Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Earlobe calibration needed

The instructions for making udon noodles said to knead the dough until it was as firm as your earlobe. I thought the dough was firm enough, but after it rested all day it was far too soft and stretchy. It resulted in tasty but unattractive noodles.

On day two, I kneaded a little more flour into the leftover dough. The second batch was not nearly as stretchy and ugly. Must calibrate my earlobes.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Blogucation

I began a blog last year on another site (hollix.xanga.com) to stay in touch with a friend who also uses xanga. It's an easy-to-use site, but after using Blogger to create a site for my graphics class (nrpi253.blogspot.com) I found that Xanga's limitations were, well, limiting. I'm abandoning Xanga for Blogger and duplicating those posts here to keep some semblance of continuity.

So much to say, so little time to write.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Birdwatching for Dummies

Bloom Day, January '09

Happy New Year, but not much blooming yet.