The infamous container

Well, here it is. I had wanted to take a picture of the actual starter dough, but I couldn’t find a memory card that wasn’t full, and it’s my brother’s camera. I started second guessing my placement directly over the fireplace, so I’ve moved it a couple times now, hoping I didn’t already kill whatever

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The Sourdough Experiment

I took it into my head to start baking sourdough bread. Last night, while watching Alton Brown’s “Good Eats,” and largely due to the fact that he was baking bread, I started to consider creating my own “starter dough.” I am not new to the whole bread baking world, and I have even made a

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Materialism

After my previous two posts, I thought it a good time to talk about the ugliest of all Christmas demons: materialism. Sure, there are a brigade of other Christmas-demons (the I-was-next-in-line demon, the make-a-bad-driver-worse demon, and the deadly food-and-alcohol demon), but I feel that the materialism demon is the worst of them. I recently found

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Follow up

Well, it has only been one day and I already have three referrals out of the twelve I need. Thanks to those who have decided to help. For those on the fence, I offer this interview with the owner of the company: http://www.gearlive.com/index.php/news/article/interview_with_steven_holmes_offercentric_co_owner/ And again, use this link to sign up, so I get your

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Free Stuff

Hey everybody. Okay, this is apparently the real deal, and it is really easy and free. Here’s the deal: there’s this website that you do ONE free offer with, and then all you have to do is convince 12 friends to follow your referral link to do the same thing. I already did the one

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Merry Christmas!

Hi all. I’ve gotten a few messages (thanks everybody) asking about my whereabouts. Well, I’m still here. I just finished my student teaching experience. Well, actually today is my last-last day. I have a few meetings to attend, and I have to hand in some papers and review my portfolio. But after that, oh yes,

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While I have the time…

I thought I’d post a few updates. Can you believe it’s October? I’ve been trying to make the most of this, my favorite time of year, but it’s hard when I have as much work as I do. I have had time to bake a few of my favorite autumn pies (apple and pumpkin), trying

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A minor deviation: Lost

Okay, I know I haven’t been posting a lot. This has very little to do with writing or horror, but I wanted to get people involved. Do you like the TV show Lost? I sure do. There’s a blog site giving away some cool prizes, and all you have to do is post in the

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The Short List

My short story, “Retired” has been put on the “short list” for a new magazine called Dark Discs. They do not have a website, but if you are interested in learning more about them, guidelines can be acquired through Ralan.com Here’s the letter I received: “This was a neat story, short and sweet and to

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