Quantifying the Last 24 Hours

8:00 p.m. on April 30 through 8:00 p.m. on May 1
0.33: piano burnings attended (I was there, but had to leave just before the piano was lit)
3.0: approximate bushels of laundry folded (seriously: who knew laundry baskets used the bushel as the unit of measure?)
1: nocturnal pukefests cleaned up
4: miles run (via the Arb and campus; to and from the site of the piano burning)
6: hours slept (see the “pukefest” item, above)
8: approximate minutes of piano-burning video I watched online today
32: ounces of coffee consumed
2: Carleton classes in which I gave a version of my “grants talk”
1: ties worn to work
180: approximate number of days since I last wore a tie to work
360: approximate number of comments from my kids about my wearing a tie to work
40: emails answered (minimum)

BONUS data related to Friday afternoon “bike riding”
60: minutes of total “riding bikes” time
5: number of kid-powered vehicles used
3: number of kids in the expedition
200: maximum total number of feet traveled

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