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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • Yeah, might work if the starter he used was fully isolated, but I kinda doubt that was done.

    But it always kinda trips me out how even experienced bakers think sourdough has to have some kind of magic seed to work as sourdough. It doesn’t matter what you start with, the flour you feed with, and the environment you’re in are going to have yeast already present, so you’ll eventually end up with whatever is in those being what’s doing the work, not what was in the inoculation.

    Same with the lactobacilli, whatever strain is present locally is going to end up as the working strain.






  • Hell, be an rpg hero and make it a lending library to your actively playing associates.

    The only parts of my collection that I don’t lend out are the absurdly difficult to replace box kits. Even then, I’ll make copies of the material. My kid’s d&d group plays 5e, but the DM has borrowed some of my 3.x books for ideas, and has (with full supervision because I’m a little protective) had access to my spelljammer box (before they redid it).

    Besides, I may end up running a game again. Most of my regular players have expressed interest, and it’s only scheduling that keeps it from happening. Shit, I might even do a game with the original rule materials some day, the way I used to do ad&d short games (a few months of a story, or breaking out a module) when we were playing 3.x






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    13 days ago

    Man, I feel that.

    I can’t say I love wasps and hornets, but I respect them (well away from me), but I try to. They’re terrifyingly beautiful.

    But bees? As much as they make my nethers pucker up, I love those little guys.

    But it took me years before I could stay chill around them instead of running away and screaming. Except bumbles, they’ve always been an exception to my phobia.






  • Plenty. Music and books in particular. I’m usually behind on making legit buys, but I treat piracy partially like a library where I can try before I buy.

    That isn’t saying I buy everything I pirate, I don’t. But if I like it enough to keep the files, I’ll wait until I find a good sale and eventually get a legit copy in some format.

    I also do it in reverse, where I’ll buy something, but pirate a digital copy when it’s more convenient. That’s typically for paper books and music on vinyl. Sometimes I’ll even pirate a copy of a CD if I’m not up to dealing with the ripping (disability means I don’t always have stamina for everything, so stuff like ripping a cd is low priority).