Good God Almighty. It's been a week of self-discovery. I can't wait for you to show up, because I have a lot to say. I know that you know that I know that you know that I love being center stage, so I trust you to just be amused by that intro.
@ElendilTheTall (and of course Stephie too). My mom (my real mother, not the narcissistic bitch from hell) was far more loony than I had ever given her credit for.
Everything I thought I knew about her and about us is a figment of her imagination.
My brother Kevin is too young to remember, my grandmother and mother are dead, my dad was in a very real sense not there, that leaves my aunt Kristy and ancestry.com.
You don't need much - you need to fill the oven with steam for about the first ten minutes, then you open the door to let the steam escape and remove it.
@FaheemMitha Put tray at bottom, heat well, together with the oven. Boil water separately. Put bread in oven. Pour a cup or two of hot water into the pan, close door quickly.
@FaheemMitha And I am trying to understand how somebody who can speak English as well as you (as I have said before, like you're home grown), can be stymied by something like baker's percentages. Have you not picked up on the fact that we're all a little smart here?
@FaheemMitha, I'm finding it difficult to understand the dichotomy of you unless you are intentionally trying to be insulting much of the time. You remind me of a guy who lived for a short time with my boyfriend at the time and myself. He was collecting disability from the Veterans Administration because he was left mostly deaf from something that went boom. He also liked the situation as it stood.
@FaheemMitha Not much to tell. Was head of a team that baked very traditional bread for sale, benefiting our Kindergarten. And as this were only parents, some fluctuation was normal. After a while I was fed up with explaining everything again, so I started to collect the stuff. Will tap into that later.
This is why I suggest you familiarize yourself with the concept of baker's percantages and stuff. Baking is half math, half meditation.
@FaheemMitha Private kindergarten, we need to finance it at least partly ourselves. Not one sale, but typically six to eight events per year. Over 1000 loaves in 2014.
@FaheemMitha Bakers percentages give the ratio of other inredients with regard to flour. It gives you a pretty quick idea of what kind of dough you expect - wet or dry, lots of yeast or little... Let's you read a random recipe and understand (with experience) what's happening and whether it's any good.
@FaheemMitha surely somebody with two or three or eight math degrees can understand the concept. After all, even some Americans can do it (even as "non-intellectual" as we are).
I have been researching publishing on Amazon. I have yet to talk to a real person, but I am well-equipped for the conversation.
as I reach the point that most of the autobiography portion of the book is "on paper" (completely unedited), it is now changing on a daily (hourly?) basis.
Just as I'm coming to terms with that, I'm coming to terms with the fact that the very origin of my story is not what I have always thought it was.
@ElendilTheTall so, I'm scrapping all previous ideas about how to throw it all together except for one. I want to take obscene advantage of self-publishing in a digital format.
@FaheemMitha Both. Doing my masters degree a) because I want to and b) go on a more abstract level. Move away from the HW, do more algorithm development. Did that before, but want to expand that.
In my area 1 in 4 jobs depend on automotive. Many car manufacturers are close by and so are suppliers. And yes, you can make a career in it. Hubby does and before the kids I did, too.
@FaheemMitha yes, software is increasingly important. But whatever you do, you always need to keep safety and security issues in mind. ASIL being a big topic. You would be surprised how small the CPUs sometimes are. Coming from university and high-level programming I learned a lot about using single bits (not bytes!) and such. Linux is difficult, especially with the GNU stuff and such. But of course a topic.
I feel crappy this morning. I wonder if it's from the flu shot I got yesterday. My arm is really sore. They told me it would be but I didn't believe it because it normally doesn't bother me.
@ElendilTheTall Nope. And no response yet to e-mail.
They told me that I couldn't control it with diet but I tried anyway. I was hoping for some benefit. But after 2 years my number only dropped 8 points. Went from 792 to 784. With this carbs are the culprit. And the rest of my cholesterol numbers are excellent.
@Cindy, Interesting. In veterinary medicine we would see blood work like that often in dogs, usually after a major "dietary indiscretion". I didn't know it could be a chronic thing. Unfortunately, in dogs, it was usually related to a massive pancreatitis.
@Cindy Just kidding! I do this myself whenever I have the chance. Today the minors are booked with granny, because I'm at university, so I can have my choice of food. And started with a trip to Starbucks, but that's a rare treat.
@Jolenealaska Yes and it can lead to pancreatitis and kidney failure. The doctor has gone into detail about how the pancreas can necrotize itself. Not pretty.
@Jolenealaska And the thing that boggles me is that it seemed to happen out of the blue. All of my cholesterol numbers were excellent until about 3.5 years ago. And this is the only one that changed. The others are still great.
@Stephie From what I'm told there can be several underlying causes, such as obesity, diabetes, etc. But as I have none of what is considered a cause, they say it is hereditary. They initially wanted me to take niacin but I have serious issues with the flushing.
