Power was out to start the day at the conference hotel this morning but the HVAC is kicking now to catch up. Airspot confirms there is good air movement. Unremarkable cup of coffee. #ALXcaffeinary

Travel coffee roundup for #ALXcaffeinaty

Drinking coffee from my holiday mug for the last time this season while I contemplate whether split pea soup or pepperoncini dip + pizza will be more comforting. #ALXcaffeinary

Steeping a cup of leap year tea. #ALXCaffeinary

I'd like to speak to the pharmeowcist. Alt text for quoted pic: a bodega cat with an alert expression is in front of a section of OTC health products.

I'm a little concerned about how swampy might relate to exploding cephalopod from the Emojic 8 Ball. xkcd.com/1525/

I suppose the smart thing to do is hunker down in my hotel, eat cheese, and knit. But I have a theater ticket I want to use 😭.

I am supposed to be making a side dish for dinner, but my brother's dog chose me for a snooze buddy. I think he must miss me the months between visits.

It was very close, but I lost this episode of yarn chicken. If you look close at the mitten on the left, the last two rounds of the thumb are solid red and slightly tighter gauge. Definitely close enough to not fuss over. (It might even look better.)

Christmas Day yarn chicken. I need yarn the length of 34 loops around my middle three fingers to cover 23 rows of colorwork for the thumb. 🧶

While I was macguyvering a spoon for my yogurt I discovered that the hotel fridge froze it. Now I'm breaking up chunks with a knitting needle to simply pick up and chomp.

I needed one more hotel night to keep loyalty status so I bopped around Mpls for a couple days before I drove up north. I like how smudges made my camera have astigmatism looking at the night skyline.

I thought my east coast body clock would earn me a quiet hotel breakfast, but then a man sat down at the next table for a teams call. Now I'm learning about Coriolis meter sales.

Day 8, observed, of #ALXBeercember is The Answer's Nhe light lager.

Day 7, observed, of #ALXBeercember is Fat Orange Cat's Stay at Home Dad New England IPA. Did you know that despite being vibrant blue and yellow, ribbon eels are colorblind?

I got 13 minutes back when a meeting ended early and watching this for 9 or those minutes was delightful. It kinda sounds like the mandalorian?

Day 6, observed, of #ALXBeercember is Burley Oak's 100 Citra double IPA. It was rather bitter and very orange rind-y so I felt less guilty about only having a few sips cheating on my post-donation instructions.

Donate blood and save lives. And shed microplastics! Good air ventilation in this community room.

Day 5, observed, of #ALXBeercember was the Infinite Groove, a hazy IPA from Brix City.

Now that the sun's up we've got sun dogs.

Is it really Luciadagen unless it is bitterly cold when I'm up before the crack of dawn? Thankful the rental car started.

I haven't watched The Price is Right in years and today I watched two people spin the wheel for $1 and a third barely miss. Uncommon, right?

My office is having a toy drive and someone brought in these awesome Hulk mitts. I really want to just try them on, but my hands are probably too big anyway. I just gotta imagine some kid going bonkers over unwrapping this.

I have a candy recipe from grandma that I cook until the color is just so, add pecans, and then cook until it smells just right. No clue what the candy thermometer readings should be.

Days 3 and 4, observed, of #ALxBeercember are Barrique Be'rēk Czech-style pilsner (not my new fav, but fine) and Old Nation Brewing Boreal dry hopped lager (the perfect lager for IPA lovers? DNF)

Still miffed this morning that the National Christmas Tree was not lit up last night after the holiday concert let out at Constitution Hall.

Day 2, observed, of #ALXBeercember is Phase Three Burger Boy dIPA. I'm not much for IPAs, but this seems like the hops are on the mellow side. And did you know electric eels can create enough electricity to kill a horse?

USA Swimming has awarded me the Golden Lane Line for pharmacy informatics.

OMG I'm going to make eyeball mitts 😆

Looking forward to a 2027 Nissan Rogue Lumberjack Edition. Maybe some Norway pine panels recovered from the storm Up North last summer.

More than a million dollars raised in a week, primarily from the skyline, to fight hunger. Amazing.

Join me in logging a donation to fight hunger for team RxHunger. #HCWvsHunger

Cut loose from jury duty today. I guess I was extra and just hung out in the jury assembly room all day. Sure glad I brought a book and a crossword to pass time offline.

Here's another skyline keeper recipe. Less than an hour to prep and cook. And that included unboxing and reading instructions for the pressure cooker.

Update: the rammy pie is done and I got the cutest lil turkey lagniappe in a package from the @measuredandslow.bsky.social shop.

I am very proud of this pie. The Friendsgiving hosts will once again wonder if I didn't get enough dinner. But I'm saving room to savor the pie.

I also get my lil pat-on-the-back bonus paid out in yarn credit from the LYS I can walk to from the office. 🧶 Work hard, get crafty time!

I searched my name and I have no unknown eligible publications. But someone is using my name as a pen name? I hope she files a claim for our beautiful name.

Barn door! at the Hilton I think bonvoy was patient zero, but it's spreading...barn doors don't belong on bathrooms.

If I could pick two people today from my skyline to have dinner with it would be the guy who reports on Jeopardy! players shaking hands and the moot who tracks how bad people are at guessing the value of a boat showcase on the Price is Right.

Me, getting dropped off at 30th Street Station Amtrak last week instead of PHL airport.

Time to hoard bucatini again.

26,000 tons?

This post about trains posted while riding a train.

This update from a colleague departing PHL this morning has me happy this conference was close enough I could take a train. "TSA line had to be a mile long at 3:45am this morning. I got through it in 45 minutes. TSA agents were working hard this morning."

Got a piece of apple pie to go from the hotel restaurant, intending to eat it for breakfast, but they brought it out warm and with a side of ice cream. Ok, ice cream and half the pie.

I'm moderating a panel next week and the conference organizer asked me to add an "I am speaking" thing to my LinkedIn. Virginia folks will know why I can't bring myself to do it. Aside from neglecting that platform in general.

Did not expect to need a knife for dessert....

This was a fire drill I did not need this morning.

My favorite nail polish colors: Strawberry Margarita (E) Got Myself into a Jambalaya (O) Watermelon (E) Less is Norse (O) Aurora Berryalis (O) Off Tropic (E) (Un)Guilty Pleasure (E) Vodka & Caviar (O, DC'd 😭)