belgian Witbier with Coriander and Orange Peel that my friend Garrick gave to me. Refreshing. Tastes like summer. 🍺

Hit a new 60-min PR in Matt Wilpers Power Zone Endurance Ride this morning! 653 kJ, a 10% jump over previous 591 kJ. It was a Zone 2 / 3 ride but I felt my zones were a little low so I rode more Zone 3 / 4. Should do a new FTP test. 🙌🚴🏼‍♂️🏆

Mazie cross country meet today In Chanhassen. Running 5k. 👏

Sous Vides Brisket

Trying Sous Vides brisket for the first time. Trimmed down the flat. Simple salt and pepper. Texas style. Cut in half to vacuum seal for the bath. In the 155 °F water bath for 36 hours. Will finish on Big Green Egg for 3-4 hours for smoke and bark on Saturday.

24 hours into the Sous Vides and all proceeding well!

37 hours of Sous Vides complete. Pulled the brisket out and leaving it in bags to cool in the fridge. Will smoke for 3-4 hours to finish this afternoon. 🤤

After a few hours cooking in the refrigerator I pulled the brisket out of the bags. I put the juice aside to use for something else. Second application of salt and pepper rub, and onto the Big Green Egg to smoke for three or so hours.

Tyler defeated Monk Maz Koshia and got the Master Cycle Zero in Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It is amazing to me how far the story goes in this game.

First time we’ve had a full unplanned Xfinity service outage during remote work and school. Switched everyone to use their phones as hotspots. Hopefully service is restored soon. There is major construction a block away that I suspect is related.

Update: Service came back after only about 15 min. Wonder what the issue was… 🤔

Rosalia

A few days ago we happened to go to Rosalia on their very first night open to the public. Rosalia is the newest restaurant from Daniel del Prada, and is right behind one of our favorite restaurants in town, Martina. Rosalia is counter service pizza and our first visit was a great success. We had Pepperoni, Bianca, and Margherita pizzas. The pepperoni was perfect. The Bianca had a surprising kick from the chilis. The Margherita was very well prepared. We tried a slice of the Tomato Fugazza and it tasted good but ours wasn’t heated up enough. Opening night issue?

If you are looking for another great option for delicious pizza, make Rosalia your next stop.

My Octopus Teacher

We enjoyed watching My Octopus Teacher tonight. It is a touching story capturing the year that Craig Foster spent visiting this octopus every day. My favorite scene was toward the end when he captures the octopus playing with a school of fish. Beautifully filmed, with great underwater scenes. 🍿

Hit a new 45-minute PR on Peloton this morning in Jenn Sherman’s class. 553 kJ. Not sure about Yacht Rock for spinning though. 😬 Helped to a PR with byteCoder, YukonJack, coppel87, and AreBurns. 🙌 #FitByFifty

Updating firmware is one of my favorite things. 🤓 Updating the new IntelliConnect.

The hand washing feature in watchOS 7 seemed a bit silly but I turned it on and I’ve actually liked it. It is good at detecting washing, and it has already resulted in me washing for longer. I even get a graph! I also like the nudge to wash your hands when you get home.