§ Okay, I have to say using both “polar vortex” and “arctic blast” in a single headline is a little bit silly. If you add in “lake-effect” that’s what I’d call a midwest trifecta. There is no denying it has been a particularly intense winter here, though. Historically, Cleveland averages around three inches of snow throughout January. So far this month we’ve had twenty-five.
§ Moving into a new office a couple of weeks ago gave me the opportunity rethink how I want to use the space.
- I got an enormous chalk board. No, not a dry erase board. A chalk board so large that I started second guessing myself while waiting for it to arrive. The size means that I can stretch out and work though an idea without worrying about space and it’s wide enough that I can comfortably collaborate with someone else with enough room to breathe.
- I replaced my desk with a standing desk. Over time I’ve noticed that I would often go over to my desk to accomplish some small, quick task but almost as soon as I sat down I would get distracted and demotivated. My hope is that the standing desk will help me hold on to the momentum I loose in those instances.
§ If it were up to me, I would have released this week’s episode of Severance alongside last week’s episode. On their own, neither episode was particularly attention-grabbing but together they seem to set up the important themes of the season to come, first from the “innie’s” perspective and then, this week, from the perspective of the “outies.” With this table-setting out of the way, I hope the pace picks up in episode three.
§ Over the weekend I continued my bagel experiments by making egg and sea salt bagels. The egg bagels were disappointingly dry but the basic sea salt batch turned out great.
§ Yesterday I found myself excitedly visiting a new grocery store that recently opened down the street. This has to be an obscure side-effect of aging, like suddenly having an opinion on the best way to load a dishwasher. If nothing else, it is certainly a preview of the kinds of exciting new things my thirty’s will surely bring.
