• What’s Cookin’?

    Recipe: Sourdough Hamburger Buns

      Husby has requested sourdough hamburger buns, as the soft sourdough sandwich bread is his new favorite. I’d like to use ring forms to make the sides more uniform, though. Sourdough hamburger buns are easy to make. Mix the dough in the morning and bake them fresh for dinner the same day!   Link: Sourdough Hamburger Buns

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Cheetoh-Stained Blogger Logs In To Pontificate, Updates Preferences to Ritz Crackers

    It’s Saturday, I’m listening to a “clip show” retrospective version of “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” and I’m trying to exercise my atrophied blogging muscles. I used to be a prolific long-form blogger, until Twitter, real Twitter, remodeled my brain to think in 240-character snippets. I have a desktop computer, and a wheezer of a laptop, that made this easy. And then I got more into wanting to say Something Important via my iPhone or my mini iPad, with their teeny on-screen keyboards. This is a frustrating process and I stopped blogging because it was hard to type and hard…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Cheetoh-Stained Blogger Logs In To Pontificate, Updates Preferences to Ritz Crackers

    It’s Saturday, I’m listening to a “clip show” retrospective version of “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me,” and I’m trying to exercise my atrophied blogging muscles. I used to be a prolific long-form blogger, until Twitter, real Twitter, remodeled my brain to think in 240-character snippets. I have a desktop computer, and a wheezer of a laptop, that made this easy. And then I got more into wanting to say Something Important via my iPhone or my mini iPad, with their teeny on-screen keyboards. This is a frustrating process and I stopped blogging because it was hard to type and hard…

  • Mini-Posts - Politics, Schmolitics

    You BET We’re Better Off!

    Four years ago, an incompetent braggart screwed up the scientific, public health based response to COVID-19. The world economy was at a standstill. I was furloughed, spouse was job-hunting, we stayed home and hoped like hell things would improve after the election. They did, but not until 12:01pm, January 20, 2021. www.theguardian.com/business/2024/oct/18/us-voters-economy-inflation-growth-presidential-election

  • Cycling

    Gravel Cycling: Privateers Go It Alone For Better Money

    Next, someone should create a privateer gravel race with a pirate theme. www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/oct/17/good-money-no-team-tactics-and-cute-dogs-the-rise-of-pro-cycling-freelancers “For decades, professional cycling has been dominated by European World Tour teams. But in the last decade, American gravel privateers have disrupted that paradigm.”

  • Sewing And Quilting

    Go Pro Sew Show – Genius!

    This YouTube content creator shows his camera setup for recording sewing tutorials. It’s a GoPro on an articulated arm stuck to his sewing machine so there’s a clear view on the stitching and needle, using a bike helmet mount. Genius! m.youtube.com/shorts/AAjwsinqaG8 I don’t think I’m ready to be a YouTuber.

  • All Things Interesting - Home Improvement - Sewing And Quilting

    It’s #DeclutterChallenge2024

      My sewing room serves multiple functions – guest room, computer room, exercise room, extra TV room… and it needs decluttering and reorganizing to make those functions work. #DeclutterChallenge2024 youtu.be/Y_XxkKGDe0o And my multipurpose room was full of Xmess stuff, badly arranged furniture, and clutter. Day 1 was Garbage Day. Days 2-3 were for clearing out magazines & books, but don’t have many, and they’re in my home office. So I rearranged the furniture to open up space for my training bike – goal is to get it set up this weekend. Then today, Day 4, was to get rid of…