Slowly but surely I'm getting a feel for the dough and the ratios. Regardless, it all tastes great but I need to tweak some small things to make it A+. Wife says I'm being too hard on myself, but I think it's because she's not used to hearing me vocally insult myself while working - it's usually while writing code in another part of the...
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Apple pie. I’m just going to go with apple pie.
Trying to define what America “is” right now is just too difficult. After another ebb and flow of alcohol, insomnia and stress followed by intense exercise, meditation and volunteering – I’ve cut out news & social media again. It just puts me in a bad headspace and I have friends on all sides.
I know
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The topic of Albums came up a few months ago and I was surprised at how it’s morphed. Some friends' teenage girls were at dinner and I asked them what albums they are listening to and they said, ‘I don’t. I just go by mood.’
I suppose I’ve done the same thing eons ago by making mixes (now called ‘playlists’) of songs that fit a...
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Like many others, Wife and I are taking the opportunity to clean house – hang pictures, throw out stuff we don’t need, the whole nine yards. One of our issues is that NEITHER of us can get rid of books – especially those that we have an emotional connection with. Yes, we often own the same book on our e-readers, but it doesn’t matter.
We’ve
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A bunch of friends have asked me about baking recently and I give the disclaimer, “I am still a beginner and pretty crappy, but I’ll tell you what I know so far.” Being at home so much made me decide to experiment more since the goal is to have food and not necessarily be pretty.
Round loaf: Not too shabby. Added a few extra cuts...
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I talked to a friend who works at Oakland hospital today and asked her to give me the straight scoop. It went like this.
Me : 'So what IS happening to you, are you slammed more than normal or what is the truth?!'
Her: The ER is overloaded, they have a whole section for respiratory that is overflowing. They say there aren't enough masks for...
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I’m going to get this out, depressing as it is, because I can’t get my brain to stop chewing on it and writing helps make it stop. I’ll be linking all my references in the text – feel free to click and read for yourself. Real talk: I’ve been drinking too much again and need to slap myself around and get it together.
This is...
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Since a ton of us are going to be homebound for a while, and it was blog homework this week, I’m getting off my butt to review my favorite shows I’ve been watching lately. I put one from each of the major channels (Netflix, Hulu and Amazon) cause if you’re like my friends, you’re just using one at a time.
First, when you really need...
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