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Got invited to a sushi party on Saturday. The hosts gave a demo on how to roll the sushi and had all the ingredients set up in stations. I jumped right in and rolled a delicious roll – though most folks would have said it was a little bland.<\/p>\n

And bland is normally how I roll, but I got out of my comfort zone and tried all kinds of rolls – while rarely knowing what was in them. It was awesome to try all the combinations and I ate a staggering amount of sushi.<\/p>\n

And the conversation was as good as the food. Kind of amazing to talk to a room full of very clever people with some serious brain power. I felt a little smarter just for having among them. \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0Sort of like the opposite of facebook, actually.<\/p>\n

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The cold weather meant that the tires on my car didn’t have quite enough pressure in them – and my car helpfully told me this. With an unhelpful “low tire pressure warning” – but not which tire(s). It’s like that accursed “check engine” light. Yes, we know something is wrong, but we’re only going to give your part of the story – even though we know what the real problem is.<\/p>\n

So, I went over to sheetz to their air pump. There was a car in front of me and I waited patiently till they were done. When I pulled into place, I realize there were now 2 cars behind me. But, I needed to check all 4 tires since I didn’t know which one or ones were the problem. I set the gauge and set to work.<\/p>\n

Cap off, nozzle in place, watch the gauge. Pressure up, nozzle off, cap back on. Repeat x3. Only one tire was really low, but they all got a little attention.<\/p>\n

I darted from tire to tire until I was done – then replaced the nozzle and was on my way. Felt a little like I was my own pit crew.<\/p>\n

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So, the photo project I was in a while ago had finally finished up. Today was the book release party and I went over to pick up my print and buy the book. It… was not really my scene. Once I had my copy in hand I headed out. I guess I could have made the effort to talk to some of the other art models in the project, but for whatever reason it just didn’t really interest me.<\/p>\n

Here’s the cover and my print.<\/p>\n

\"backingArts2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Not my best photo, but I’m okay with it. \u00a0Thus completes my 15 minutes of fame. \u00a0Well, at least until it’s Polar Bear Plunge time again.<\/p>\n

Also, I noticed that the glare on the picture makes the cover look like it’s saying Ducking the Arts. \u00a0It’s “Backing”, actually – though Ducking the Arts is much funnier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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