More Ice Cream Gifts and Some Punk

Berkeley, Thursday, August 6, 2026 0:07 am

Late evening writing. My fault, who else fault would be. Then, why do I get to the office late?

2 ounces of pinot noir in. It was a left over from two days ago or so.

About the title, I do wish I arrived half hour earlier to the BBQ. But it was an intersting conversation. However, one really needs to be mindful of a drink or more and driving. That risk is beyond the self.

While I brought some ice cream containers, a couple. One kind of ice cream I really like. I received as a gift one of those containers, 8 mini cone ice cream, very good ones, some tequila, and an artisanal IPA beer from LA, which some how the day after opening tasted better, or that could have been related to yesterday’s conversation.

I do regret, complains in here, about some ice sandwiches gifts from now almost two months ago. And I am of course eating those new ice cream one. This thing of knocking on the neighbor doors for providing ice cream is not that realistic. Not now.

I will bring some of the cones to the office. They might melt on the backpack, but these kind of cones seems tolerant.

Weight is again about 4 pounds above my average from most of the spring. Still, however, below, a threshold were is still is fine. But that is something to keep an eye on. When a friend has been around, and this might be a coincidence with some school time and stress, might be, that weight was even 8 pounds, or even 9 pound above from point I would like to keep as target. That one could have been unhealthy, now things are fine.

A bit of alcohol now and then also influences the weight.

I was thinking that, in this is from a point of ignorance, that since in the past, particularly in low land cities, water was polluted, so despite the roman aqueducts, conducting water from the mountains to cities, wine, and in some parts beer, was preferred. It would depend also on the economics of the household I would guess. Ok. A detour, some days ago, I was thinking on the process of producing wine. One of the things I like about wine is that is so transparent. It is just about squeezing the grapes, and let the wine ferment?

Back to the topic, I recall, when reading some parts of the symposium from Plato, I might have finished that book, 6 years ago, I do not recall if I read the entire thing, but I recall Socrates discussion with others in the gathering while having wine.

That brings me, again from the point of ignorance, was many of the works of literature we read, classics, greek, and even we did not have potable pipe water until about 120 years ago or so; were those works written under some influence of alcohol?

OK. It can be meaningless topics, if I were to prioritize other things.

Now, other porpuse of the blog, beyond regrets, is to type somethings I have learned on the streets or elsewhere, by doing that it sometimes impregnates on memory.

Several things we do or prefer to do is because there is a customer service or someone helping one. i.e. One can park a bike for a cheap fee on a place on a secured room. However, next door there are some bike mechanics, with an positive and conflictive few times, vibe, but it is excellent. And the parking is free, but they close at 7 PM, and the charge of leaving the bike there overnight, it would be more or less equivalent to what I pay for the bike parking, of course depending how much I use, in two or three months?

Well the manager, to him has been complicated at times to have a relationship, although we share several similar aspects in character, so those things might smooth out. The manager is a very honest person. Of course, he has his opinions. I also have not showed up for one mechanic appointment, I provided a notice. And delayed another fix. But logistics found a true path even with some obscurity on those delaying misbehaviours for lack of organization of my side. Sometimes, when is not possible to get the bike on the same day is not easier to plan. But that is still part, due to my unstructured time disorder, which I might need to place sometimes barriers of defense, when needed, beyond my own discipline, which of course this room for flexibility.

OK. The manager turns out that is a punk fan. I learned today about the minor threat punk. Also one can tell right away even before talking that he is a cyclist. Those punk bands have interesting names. I have not listened to it yet, except for a brief introduction after buying groceries this evening. Another unexpected think I did not plan there. The Lord is good.

Minor threat turns out that was formed in Washington D.C. I misheard, or at least that was my understanding, that he said they are from up Washington State. I am pretty sure I hear that, but sometimes it can come the doubts of the second language.

Now, it make sense as well the area, somehow. My answer to the Washington state was that I was surprised that punk was big up there, I would rather expect a grunge band from there. Anyways, the area make more sense now. And probably there might be punk bands in Washington State as well, I would bet that in Portland for sure. I am not just recalling in this learning process while I write?

I might not have written other names, but from the area about 3 years ago I was invited to attend to hear and see a punk band from Pennsylvania, named the Menzingers. Good band!

I am full. Half hour ago or 40 minutes ago, before I started this, I was very hungry, of course it is too late for that, but I did not much today before that, and with the potential time excuse, I bought flat bread with spinach inside. Wow! So good! I did not notice that two of those come in the package. I ate one and a half. The goal was to bring those for lunch tomorrow, which I will do.

I think it is made by a Afghan family who lives in Concord CA. Those bolanis, which is the name of this flat bread, with some filling, spinach in this case, are so good!