By bluerasberry on 2010-11-22
I participated in the Mashed-potato Munch Off at the Green Lake Gobble again this year. I ate 75 ounces of mashed potatoes (4.7 pounds, 2.1 kilograms) in four minutes. The woman to my right was second place. I was intimidated because I had expected them to leave my finished bowls in front of me, but […]
Posted in art, Seattle | Tagged competitive eating, contest
By bluerasberry on 2010-10-22
Four times in one week I have heard the same story in different contexts. I am struck by the profundity of this problem, it being that there exists evidence that funding social wellness programs for children is both the simplest and most effective way to improve individual and societal health, and yet in America and […]
Posted in health, legal, presentation, religion, Seattle | Tagged politician, weapon
By bluerasberry on 2010-10-20
The University of Washington Alumni Association does these environmental lectures every year. The series is on Tuesday nights for eight weeks. Last year the talks were about coffee and I went to all of them and they were great. This year it is about top-level economic policy on food production, and the series is called […]
Posted in health, presentation, Seattle | Tagged lecture
By bluerasberry on 2010-10-07
For a long time I have been wondering about the problem of providing software solutions to fix the problems I am having with data collection. I am not sure what the final solution will be, but here are some options which people have presented to me and which I have not fully explored. The problem […]
Posted in computer, education, research
By bluerasberry on 2010-10-06
I went to Infocamp at Seattle University on Saturday and Sunday October 2-3. I saw a sign or something about this conference – I am not sure what I saw, but I had never heard of it. It was $50 for two days and the website seemed to have a lot of community input on […]
Posted in computer, presentation, Seattle | Tagged conference
By bluerasberry on 2010-09-23
I went to the Consortium of Universities for Global Health meeting Monday and Tuesday September 20-21. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the role of the university in promoting global health. I had been talking with Nandan for some years now about doing things to attract enough students to merit the establishment of […]
Posted in non-profit, presentation, Seattle | Tagged conference
By bluerasberry on 2010-09-07
Monday morning felt great also. We went to the Castro because I wanted to visit a certain NGO called the Center. The San Francisco LGBT Community Center, also called the Charles M. Holmes Campus, also called “The Center”, is a place where LGBT organizations can get inexpensive office space in a great location a few […]
Posted in San Francisco, tour
By bluerasberry on 2010-09-06
Sunday was my own time. When I was wondering with Simon we went to the beat bookstore and I saw an ad for a cemetery bike tour. Jenny loaned me her bike and I aired the tires as she had not ridden in a while, and then left for the tour at the Colma bart […]
Posted in research, San Francisco, tour
By bluerasberry on 2010-09-04
So Simon put me on the Muni to Oakland and I meet Jenny and Jeff outside the station. I had worked with Jenny at Free and Clear in 2007 and we used to go to art events. See moved to Berkeley, got a masters degree in East Asian studies, and now she is in a […]
Posted in San Francisco, tour
By bluerasberry on 2010-08-29
This post has no interesting content at all. It is just a record to help me remember what I learned. On Thursday August 19 Simon and I dropped off the car by driving north through Golden Gate Park, into the Presidio, then west along the waterfront to the return at Fisherman’s Wharf. Simon took me […]
Posted in personal, San Francisco