This is my blogchalk:
United States, North Carolina, Carrboro, English, Paul, Male, 56-60, All Music, All Food.

Subscribe to this blog in Radio:

Friday, March 25, 2005

"I Got You, Babe" It's Groundhog Day on the Salon Radio Community Server!   10:16:37 PM    comment []

A CNN story header The 11th U.S. Circuit Court in Atlanta ruled late Friday against the parents of Terri Schiavo, who are in a desperate race to save their brain-damaged daughter. Shortly before the ruling, her father, Bob Schindler, said, "I think the people who are anxious to let her die are getting their wish." This quote should never had been reported, out of respect for the personal loss the family must be experiencing at this time. Those are private matters and have no business on in the news, no matter how “big” the story.   As for me, I would not be “anxious” to see the death of anyone, not even Tom Delay and the other politicians, members of the barracuda press, or anyone else who has shamelessly exploited this not-all-that-uncommon human tragedy. However, if the rapture should suddenly come and whisk all those assholes away, I don’t think I’d miss them.      10:06:57 PM    comment []

Another longer-term project coming to a head tonight: This is the pastrami, rolled in pepper and coriander, ready for the smoker later this evening.   The sourdough starter is finishing up day 3 (of 5) in the hyper growth phase. As I mentioned last night, this favors fast growing yeast. The sourdough tastes very sour but no longer has the pungent aroma it had the first few days. I now understand why you add flour only if mold forms. It means the sourdough yeast is no longer able to compete with the less desirable microbes and the solution is to scrape of the mold and feed the yeast. This “starvation” phase, ahead of the hyper feeding, insures that the surviving yeasts can remain dormant for long periods, a very desirable trait for something you will use at most once a week. As silly as the instructions seem initially, they make good sense when you think in terms of “training” the sourdough.     7:19:04 PM    comment []