Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

The latest iteration of "Saturday Sci-Fi Theater" is now:

10:30PM-11:30PM - Night Gallery
11:30PM-12:30AM - Star Trek: The Next Generation
12:30AM-1:30AM - Max Headroom

I adore Max Headroom. I really loved the sadly shortlived cyberpunk genre of TV Sci-fi. It's kind of funny how close we ended up getting to that.

I loved how the production had the show as 25fps film, but any video screens and POVs from cameras were 60fps.

Also, Amanda Pays as Theora? Baby Jenn's Trans Goals.

Tonight's ST:TNG is "Family." One of the reasons I thought Season 4 of TNG really did stand on it's own was that this was one of the few episodes that I didn't think TOS could do, and was so different from the original Star Trek, but so right for Next Generation.

An episode that explored family with so many characters so deeply. It was an Star Trek episode only TNG could so.

Out and About

@jarehadeen - "TTRPG writer and editor." THAT explains why you knew Sea of Legends! :)

You can keep your Runts. My fruit flavored hard candy is Rascals:

"We learned nothing from the pandemic."
"Oh, no. We actually learned a lot. It's just those in power and those looking to profit like the way things were."

Last boost: Something I found funny from readng a ton of old newspapers was a lot of this wasn't about curing you of anything, but knocking you out while your body fought off sickness.

Still angry at work.

And now I shall prove my powers over people's minds by inserting one single thought in it:

"It's a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake."

::exits dramatically::

Huh. It snowed overnight. That was unexpected. Even the weather service was saying no precipitation at all overnight.

I decided tonight to go ahead and move onto New Doctor Who for tonight's Dr Who. I really like Chris Eccleston's Doctor, although he can be overly goofy at times, and how badly Mickey is treated/written. But I forgot just how campy this first season was.

For anyone wanting the Kolache Recipe, here it is, courtesy of Mrs. Nettle of Fredericksburg Texas.

# Kolatschen (Kolaches)

Fredericksburg Home Kitchen Cook Book
16.0 kolaches

0.5 cup milk (scalded)
0.5 cup sugar (dough)
1.0 tsp salt
0.5 tsp mace
0.5 whole lemon rind (grated)
2.0 packages dry yeast
0.5 cup warm water
2.0 eggs (beaten)
0.5 cup butter (melted) (dough)
4.5 cups flour (dough)
0.3333333333333333 cup sugar (streusel)
2.0 tbsp flour (streusel)
2.0 tbsp butter (cut into chunks and chilled) (streusel)
1.0 tbsp preserves or cream-cheese ricotta filling

Kolache:

1 - Combine milk, sugar, salt, mace and lemon rind. Cool to lukewarm.
2 - Stir yeast into warm water; let stand 5 minutes.
3 - Add to milk mixture. Stir in eggs and margarine and enough flour to make a soft dough.
4 - Knead on lightly floured board until smooth and elastic.
5 - Cover, let rise in warm place until double in bulk.
6 - Punch down, cover and let rise for 30 minutes.
7 - Shape into 2 inch balls, flatten slightly and place on greased cookie sheets 2 inches apart.
8 - Cover and let rise 30 minutes.

Streusal:

9 - Combine all streusal ingredients and mix together with fingers. Cover and refrigerate until needed

Baking:

10 - Make a large depression in each ball with fingertips, fill with preserves of your choice.
11 - Sprinkle kolaches with streusal.
12 - Bake at 375 degrees F, about 20 minutes or until golden.

My friends...I gotcha kolache.

The first batch browned a little more than I wanted, but at least that let me know o should take the second batch out sooner than later.

This batch also has a cream cheese-ricotta filling and proper spaetzel topping and let me tell you...it's not Weikel's, but it is damn good.