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Nurse Dave's Journal
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As you say, whatever.
2754 days of consecutive shaving - 1251 open-blade
Tedalus Essence w/ Feather Proguard (1)
Strop Shoppe Solsetio
Barber Pole
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea Deep
Tom Ford Oud Minerale
It's interesting. A lot of the Strop Shoppe soaps have lost most of their scent, but this one is still decently strong. Crazy weather here recently. Lots of rain yesterday with a moment of craziness last night that left hail that looked like a coating of snow on the streets and cars. But, I toughed it out okay. The hospital is going through a "Magnet survey" which is basically a certification of a high level of involvement of nurses in all levels of decision making of the hospital. Had to sit in a room through three sessions of that today. One more tomorrow morning. But hey, free lunch and breakfast.
Tedalus Essence w/ Feather Proguard (1)
Strop Shoppe Solsetio
Barber Pole
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea Deep
Tom Ford Oud Minerale
It's interesting. A lot of the Strop Shoppe soaps have lost most of their scent, but this one is still decently strong. Crazy weather here recently. Lots of rain yesterday with a moment of craziness last night that left hail that looked like a coating of snow on the streets and cars. But, I toughed it out okay. The hospital is going through a "Magnet survey" which is basically a certification of a high level of involvement of nurses in all levels of decision making of the hospital. Had to sit in a room through three sessions of that today. One more tomorrow morning. But hey, free lunch and breakfast.
2756 days of consecutive shaving - 1253 open-blade
Tedalus Essence w/ Feather Proguard (2)
Leftovers
Stirling Synth
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea Deep
Le Labo Cuir 28
The Magnet site visit went really well and we shouldn't have any problem being certified, but official word takes a few months.
Today's positive: Cobb salad
Today's negatives: Staff HR issues and my boss rescheduling a meeting that will go until 4:30 on a Friday. That means I won't be home with a cigar until at least 4:45.
Tedalus Essence w/ Feather Proguard (2)
Leftovers
Stirling Synth
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea Deep
Le Labo Cuir 28
The Magnet site visit went really well and we shouldn't have any problem being certified, but official word takes a few months.
Today's positive: Cobb salad
Today's negatives: Staff HR issues and my boss rescheduling a meeting that will go until 4:30 on a Friday. That means I won't be home with a cigar until at least 4:45.
FIFY
2759 days of consecutive shaving - 1254 open-blade
Rockwell 6S w/ Israeli Personna (2)
Leftovers
Stirling synth
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea Deep
Hermetico Source 1
Well just as the Olympics declare an end to the games, I declare the start to another work week. Lots of little doings happening. Work wise brings an end to a multi state strike that was going into week 4 or 5 or something. Officially I have no position on things and will state that I'm happy it seems many agreements have been made to bring our workers back. Unofficially it's always maddening to see what social media posts about things like this. There are always complaints about the cost of health care and insurance and that's a whole different discussion. But when things like this happen, the outcry is pay them what they are worth and the corporations are always bad people. What's the #1 expense in healthcare? Labor. So simultaneously people want wages raised in one of the states healthcare workers are paid the highest, and yet for everything to cost less. All why really not knowing any of the arguments at the table or actual facts supporting them.
Meanwhile, off the soapbox, the weekend was pretty good. Lots of little errands done. Got my haircut first thing on Saturday morning to get that crap outta the way. I've found the cover to the keypad for opening the garage open a few times. Could have been wind, but just to be safe I installed a camera over the garage. My buddies at K&L Wines sent me an email with several prices that were lowered just for me. I noticed they had a couple of selections from Iceland and remembered how I loved the couple of samples I bought there. Neither of my purchases were the same flavor as what I tried before. One is a birch liqueur, which has the same flavor profile of what I wanted, but the liqueur part meant the ABV was too low and it was much much too sweet. I would like it over ice cream though. The other is a special Icelandic aquavit, which is basically vodka but in Iceland it's flavored with caraway or dill. Then this one has rye bread, which was baked in a stone over heated from the ground, ripped up and soaked in the aquavit and then filtered out. I drank this during the zoom call and a cigar so I was not concentrating too much on it and my taste was somewhat altered, but it was enjoyable. The interesting part was not noticing rye until sometime after drinking I took a large inhale and smelled and tasted rye in a very pleasant way. From what I read, this one is drank straight, but their standard aquavit is drank cold as shot much like vodka. I'll pick that up sometime to compare.
Rockwell 6S w/ Israeli Personna (2)
Leftovers
Stirling synth
Thayer's Lemon
Nivea Deep
Hermetico Source 1
Well just as the Olympics declare an end to the games, I declare the start to another work week. Lots of little doings happening. Work wise brings an end to a multi state strike that was going into week 4 or 5 or something. Officially I have no position on things and will state that I'm happy it seems many agreements have been made to bring our workers back. Unofficially it's always maddening to see what social media posts about things like this. There are always complaints about the cost of health care and insurance and that's a whole different discussion. But when things like this happen, the outcry is pay them what they are worth and the corporations are always bad people. What's the #1 expense in healthcare? Labor. So simultaneously people want wages raised in one of the states healthcare workers are paid the highest, and yet for everything to cost less. All why really not knowing any of the arguments at the table or actual facts supporting them.
Meanwhile, off the soapbox, the weekend was pretty good. Lots of little errands done. Got my haircut first thing on Saturday morning to get that crap outta the way. I've found the cover to the keypad for opening the garage open a few times. Could have been wind, but just to be safe I installed a camera over the garage. My buddies at K&L Wines sent me an email with several prices that were lowered just for me. I noticed they had a couple of selections from Iceland and remembered how I loved the couple of samples I bought there. Neither of my purchases were the same flavor as what I tried before. One is a birch liqueur, which has the same flavor profile of what I wanted, but the liqueur part meant the ABV was too low and it was much much too sweet. I would like it over ice cream though. The other is a special Icelandic aquavit, which is basically vodka but in Iceland it's flavored with caraway or dill. Then this one has rye bread, which was baked in a stone over heated from the ground, ripped up and soaked in the aquavit and then filtered out. I drank this during the zoom call and a cigar so I was not concentrating too much on it and my taste was somewhat altered, but it was enjoyable. The interesting part was not noticing rye until sometime after drinking I took a large inhale and smelled and tasted rye in a very pleasant way. From what I read, this one is drank straight, but their standard aquavit is drank cold as shot much like vodka. I'll pick that up sometime to compare.
Oh, I forgot a few tidbits. I think I mentioned this once before, but everyone needs to try Wizamet blades. Using something other than that, I'm reminded why Wizamet is the only one I need to rebuy. Today's shave was good, but yesterday with a fresh blade, especially the first pass was pretty rough until the blade smoothed out. Ain't no reason to be using this money maker to deburr a blade.
And on the Zoom call, Steven called me out for not posting pretty pictures of our charcuterie dinners. Yesterday was supposed to be wine and cheese night, but my wife didn't stop for previsions on her way home and I had been drinking Iceland's best so I couldn't run out. I'll see if we can satisfy his request this week.
And on the Zoom call, Steven called me out for not posting pretty pictures of our charcuterie dinners. Yesterday was supposed to be wine and cheese night, but my wife didn't stop for previsions on her way home and I had been drinking Iceland's best so I couldn't run out. I'll see if we can satisfy his request this week.
Don't Forget your Homework Young Man "Said very loosely"
I have a very good friend who is Islandic, so I have had a few run ins with Aquavit. At her wedding we all did a shot to toast the new couple. She comes home from trips there with the "good stuff"...I think I've been spoiled, haha. I remember loving how the caraway/rye flavour creeps up as a finish. Lovely stuff.
Says the guy that still hasn't seen Ratatouille
No re-direction or Deflection there Bougie
Someone has his own homework.
You’re using the driveway to deburr? What else could it be?
I'm just defining the order of operations