The Shape of Today

Friday afternoon minutiae

I am blogging rather later in the day than is usual for me, but I'm waiting for some wild rice to finish cooking and don't want to get involved in anything too intense or distracting until it's done. So here are Friday afternoon developments:

After more than a decade, I have removed the monitor stand/keyboard drawer combo from the desk. I got a new keyboard from Amazon this week (my old one was getting faded and grungy-looking) and took the opportunity to remove some clutter. The metal shelf/drawer dates from a time when monitors were much more cumbersome than they are now; even this twelve-year-old Dell monitor is not as clunky as the monitors the shelf was designed for. It sits a little lower since it's now just sitting on the desk surface, but that's not a problem. And the keyboard, though quite basic, feels wonderful. No more rattling!

The aforementioned wild rice is to be part of a broccoli casserole recipe I haven't tried before; I wanted to try something different today. I'm going to try some modifications (why use an abomination like "Cheez Wiz" when you can use actual shredded cheese?) and I'm looking forward to the results.

Rice is nearly done...time to head back to the kitchen!