–Cal-Pro came today to do some repairs prior to painting. They also (for an extra $1,200) fixed the chimney cladding, thus bringing into complete HOA compliance.
–Shirogorov/Chris Reeve collaboration knife came in. ANOTHER ONE IS TOO SMALL. I have to stop buying these too-short knives.
–Dropped off the Sea-Dweller at FedEx for Phil Ridley.
–Sea-Dweller date is partially stuck. Got a picture.
–Got some frozen dinners at Bel Air. Still no cream or cream cheese.
–Went to Noah’s for bagels. Surprisingly, got them quickly.
–Took a shower.
–Walked to Bel Air for dessert and lunch cheese.
–Watched the Super Bowl. Bad guys won.
–Went to Folsom farmers market for clementines and a giant cauliflower.
–Spent a long time trying to polish the blade of the 3-Leg Dog knife. Was about to give up when I tried the extra-fine Bergeon satin wheel. Worked pretty well–mostly because (I think) the steel is incredibly hard. Polish attempts just sort of muddied up the blade, whereas the wheel kind of smoothed everything out without really hazing the polished parts. I’ll still sell the knife: it has fabulous action, but the blade just isn’t finished to the same standards.
–Got a couple of subs from the new (to me) Baguette Up in the Jasper’s/Smart & Final center. Was shocked to find that the sandwiches were really superb: great bread, great fillings, etc. Truly a find.
–5513 and Sea-Dweller came back from Phil Ridley. Nice.
–Played with knives. Ruined and tossed the Shirogorov Quantum trying to get it open. On the other hand, the Shiro 111 was better centered (and still had all its ball bearings) after I worked on it.
–Walked to Bel Air for dessert.
–Riaan Manser knife in. Very nice.
–Soup for dinner.
–Walked to Rite-Aid to get some Old Spice Classic Original deodorant to replace the horrible Fresh scent I bought by mistake.
–Knives came in: Shirogorov + tool from Russia (new model, thinner than before); Holt Morpheus (small but mind-bogglingly perfect in every respect); Shirogorov 111 (big but very nice blade and action). Tool works great on two Shiros, but I still can’t break loose the pivot on the blue one.
–New(est) Samsung S10e came in. Spent hours updating the OS, then tried Smart 3D. It couldn’t even find the left hearing aid (previous Androids allow setup and adjustment in Smart 3D, but later the left HA is dead on phone calls). Really strange, since iPhones work with left and right without the slightest issue–AND the hearing aids used to work fine on Android phones. So: the left HA is failing, and only iPhones are sensitive enough to work with it???
–Finally was able to buy a digital art NFT Thing from Thingdoms at Open Sea for around $1,600. Absurdly complex process involving wallets, converting unwrapped to wrapped Ethereum, funding, sending, receiving, etc. Whoever streamlines crypto purchases is going to be rich. Got an offer of $500 for my Thing a couple hours after I bought it. And there are legions of fake Thing collections at Open Sea. I wouldn’t have known, and would have bought a cheap fake, except I put in a query at a Things twitter stream and someone actually messaged me. What a minefield……
–Went to REI Folsom and got some new New Balance shoes.
–Sold some Apple and something else at Vanguard, bought $100k worth of a good-performing real estate fund.
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