The New World of Lonnie Mandigo

Morning routine. Day planning. SESIG discussion. Automation work. First Tuesday lunch. Continued email summarization. Upper Hand appointments. Google workspace integration. Minecraft gaming. Beer at Suds.

Morning routine. Upper Hand and Dr. Tsai appointments. Breakfast with Zelda. Ontological cleanup work. Book Club scheduling via Doodle. KAI proxy project initiated. Minecraft infrastructure completion. Weighted vest walk to Suds. Beer with Brian, Jack, and Tim.

Morning routine. Weekly Review at Coffee Culture. Dan Carlin on Alexander the Great. OSU gymnastics meet with Rajeev. Minecraft with Leland. Philomath Salon on emerging adulthood. Book Club announcement. Hot tub reflections.

Joey photo shoot at Fayetteville Road. Ian Page's CHON discussion on biocompatible plastics and self-assembling proteins. Minecraft transit building.

Morning routine. SESIG discussing autonomous driving, 3D scanning for preservation, and retirement reflections. Ordered Melanie Mitchell's AI book for Book Club and began listening. Minecraft transportation networks. Emma's autobiography. Beer:30 conversations.

Morning routine. Session workflow optimization improvements. Read Emma's book chapter on puberty challenges. Automated the "set up tomorrow" workflow. Leland conversation about building Titanic in Minecraft. Minecraft progress connecting Port Alegre to Lelandhome. Yin yoga. Documentation refinement.

Morning routine. SESIG discussion on fabrication and AI training. Google Contacts MCP development. Exercise and documentation work. Philomath Salon response on intelligence and leadership. Minecraft infrastructure. Walk to Suds for pizza. Yin Yoga. Formal Logic lectures on validity and soundness.

Morning ritual. Leland's egg-in-a-hole breakfast collaboration. Dakota's birthday celebration with finger foods and conversations about generational intelligence. Family time with Loni, Sam, and the boys. Pizza, 102 Dalmatians, bedtime stories, Minecraft in the Cassia world.

  SESIG—variety of topics. A little more keyword processing. Played Minecraft a bit to show Leland Lelandhome. A lot more keyword processing. Walked to American Dream Pizza on Monroe for beer with Michael and Mary. Got Thai take out, went to Michael and Mary's for dinner with Quinn. Played cribbage and drank cognac until Mary brought me home. Woke up in the middle of the night and finished the keywording task. It was a day that didn't feel very productive but I pushed through an issue that has been bugging me. I guess it was okay.

Listened to Find Your Fitness—beginning of an episode on exercise intensity. Worked on laundry. Annual physical with Dr. Cleary. Worked on planning for the day, set up a reminder for lab work. Called Dr. Tsai's office, made an appointment for Jan. 26 to get hand repaired. Fixed breakfast—an omelet using the pepper I grew and fondue from last night. Spent too much time trying to resurrect my backpack order. Called United—no flights for Joey on necessary days. Spent afternoon playing Minecraft, worked on road between Porto Alegre and Lelandhome. Went to Suds. Watched Ancient Civilizations—further explored impact of insane emperors. Learned need to manually airdrop notes from phone to desktop. Sydne reported coffee from Corvallis Coffee & Tea is most excellent.

Listened to Net Assessment's National Defense Strategy evaluation—incoherent and poorly assembled, written for Trump who won't read it because it's too long. Kitchen cleanup. Accumulated Joey's belongings in a box, put in the guest bedroom closet. Breakfast listening to "Never Split the Difference"—lessons wished I'd learned before Mexico. Day planning. Cleaned bird feeders. Wrapped Leland's presents, took them to Sydne's—they were preparing for a gathering focused on Dakota's family. Bought groceries. Other household tasks. Played Minecraft, created Lelandhome. Prepped fondue. Cathy, Mary, and Michael came over for Rare Exports night—noshed on great appetizers, watched the movie, fun evening. Woke later to message from Joey confirming New Zealand trip. Worked on trip planning, drank tea. Back to bed, slept through the rest of the night. Winter solstice holidays truly the low point of the year, particularly the run up—could be in a crowd of lov...

Book club meeting—scheduling conflicts with upcoming meetings, Dec. 18 is a popular day. Disassembled photo studio. KAI discussion—set objective to give presentation on Jan. 10, 2026. Turkey broth in fridge—should cook down further, make paste. Minecraft—built most of rail bed between Porto Alegre and Telluride. Bus to Squirrels. Met Dave, marine biologist at OSU, discussed living in Corvallis and commuting to Newport. Chatted with Steve—pondered analogy and metaphor with respect to AI reasoning, no clear conclusions yet. Steve brought me home. Ancient Civilizations—Han Dynasty overview.