20 June
2020
20 June
2020
Lunch by the railway track
Caught up with John towards the end of our motorbike ride about his family. Over lunch at a restaurant by the railway track in Woodstock. John surprised me by how much he knew about the storm in Kolkata, Indian politics and the Indian prime minister Modi. We talked about the political situation in US, the likely outcomes of the virus, how he misses seeing his step grandson in Kenya growing up (he is stuck due to virus and cannot travel) and such. Really loved the conversation and the variety of topics John has wisdom around.
Should have known this guy long time back.
For that matter, should have started riding motorbike long time back too!
20 June
2020
Everything is better on a motorbike
John and I had not gone for a motorbike ride together in a long time. We fixed that problem today with a 100 mile ride. I met John for the first time in Sep 2017. We were in the same motorbike safety class. We bonded well since we were the only two over 50 years old in the class. (The rest were 25 and below). Also, we were the only ones without any visible ink on our skin.
For both of us, it would be the first experience in riding a motorbike. Turns out we bought the same make and model of motorbike (different years). I have stuck to my good old 2017 Honda CTX 700 DCT from the first day I rode it. John, in the meanwhile, has gone thru about four motorbikes, one three wheeler and a scooter. Finally, as of two months back, he has come back to our original model. He has the 2018 version. But as you can see the bikes look near identical. Of course, John being John, his motorbike has been heavily accessorized with all sorts of gizmos and gadgets. Mine is still pretty much the same as it came when we brought it home in Nov, 2017.
It was a great ride together. The feelings that come over you as you cut thru the heavy breeze in the gently winding rural roads of Georgia on a motorbike with a friend in tow cannot be possibly described; only experienced!
18 June
2020
Morning run in rural Milton
16 June
2020
It suddenly cooled down last night
14 June
2020
From the bartender’s corner – Mr. 404
Not sure how it got its name but Mr. 404 has Vodka, Aperol, Elderflower liqueur, lemon juice and simple syrup.
Fairly interesting cocktail. The flowery, sweet elderflower liqueur continues grapples with the bitter edge of the Aperol. Neither dominates the other. The nose is definitely sweet and flowery but the length has the distinct Aperol bitterness.
14 June
2020
Pit-stop… actually, gin-stop
14 June
2020
Was not aware of this trail…
Went out to run on the new extension of the trail behind Halcyon. Last time I went to that sector was when they were just building the concrete trail. Found out today that there is a very nice trail through the woods. I had to be very careful and take higher strides so as to not let the roots trip me up…
13 June
2020
Really hard puzzle. Can you help me?
I have recently started doing Kenken puzzles (the 6×6 version). Last night, a question came to my mind and ever since I can neither solve the problem nor get it off my mind.
The usual Kenken is a 4×4 grid where you have to fill in every row and every column with the digits 1,2,3 and 4. One rule is that you have to have each one of those digits in every row and every column. (meaning therefore, no repeats in a row or column either – like Sudoku).
There are other rules for each individual Kenken problem. However, assume there is no other rule. You can fill in every row and every column with the digits 1,2,3 and 4 – with the only rule being you have to use each one of them once in every row and every column… how many such combinations are possible?
(I am attaching a picture here of an actual Kenken puzzle – but that
12 June
2020
