Last night my wife and I did what hundreds of millions of people worldwide do. No, I’m not talking about that. We looked at our paychecks and bills, and tried to figure out a way to make sure we are…
Yearly Archives: 2009
Ouchie
Baby Harbat took a spill this weekend. We were at the aquarium and she was Very Excited by all the fish. She took off down a concrete ramp outside, running full speed. I’ve never seen her feet that high off…
Fakeburger
This just in! I made a portobello mushroom "burger" on Saturday, and though it looked like dessicated elephant butt, it tasted just like a hamburger. While eating it, I forgot it wasn't a hamburger, which either says bad things about…
Conundrums? Conundrii?
If only I lived in the U.K., I could be celebrating Early May Bank Holiday. Rather, I would be celebrating because my bankers were too busy celebrating to slap me with another bank fee. When did it become fashionable to…
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First Day of School
I am now officially a baker’s apprentice. I got in touch with one of the high-end artisan bakeries in town and set up a time this morning to come in and meet the master baker. This guy is a class…
Sponge Worthy
It has come to this. I am now bringing bread ingredients to work. I’m making a rustic bread tonight and my biga sponge starter needs to stay in the fridge, but not too long, and then be out of the…
MP-Whee
I have an old mp3 player. There, I said it, I’m not ashamed. That much. It’s a brick of a thing made by Dell. It actually has 15 GB of space, but weighs as much as a Kenworth transaxle and…
Bread-u-cation
Hello to all my new readers! I’m seeing hits from India and Australia. Welcome to my small and bread-filled world. This week has been especially busy. Last night I got on the phone with a friend, hooked on my Bluetooth,…
Taking it to the Next Level
This blog title feels like a Smoove B column, but I still think it applies. For the past several months, I’ve been driving by a building that used to be a Barbecues Galore. No more. It shut down and…
The Bell Tolls for Me
Shortly after we moved into our house last fall, a phone rang. Funny, we don’t have a home phone. Turns out there’s a 50s-era phone ringer built in to the wall near the entryway. It has a nice brass plate…
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