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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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shalil:
🤤🤤🤤
sheashannara:
awesome stuff, good sir! Keep at it! :D
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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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unita:
looks appetizing! I love to cook, but I don’t have an oven😭
elixic:
I've had a real hard time myself figuring out what my response to everything should be. I've pretty much poured myself into my work, and started playing board games with the family as much as possible. I still do a bit of twitter lurking but I turned facebook off completely and SG is my most used version of social media website. I'm gonna go participate in a march this weekend with my son, though we're gonna take precautions by wearing long pants and long sleeved shirts, as well as masks to ensure we don't make others sick if we're contagious. We're also going to bring along some goggles in case shit gets crazy, but I really don't anticipate trouble, our community has been pretty consolidated about it all, with only a few minor confrontations. Besides that I've really decided to start being more active in local government. I'm taking tomorrow off to both find out how to engage with my city and county government, as well look up some ways to be less ignorant about the plight of minorities and women through the history of our nation. That pie looks awesome by the way, thanks for sharing, and stay safe!
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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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griffxx:
@littlejohn22 I LOVE her - seen her live twice. She's one of those artists where, if touring, Wife just assumes we're going.
sheashannara:
RUSH is one of my all-time favorite bands (RIP Peart)
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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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griffxx:
@littlejohn22 Heh, we try but each end up saying 'No! That's MINE!' over and over... :)
elizathetroll:
If they spark joy, keep them.
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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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connieweird:
yummy
lizablue:
yummy
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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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catdad:
To me, it feels like most of the rest of the world will be advancing to 2nd grade after this, but thanks to him, we'll be held back for another year in 1st because we are deemed slow.  @libris
griffxx:
@wizard0 @catdad Hugs to you too. Be safe, please. Let's all just get through this.
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marysa:
This is crazy, however I was a bit sad to read the news this weekend of supposedly too many folks visiting at the same time Crissy fields :/ Oakland feels empty but not as empty as that footage looks tho
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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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chefdaddy:
Mr Right is great and I watched the hunters with the wife. It's intense.
sheashannara:
Right now I'm watching season 2 of Altered Carbon; season 1 was really great, and so far this season is also well done