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Today I’m trying to do nothing. What a novel concept! Someone smart, probably Gandhi or Yoda, once said “all things in moderation”. This makes perfect sense. Someone else, apparently a Roman poet, said carpe diem (“seize the day”). I like … Continue reading →

I love her growl. It should be recorded and incorporated into heavy metal. It’s low and dark and tells you that something from deepest pit of hell has awoken. It makes you really really wish you weren’t in her territory. It makes you wish you weren’t even in the same time zone. Continue reading →

Welcome. Now get off my lawn. Go to adaptivecurmudgeon.wordpress.com.  The domain you’re looking at is just a static archive. It is, and will remain, dormant for at least another few months. When I complete the transfer from my initial domain … Continue reading →

This is my new domain.  It’s destined to be the eventual home of Adaptive Curmudgeon (which, for now, still resides at wordpress). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xos2MnVxe-c

Providence Pantry Bread Mix is not only tasty and so easy a stoned monkey can make it but it also can seek and destroy those who oppose it. Continue reading →

You could be a serial killer that makes puppets out of dead baby seals and you suddenly have a halo when you’re kneading. Continue reading →

Eagle eyed folks might notice the whiskey and coffee cup in the background. There is absolutely no reason why you should be sober while baking. Duh! Continue reading →

When posted that I baked a loaf of cement I got a lot of advice.  (Including a great deal which was not recorded in text / comments but delivered in person.  The personal advice came in sentences that began with … Continue reading →

Unlike politicians, I can learn. If attempt one went down in flames that means nothing! Nothing I say! Attempt two shall be better, faster, stronger. Continue reading →

I love bread makers.  I use ’em hard and tend to wear them out.  (Like many things bread machines are built shitty and cheap… I think most of them get used only rarely.) Usually I mill my own flour from … Continue reading →