Another solid week

My assorted fitness apps don't show me as having completed 100 km of biking this week. They would, but I failed to record one commute home (I snapped my chain less than 1 km in, fixed it, and failed to restart my watch when I had fixed the chain), and failed to record part of one ride (coming home from my second bout volunteering at the somerville bike kitchen). But I did exceed 100 km of biking, I met my goal of 66 km of running, and I hit 100 reps on my strength exercises on every strength day this week.

Today was very productive. I etched level markings onto both of my 6 gallon glass carboys,with a line every half gallon; perhaps I should do another set of lines for metric levels. I filtered and bottled my makgeolli (the liquid was mixed with 4 liters of water and bottled, 3 bottles with 2.5 mL of raspberry flavoring and 3 with 2.5 mL of orange flavoring), for a total of 36 12-ounce bottles and a 4-liter jug which are all presently resting at room temperature. I removed the airlocks from the honey and maple meads and capped them. The orange zest/vodka mixture got gravity filtered, I took out a lot of trash, stirred my nukadoko bed, bought groceries, did dishes, washed the makgeolli urn, de-iced the freezer, hooked up the AC unit, refilled my water tank, and bought a new belt.

The belt is a "cache belt" from a company called Wazoo survival gear. It has about 65 cm of continuous pocket built in, which I plan to fill with a basic complement of survival equipment. The buckle also has a small storage compartment, which will hold a signal mirror (designed for the purpose) and possibly other equipment. I'm also, for no particular reason, working on designs for a bracelet and a ring designed to help the user escape from restraints. I've become rather interested in kevlar line, possibly with diamond dust or another abrasive embedded in it. Handcuff keys are interesting (while possibly requiring an extension to use effectively), but arguably an abrasive line will work against more restraints. There is also the issue of using tungsten carbide and other materials to break through windows. A ring could conceivably include a tungsten carbide section or bead, possibly worn turned in to the palm side. When needed, it could be turned outwards and used to shatter a glass window.