Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Tonight's TNG is "Brothers." Brent Spiner is freaking AMAZING at playing three seperate roles, all interacting with each other. Freaking amazing.

But after this episode, and the next one with Lore, you gotta wonder if Starfleet is rethinking it's idea of allowing androids to become command officers. :)

This Week's Bread: Cinnamon "Rolls"

I woke up today and chose violence. And so did my gluten structure.

One of my problems when cooking is I tend to lock into the recipe. Cooking? Tends to work. Baking, not so much.

A lot of baking is "this feels right" or "this feels off." The instructions for the dough say to run it in a stand mixer until the dough pulls off the side of the bowl.

I did that but even I felt it was too soft and sticky. And I should have gone with my gut as the rolls collapsed. The good news is I have a gut which I can go with. I know what you look for. And the rolls will likely be fine.

So they're not so much cinnamon rolls as they're cinnamon volcanoes.

Because of course Walmart messed up the pre-orders. Again. The joys of haveing an exclusive at an unreliable store.

[SCREAMS IN TEXAS HILL COUNTRY-AN]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1HHFXFN788

Tonight's Dr Who is "Aliens of London" and lemme tell you, this is campy as all get out, and a very very different show than what we got in later years.

I remember as a kid thinking Corinne from Soap was so so beauitful, and I loved her long long hair. I wanted hair like that.

I was probably four when I saw this? So, yeah, trans from the beginning.

Wait. Does this layoff mean I have time to...actually use my PS5 to...play games?!?!

Just came across a few "kids spend too much time on their phones" meme.

Something I'm trying to break out of as I get older (I'm pushing fifty) is to not get into the habit of comparing my childhood to children today.

We spend the first third of our lives enjoying our childhood, the second is making life easier for the next generation, and I refuse to shame kids in the final third of my life for taking advantage of what we did to make thier lives easier.

Thoughts Before Bed

Today was the first day since the layoff that has felt like I had 100% of my brain back on track. Cleaned house, planned next week's meals, bought groceries, and had a nice (grocery store deli) dinner.

Tomorrow I have to get some meds and the day is fairly open. Will probably make the first of next week's meals and finish up a story outline I've been working on for a friend's project.

One of the joys of running Linux is finding out that applications you haven't even thought about since your college days are still being used and updated.