Dr_Bombay

Reno, NV person. Into cooking, cocktails, baking bread, burning man, and all sorts of things. Not to be confused with a real doctor. He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

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2024-10-05 04:23:10

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right???

2024-10-02 19:03:32

what is it with humans? every new technology that's developed, someone goes, "I know -- let's try and use it for something terrible and bad, just because! what could go wrong?"
https://gizmodo.com/this-facial-recognition-experiment-with-metas-smart-glasses-is-a-terrifying-vision-of-the-future-2000506339

2024-10-02 03:27:55

ACK, i almost forgot! It is still October 1st, which means i must remind everyone that it is time to start reading Roger Zelazny's "A Night In The Lonesome October" to celebrate the Halloween season! Such a delightful book, and each chapter is a day in October, so only one chapter per day -- No reading ahead!! #Zelazny #Spooky #Halloween
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/905770

2024-10-01 12:58:17

Happy 100th birthday to the one and only President Jimmy Carter. 🇺🇸🎂

2024-10-01 00:30:00

This is grand!
The Wallace and Gromit Movies Are Getting the 4K Release They Deserve https://gizmodo.com/wallace-and-gromit-4k-uhd-blu-ray-price-release-date-2000505438

2024-09-30 00:51:05

Kris Kristofferson stood by Sinéad when she was pilloried for telling the truth about the abuses the catholic church hid for decades. He comforted her, and defended her, and while he was a giant for so many other reasons, it's that quiet, steadfast example of him that i'm thinking about when i reflect on him tonight. He will be missed.

2024-09-28 03:46:37

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i think that would violate some league rule, but maybe i need to check, lol

2024-09-28 03:43:41

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right? i haven’t made one in ages, and there was a scrap sitting here and it felt like a waste to throw it away without first making one out of it. do kids even know or care about such things?

2024-09-28 03:37:23

sitting here at league bowling, waiting for my turn, making a paper airplane and thinking… does anyone even MAKE paper airplanes anymore??

2024-09-26 02:12:24

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yep - whole, raw potatoes. i say, “You can have candy, or you can have a potato — your choice.” and almost everyone took potatoes until i ran out of them, haha

2024-09-26 02:00:01

So, we have a friend who finds cookbooks in thrift stores for pennies and sends them my way to check out. I don't NEED more cookbooks in my life, but i decided that before i put them in our own Tiny Library for others, i'd make something first. Last night i made "Curried Cabbage and Peas" from Anna Thomas's classic "The Vegetarian Epicure (Book Two)" -- Delicious! -- and tonight i'm making "Gratin de Pommes de Terres Provençal" from Julia Childs' classic "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."

2024-09-26 01:29:18

...i also just remembered i need to add a bag of potatoes to the list for Halloween again too. They were hilariously popular last year! 🥔🥔🥔

2024-09-25 19:15:01

i have been reading and re-reading this article for a few weeks now, absorbing its wisdom, and it's so chock-full of mind-blowing tips for hobbyists like me that i'm going to print it out and put it in my permanent reference collection of stuff. #BreadPosting #Baking #BreadTips
Improving Your Sourdoughs, by Andrew Janjigian https://newsletter.wordloaf.org/p/improving-your-sourdoughs

2024-09-25 18:45:01

Honestly, it's about time!
Restaurant Portions Are About to Get Smaller. Are Americans Ready? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/dining/restaurant-portions.html?te=1&nl=the-morning&emc=edit_nn_20240925

2024-09-24 18:50:53

…Meanwhile, i just sliced into the loaf from yesterday. Not sure how i managed a crumb structure like this, but this is by far the largest variety i’ve ever achieved. #BreadPosting #Baking
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2024-09-24 17:58:56

Update 2: Here’s the Chickpea Sourdough, hot out of the oven. i’m thrilled this came out so well, because the dough was really difficult to work with. VERY sticky, high hydration… but it managed a beautiful oven spring, and i even got a bit of an ear on the slash! cc @npub1mjg…skhg #BreadPosting #Baking
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2024-09-23 18:03:18

Here’s the Pain de Campagne, hot out of the oven. i got quite the oven spring out of this one, and that makes me happy. i tried to do a leaf slashing, and it only sort of worked — more practice is needed there. #BreadPosting #Baking
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2024-09-22 23:06:36

I also think i'm going to try this sourdough recipe with chickpea flour as well -- the preferment starts the night before, so maybe i can start it tonight and bust it out tomorrow because otherwise all i'm doing is baking the other loaf. I think I can fit it in with my normal work tomorrow. #Breadposting #Baking https://breadtopia.com/sourdough-bread-with-chickpea-flour/

2024-09-11 19:08:30

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yep.

2024-09-05 22:26:40

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i love Cynar! ok, curiosity got the better of me. here's three for starters. The Highball sounds interesting: https://www.cocktailchemistrylab.com/home/malort
And i'd definitely try this Bitter End cocktail. It uses an impressive 1.5oz Malort per drink! https://dietitiandebbie.com/bitter-end-cocktail/

2024-09-05 20:51:15

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this is me resisting googling "malort cocktails"

2024-09-05 20:15:28

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oh, i'm not knocking the bartender's handshake tradition of it at all -- i just think it's one of those things where the reputation built me up to such an expectation that there was no way i could be anything but underwhelmed.

2024-09-05 19:34:14

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i have no idea. the guy poured it straight out of the Malort bottle into my cup, but who knows if he had thinned it out or something. Guess i need to try it again under more controlled conditions!

2024-09-05 19:29:26

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but even the flavor doesn't live up to the reputation. it's just... underwhelming. i thought it would be strongly bad, but instead it was more weakly bad, like a cheap something.

2024-09-05 19:15:00

Random Burning Man Memory, 2024: Malort? More like Mehlort. I've wanted to try it for years now, and when we finally tasted it at the burn it was completely underwhelming. I'd go so far as to call it bland. #BurningMan

2024-09-05 00:30:01

Another random Burning Man memory: One *VERY* good decision i made this year was to NOT drink the Carolina Reaper absinthe at Abstininthe (hilariously, this would have been my final drink there the night of my ill-fated, injurious bike ride, so it probably would have prevented that). The bartender gave me a dead serious talk about what i was in for if i tried it, and i backed off. Later in the week one of our camp members tried it. It messed him up so badly he went home the next day. #BurningMan

2024-08-23 00:30:01

This was one of my favorite moments of night 3, and now i know the full story. Props and hugs to Gus and the whole Walz family for being so awesome. How can the GOP be so hateful all the time? It must be exhausting. #DNC2024
Tim Walz’s Son Crying Got the Inevitable Reaction From the Online Right. It Also Did Something Bigger. https://slate.com/life/2024/08/dnc-tim-walz-son-gus-speech-video.html?via=rss

2024-08-22 04:05:42

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Blue painter's tape + Sharpie! that's my style of labeling. I have the same things in our kitchen drawer, haha

2024-08-20 15:29:45

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you're probably right. i know there is a graphic designer's union, and i'm sure they must have individual/freelancer membership by now (i mean, it's 2024 for pete's sake), but i've never looked into it. perhaps i should!

2024-08-20 03:32:46

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yes, but being a self-employed person makes for a very small, exclusive union. unless a pair of local cats could also be members…

2024-08-20 01:37:14

Not a union member, but i want that "Trump is a Scab" t-shirt!
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/991/785/957/842/504/original/b845b5b690248af4.png

2024-08-16 14:44:19

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speaking a fellow old white gay, don’t most policies help us by default?

2024-08-15 15:30:01

If you think you know Nick Cave, i suspect (like me) you need to watch this. What a beautiful, incredible interview. I could listen to him talk all day.
[Full Interview]: Nick Cave On Singing With Johnny Cash And The Joyful, Uplifting Vibe Of His New Album, ‘Wild God’ - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8qmV6MYCF4

2024-08-11 05:13:06

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so easy! it’s getting the chiles that is the key.

2024-08-11 05:05:55

Et voila: eight (-ish) pints of hatch green chile salsa, aided by three or more rounds of Fish House Punch... and counting! #HatchChile #DIY #DrunkenChefsNight 😵‍💫👨‍🍳🍹🍹🍹
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2024-08-11 03:31:11

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omg! one of my favorites. Paul Newman is soooooo gooooood in this. 😍

2024-08-10 01:18:58

Tim Walz's Favorite Music: The Replacements, Springsteen, Taylor Swift https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a61836424/tim-walz-dad-rock/

2024-08-09 17:55:53

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i saw one the other day that made me laugh hard because it's TRUE midwestern dad: "Tim Walz will pick you and your drunk friends up from homecoming, get you all home safely, and give you Gatorade in the morning for your hangover... and THEN ground your ass."

2024-08-06 15:30:01

Opinion | The Last Survivors of an Atomic Bomb Have a Story to Tell. We should listen. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/08/06/opinion/hiroshima-nagasaki-atomic-bombing.html?te=1&nl=the-morning&emc=edit_nn_20240806

2024-08-03 02:24:30

having a lopsided Boulevardier while listening to @npub1x08…469m in the back yard because it’s friday, dammit. i need this.

2024-08-02 00:30:01

A primer for teh olds (i.e., me):
A look at the art and sport of breaking as it makes its Olympic debut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEnd_k0CrVo

2024-07-05 02:00:05

I’m so behind on posts about our Disneyland trip (and i never finished the St. Louis posts, either!). I’ll try to make posts about both in the coming weeks, as i sort through pix and things calm down a bit. But first, i mentioned our ceramic tiki mugs and stuff from Trader Sam’s… check out these beauties! The barrel mug is for the Shipwreck cocktail, and the zombie head is for… you know… #Disneyland #Cocktails
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2024-04-05 00:30:01

oh god, oh god. this is yet another reason why i love living in the western US. #Cicadas #Incessant
Where billions of cicadas will emerge this spring (and over the next decade), in one map https://www.vox.com/science/24047261/cicada-brood-xix-xiii-19-13-map