Shout Out from The Artful Manager

Check it out, the Artful Manager, Andrew Taylor gave me a shout out on the Pecha Kucha post I wrote for the Arts Blog at the Americans for the Arts convention in Philly.

Wondering what the heck Pecha Kucha is? If you're into creating PowerPoint presentations I recommend you check out my post.

Commuting by Ike

Today marks the official close of my first week at work. I've been riding Ike the Bike for a portion of my commute. The first three days I parked Ike at the Valet Bike Parking at Fruitvale BART. However, yesterday and today I had dinner dates in the Mission so I took Ike all the way into San Francisco, parked him all folded up under my desk at work and then biked to my dates. How cool is that?

I think I'm getting stronger at biking too. It is so easy to just tootle along since most of the ride is flat. Plus, I'm working my large Gluteus Maximus muscles which are no longer on a holiday. Since I have to carry Ike up the stairs at BART and various other places I think I'm developing some rather good shoulder muscles too.

By the way, my new title is Manager of Consulting Services. Really cool.

Food Time Bomb

My stomach did a "special dance" for me last night and I thought it was perhaps the carrot cake. But then this morning when I packed my lunch - two salads that I had prepared on Sunday for the week, I had an inkling that perhaps they had gone bad - yesterday.

So what did I do with the leftovers? Packed them for lunch. Just took a bite and sure enough I had poisoned myself on my own cooking yesterday. Now I am just waiting for that bite to kick-in.

Well of course I now have to buy my lunch. What to eat for an upset stomach? Tamale, chili, beans and rice, and I have a Mexican dinner date scheduled. Sounds like I'll need to detox tomorrow.

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