For the first time on the same trip that I first saw the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Since then, not as often. It is pretty impressive, though, that I would have to admit. However, I’m going to hijack the intent of this TID entirely and say that awesome though Michelangelo’s David may be, by some standar...
Many times. Parochial bloody list. But I can’t think what a good version of this activity ought to be for people who don’t live in Europe. Been in the Statue of Liberty’s head? Had your supper stolen by a gull at the Sydney Opera House? Walked across the Grand Coolee Dam? That’s the odd thing about...
As good as my word, in search of the solution to my sticky dough issue, I made a loaf covering with a tea-towel throughout all the fermentation. The result was not good.
After rising overnight, the dough, which started off as a stiff 50% hydration, was once again like waffle batter, only stick...
The sign says: It is three weeks that this glass is here on the ground. I don't know who has the job of removing it ... If you leave a broom near here, I will clean it, if whoever ought to do it doesn't come. That may be a smiley too. It went up on Wednesday, but I didn't have my camera. I sna...
In 1977 my then wife and I went to Toronto. She had a real job and so, amazingly, did I, earning something unimaginable like $10,000 a year as a postdoc. We had plenty. And I think we were truly satisfied. But this is a silly topic, because every study I am aware of shows absolutely no link between...
