A Good Week

I have to say, I am delighted by the many things I have explored in the last week.

1. What a tapped R is (hello, Scottish accent!).
2. The origin of the phrase/meme, "understood the assignment," which is now everywhere. (Do we think that siu @thering26 tells people that she's the origin?)
3. The origin of Gotham as a reference to NYC (the relevant part).
4. That Sherpas are a Tibetan ethnic group (specifically, not an honorific or job title (lower case s)).
5. How to play the opening sequence of Green Day's Holiday on ukulele. Much joy!
6. How to bounce a soccer ball with my feet. I am up to all of THREE foot strikes with the ball before I lose control and drop it. I am delighted given I started the week not being able to even flip the ball up for a single strike.

I also know how to roast garlic now (I mean, I knew, but now I really know), that Shkhara is the second tallest mountain in Europe and is in Georgia, that Little Armenia in Los Angeles is closer to Silver Lake than I realized (but still not close), and that "when a measure becomes a target, the ceases to be a good measure" is Goodhart's law.

I survived the divorce mediation, visited Mt Wilson observatory, spent hours with friends, ate the biggest salad, and completed 3 PRs. I worked through some anger and managed to stop some bad behaviour directed at me. Dealt with a large number of very, very big items on my to-do list. Travelled I don't know how many miles, and let my soul catch up to my body. Jetlag is still a thing, but its grip is lessening.

"Gotham" has been a nickname for New York City that first became popular in the 19th century; Washington Irving had first attached it to New York in the November 11, 1807, edition of his Salmagundi, a periodical which lampooned New York culture and politics. Irving took the name from the English village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, which was known for the Wise Men of Gotham story, a legendary incident where the village's residents feigned idiocy to prevent a royal visit from John, King of England.