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Learning 2 Bake – From Scratch XXVIII

German Chocolate Cake The Laird wanted German Chocolate Cake for his birthday. Who am I to say “no”? For my first cake here, it turned out OK. I can has no toothpickz, so I guessed. I was a bit off. Another 5 minutes in the oven would probably have been perfect. It was just aContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – From Scratch XXVIII”

Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XXVII

Bread I think I’ve gotten bread down. The recipe (basically half of the recipe from Brown-Eyed Baker): 1 1/2 tsp yeast1/4 cup water1 Tbl sugar1 Tbl butter, room temp1 tsp salt3 – 3 1/2 cups flour2/3 cup + 3 Tbl water Combine the first four ingredients in the mixing bowl. Let sit for a fewContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XXVII”

Every Eatery

I have a new goal: Eat at every eatery in Rapid City. That would be impossible in Denver, but I think it might be doable, here. This first post is backfill. Perkins There is a Perkins a few blocks from our house, so we have brunch there, occasionally. It’s just dandy – like every otherContinue reading “Every Eatery”

Causality is Overrated

A while back, I was watching a neat YouTube video about how Faster Than Light travel can break causality. Here it is: My reaction: So what? Causality breaks. Say you are the dude (or dudette) on the space ship that receives a reply to a message you have not yet sent. Presumably, this would beContinue reading “Causality is Overrated”

The King Needs Contractors

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wallHumpty Dumpty had a great fallAll the King’s horses and all the King’s menCouldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. Leaving aside “who thought the horses would be helpful?”, the King needed some contractors amongst his retainers. The upstairs is coming back together better, stronger, and, um, slicker than before. WeContinue reading “The King Needs Contractors”

Hyperlinks

An addition to the litany of ways our government is woefully behind the times… I’m looking into the record of my senators. Senator Thune’s website is quite helpful. What I discovered there is not. Here is some text from a linked bill (reformatted a bit, since PDF hates copy/paste): To modify conditions of funding forContinue reading “Hyperlinks”

Halloween!

This costume came up in conversation and I realized that I had only one copy of the picture and it was on my work computer. Now it’s eternal on the Intertubes! And you can’t even see the cool hoof shoes (aka pony boots) that I’m wearing. Those things are a nightmare to walk in –Continue reading “Halloween!”

Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XXVI

Poppy Seed Pastries I had no particular desire for poppy seed pastries, but they were requested by The Crochet Group, so why not? Same ol’ pastry recipe. That’s getting routine. I made a full batch and did the rollout by halves, as instructed. This works great for a thinner pastry on my tiny counter spaceContinue reading “Learning 2 Bake – from Scratch XXVI”

Metal Tango

I’m looking for some metal-styled tango music. Unfortunately, there is an actual piece called “Metal Tango” – and another “Heavy Tango” – that skews the search results. I haven’t found “the” one, yet, but here are some interesting ones: The third track, if it doesn’t start there. A bit bland, but non-traditional and one wouldn’tContinue reading “Metal Tango”

Swing Moves

“Swing” is a very ambiguous term. Leaving that aside, I want to learn more moves. I’ve tasked The Laird with picking some out. I found this YouTube video: Clearly that goes too fast to learn much (anything?) from it. “It would be nice,” I thought to myself, I thought, “if there were a way toContinue reading “Swing Moves”