Exceptionally cuddly and good-natured. Is he getting sick?
In a last-minute change of plans, Meghan made potato salad with bacon and homemade mayonnaise, which the dude enjoyed immensely.
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The party did not want to strike a bargain with the ancient aboleth.
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Note for posterity: The dude does not like being in the sun, at least not with temperatures above ~80. Frankly, I can't blame him, though it will make his apparent future career as a beach bum more difficult.
Meghan and Sarah made a kind of salade niçoise, quinoa with tomatoes, olives, and fresh cheese, and awesome garlicky grilled veggies.
Also, the dude (not having had a nap) got wound up pretty easily, and threw a box at Elliott, hitting him in the forehead. Not Cool. More our fault than his.
Nathan doesn't get that Elliott isn't as quick or capable as he is; Elliott is fascinated by this talking whirlwind.
Jon, Sarah, and Elliott! Haven't seen them in like forever; much catching up.
Helped Greg move a cedar chest. (In hindsight, should have helped him move tons more.)
Trimmed trees whose branches were screeching against the carport roof.
Fun morning.
"Birth of the Cool" by Miles Davis. Every high school jazz band wants to sound like this; none do.
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Ballard Locks. Explained locks to the dude; saw steelhead heading upstream. The dude got too hot.
Camera bag which holds *everything* I could need (USB cable, battery charger, lens cap, etc.).
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Left for a shopping-and-Ballard-Locks trip. The dude fell asleep in less than a mile. Returned for a nap.
Meghan made pasta primavera.
Oh my God that pizza al tonno is so good. It's like if salade niçoise were a pizza.
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He sat through a 64-page book. Doubt he understood everything, but he did like the snowman the mice made.
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Helped Greg and Jocelyn unpack books.
Ran around making sure that smoke coming from the service was just smoldering, not actually burning. Most of it seems to be due to not gracefully handling other peoples' problems. So far, so not-too-bad.
Service went live on our [REDACTED] point of sale. Successfully handled [REDACTED] transactions with a few bugs but no major failures. Provisional success!
Missed a bus, so experimented with the camera. Learning lots about composition, but still not licensed to use any manual settings.
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The phone has stopped taking pictures, or rather, stopped writing the resulting image files. Have a lead, but haven't read through it carefully enough to proceed.
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