Yesterday was the last day of my term as President of the Folsom Active 20-30 Club ( Read more... )

I've been thinking lately about the chemicals used in processed food.  Not to vilify them, but why can't we buy them?  I started down this path when I considered making better corned beef.  I had been making it with salt alone but stopped when it was made clear to me the threat of botulism wasn't being addressed by my recipe.  It contained only ( Read more... )

I'm wrapping up my year as president of a local charity club.  I'm glad I did it and glad it's over ( Read more... )

On this year's Christmas trip, I brought home my father's quite old but also high-spec bicycle.  I guess it counts as an antique now... it's a brazed frame.  I'm working on it now, as time allows... taking it mostly apart.  My boss the bicycle nut is going to true the wheels for me.  The chain is most likely getting replaced, and definitely going ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I posted anything. But I'm missing the long form, and actually the lack of a large and unsympathetic audience is also kind of a relief. It lets me be utterly dull and tedious, to wit:

( Let's talk about food processors. )

I haven't had much to say in this space lately. Sorry, Mom, and whoever else might have been looking in ( Read more... )

Hob is burbling along nicely.

Making a Hobgoblin clone today. Ran out of propane mid-brew and had to move indoors to dinky kitchen range. What a hassle!

Merry Christmas from Die Chermans

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My new spring cleaning theory

( I'm working on a Giant Plan for cleaning out my possessions this coming holiday break. )