Reading Seth’s interest in getting started with bread (see comments on my Friday post) got me thinking about the best first-time bread. I started with the no-knead recipe from Cook’s Illustrated and was really blown away by the look and…
Yearly Archives: 2009
Unngh…shreeep! Gungh…uh…
I’ve started to read comic books. Ahem. Graphic novels. A friend of mine, Lord English from the Stately English Manor, got me into it. I read an interview with Alan Moore on Salon, and enjoyed his V for Vendetta comic…
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Everyone Remain Calm!
Public tension is threatening to disrupt society over my blog and delightfully pedestrian musings, particularly over the provenance of my daughter’s nickname. I say unto the masses, “Be calm. The explanation is here.” Baby Harbat. The first part is…
Sleeping with the Fishes
I had a triple feature of dreams last night. It began with a swim through my backyard that was a few feet deep in water from the pool overflowing. Neighbor kids were swimming next door and waded over to my…
Dinobreadasaurus
Daylight Savings threw everyone into a tizzy on Sunday. Baby Harbat decided nap time would come much, much later than normal, then spent first 20 minutes of nap standing up in her crib, throwing every loose object onto the floor,…
Beautiful Decay
I’ve always been interested in places that were something once. In San Francisco a friend of mine took me to a waterfront area chock-a-block with old warehouses, classically-detailed buildings filled with mysterious and massive electrical equipment, and huge fenced-off areas…
Tastes Hobbity
[Disclaimer: If you haven’t seen the Lord of the Rings movies, this post will make no sense to you.] [Disclaimer 2: If you have seen the movies, this still won’t make sense. Onward!] Two dreams about making bread. …
Plop Plop Fizz Fizz
My wife recently told me about a new product that could radically improve our lives. She found it in the Solutions catalog. This company, if you aren’t hip, provides “solutions” to life’s persistent problems. One of their solutions is a…
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