So we managed to not kill the boy another year. It’s been very touch and go for a while…
Happy birthday, child
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That’s going to leave a mark…
I ran the trail this morning. Even though it’s a nice run, I’m always afraid of tripping on a tree root hidden by leaves, or something like that, so I’m always a bit more careful running it.
This morning, I faceplanted in the most stupendous way. It wasn’t in the forest though, it was on the beach. I tripped on something, no idea what, and I cartoonishly got some really good air, then skidded for about a foot in small gravel and seashells.
On my face. As in, spitting out a mouthful of dirt. Fortunately, the only witness was a swan. So I brushed myself off and carried on with my run, with only a few scratches on my face and a bit of road rash on my hand.
On the plus side though, I’m now less than a kilo from my next weight goal achievement :)
[recipe] Chocolate cinnamon roll
For the dough
450g flour
65g sugar
30g cocoa powder
1 sachet dehydrated baker’s yeast
1/2 tsp salt
300ml lukewarm milk
50g butter
For the filling
80g butter
40g brown sugar
10g cocoa powder
Zest of 1 orange
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
Dissolve the yeast in 50ml lukewarm milk and let stand 10 minutes until frothy. Pour the flour, cocoa, sugar and salt into the bowl of a food processor, make a well in the center and pour in the yeast and the rest of the lukewarm milk. Begin kneading at low speed until the ingredients are amalgamated. Cover and let stand 20 minutes.
Add the butter to the dough and continue kneading at medium speed until the butter is well integrated, about ten minutes. Cover and let stand in a warm place for 1 hour 30 minutes or until the dough has doubled in size.
Mix the ingredients for the filling in a bowl and set aside at room temperature until ready to use.
Pinch down the dough then roll it out with a rolling pin to about 5 mm thick. Spread the filling over it.
Roll the dough onto itself and cut out rounds about 2 inches thick.
Place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, or in a buttered mold. Cover and let stand 30 to 60 minutes.
Brush with a little egg white and put in an oven preheated to 200Cbfor 15-20 minutes. Let cool. Enjoy.
Life goal
I want to be as happy as Not-my-dog looks in this pictures.
I love that dog
She’s not my dog, but I love her like she is.
This was in the woods this weekend.
Truer words…
A brief review of the elections
It’s been a hell of a ride!
First there was the whole #stopthecount thing. But only in some states (where he is winning) but not others (where he’s trailing). Except that advisors told Drumpf that this would cost him the election there and then, so the counting continued.
Then there was Greta Thunberg’s revenge tweet that was a year in the making.
Then there was the whole “if they only count the legal votes, I win” delusion – where in Drumpfland the only legal votes are for him, and anything else is illegal and shouldn’t count. Except that this is not how democracy works, and some of the saner republicans start pointing this out.
Then the some media channels actually cut him off mid-rant because they couldn’t deal with the lies anymore and CNN’s Anderson Cooper said, on live TV, a quote that I hope will forever be associated with the Drumpf presidency.
Then even Fox News declared Biden president-elect, and the #maga mob lost it – turning on Foz news like a pack of hunting dogs and declaring it anathema, and mainstream media-ish. Drumpf supposedly contacted Rupert Murdoch directly to complain about the coverage. So sad.
And now Drumpf, showing his standard colours, refuses to concede and is threatening to unleash the dogs of War, er litigation, come Monday and sue everyone and everything in sight. But so far, no substantive evidence has been presented, some lawsuits have already been dismissed and the experts seem to say that this will not be a repeat of 2000/Florida because the results of several states would need to be reversed – the legal standing of such challenges being shaky and dubious. Still, who the fuck knows what will happen.
The electoral college is supposed to vote on Dec 14th. Let’s see if we can survive this coming week without bloodshed… And this is only in the last 3 days!
A jigging we will go
Next step in knife making project plan: build filing jig while waiting for the last of the tools/materials to get delivered.
Doing our best in covid times
Every year since we’ve moved into the building, Katy has organised something for Halloween. This year, we tried our best but with the latest directives from the OFSP, it wouldn’t have been possible or safe to have the giant gathering like we had last year. Even then, Katy has been fretting over what could be done. In the end, she made just shy of 100 little baggies and hung them up in the trees in the park – and still she worries if it’s going to be OK. This is why I love my wife. She’s nuts, but she cares.
Final product, that’s a wrap!
Mine is the orange one, Colin’s is green. I made a lanyard, he burned the end in. We’re both satisfied with the results :)