Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Oh. Oh my. They rose! THEY ROSE! We might have a winning set of yeast rolls, folks!

A little something for Star Trek day.

During the heyday of Star Trek Fan Productions, I considered doing a webcomic called "Star Trek: Redskirts."

The idea was that there were an elite team of women Starfleet Marines (based from the team sent down in the TAS episode, The Lorelei Signal), who had absolutely nothing to do because Starfleet missions tend to be peaceful. Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

It would also explain Chekov's absence in TAS as he joined to the group to get a start on his security career which is where we see him in ST:TMP. No gender change for Chekov (at least not past the first episode), but he was in the red minidress because the Redskirts were proud of...well...their red skirts.

I'd started work on the first episode, and since it was going to be a love letter to TAS, I'd started work on making some high resolution plates of Filmation backgrounds to use in the comic. Then Paramount came down on Fan Productions and given that I remember how Paramount came down on Star Trekker in the 90s I kind of abandonned it.

It wasn't all for naught, though. I recycled some ideas in the Lower Decks spec script I wrote a year or two back. Which was at least something nice to do on a weekend.

A little secret about Madison (the blonde on the left). She was originally going to be written as trans. Not in the closet, but not really outting herself. Why? Doesn't really matter in the future. The only clues that she would be trans is a certain amusement at Chekov being self-conscious of the uniform on the team.

I dunno what's going on with the local grocery store sushi (don't judge, it scratches the itch), but they're now PILING on the rice. Like triple the amount of rice as usual.
They haven't raised the price, or shrunk the fish....they just...put it on a wall of rice.

Silly Jenn Fact: I got an early copy of Half-Life back in the day as a gaming company I was afiliated with was asked to make some deathmatch levels for World Opponent Network ready for Day One.

Nothing I made was used in our levels, but I spent a LOT of time in 1998 in the game, testing Deathmatch levels, playing the main game, and dabbling in level creation (I was hired mostly to write documentation and make the occasional graphic).

To this day, if I want to relive the late 90s, I'll fire it up and play a few levels.

I rarely go into Redmond. Even rarer when I go into downtown Seattle. Gotta make the most of it.

Victory Before Bed: Got all my Steam games working in Linux! Even that pesky Mortal Kombat Kollection....

Taking the English soundtrack from an old bootleg episode of Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea, and overlaying it on my French DVDs to get a nice looking if occasionally choppy English Dub.

This Week's Fancy Pants Meal: Honey Glazed Spareribs

This recipe is supposed to be from the Basque region, but I had to make a few substituions, so I don't know if that counts anymore. Try finding sherry vinegar and piment d'espolette out here in the valley....

Still good though. :9

# Honey-Glazed Spareribs

The Basque Kitchen
6.0 servings

4.0 pounds pork spareribs
kosher salt
0.75 cup honey
1.0 tsp smoked paprika (or piment d'espolette)
2.0 tsp rice wine vinegar (or sherry vinegar)
3.0 cloves garlic (minced)
1.0 tbsp black peppercorns (crushed)
1.0 tbsp corriander seed (crushed)

1 - Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F
2 - Line a large sheet pan with aluminum foil and lay the rack of ribs on top.
3 - Season both sides of the meat with salt.
4 - To prepare the glaze, combine the honey, smoked paprika, rice vinegar, garlic, peppercorns and corriander seeds in a small bowl. Mix together well.
5 - Slather the glaze over both sides of the meat and place the ribs into the oven to cook for 45 minutes, basting continuously.
6 - Turn the slab over and increase the heat to 425 degrees F.
7 - Cook for another 30 minutes, basting once or twice more, until the meat is cooked through and the glaze is dark brown.

#thisweeksmeals #cooking

The comal may be retired until the crack in it is repaired, but the molcajete is still a working heirloom. Crushing coriander seed for her fourth generation cook....

Decision paralysis....

Trying the "School Cafeteria Yeast Rolls" yet again. This time, instead of scaling them down to 15g carbs per roll (which is my "snack" amount of carbs), I scaled them to 36g, which is my full meal amount of carbs. Larger rolls. We'll see if they're still overly dry in the morning, but they look a lot more normal.

"My god, Bones. What have I done?"

These guys are gonna get a little break. They've been busy....

Rarely drive cause of the car starting to show its age, and lots of medications = cheap gas.

Trying a different take on not wasting ingredients since buying groceries for one is nigh on impossible.

That time Google decided that it was gonna show every Wikipedia language EXCEPT English.

Not shown: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link (which I also finished, with much cursing).

Silly Jenn Fact: When I was very very very little, I thought Doug Henning was Jesus.

Youtube? Salesforce? A 25m 16s advertisement is excessive.

I'm gonna tell my kids this was the Borg Queen.