Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Tonight's Dr. Who was "School Reunion."

I don't want to say they wasted Anthony Stewart Head for this episode. They didn't. He's ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. But as an alien headmaster? This guy just oozed The Master. I know that when the previews of this episode came out, I was thinking OH, WE'RE GETTING THE MASTER. And we kind of got him. Cause he really had that "refined evil" thing down. Just as an alien headmaster, and not The Master.

Not a fan of the cattiness between Sarah Jane and Rose, especially with Sarah Jane kinda starting it, but the denoument of Sarah Jane willing to help Rose when "her time comes" was really lovely.

Had a dream last night that a rural town way out in the boonies had opened a vending-machine only/honor system store, which was great. But at one point I pressed a button which began cooking fried chicken and I'd left my wallet in the car.

When I walked out, I noticed signs everywhere for "no parking" and my car had been towed. And then the police arrested me for theft since I never paid for the fried chicken. Then they ate the fried chicken.

Hell of a way to do business, little town police department. Impound money, a mark on the arrest quota AND a free lunch.

Had a dream last night that a rural town way out in the boonies had opened a vending-machine only/honor system store, which was great. But at one point I pressed a button which began cooking fried chicken and I'd left my wallet in the car.

When I walked out, I noticed signs everywhere for "no parking" and my car had been towed. And then the police arrested me for theft since I never paid for the fried chicken. Then they are the fried chicken.

Hell of a way to do business, little town police department. Impound money, a mark on the arrest quota AND a free lunch.

Oh, man. That bread. THAT BREAD. ❤

"What's the matter, fearless leader? You and Starscream look real geeky."

I was not expecting THAT in the last episode of Picard....

WE HAVE STRUAN BREAD! Yeah, it collapsed, but at the same time, the bread is very very good.

Despite it collapsing, It's not dense and is nicely moist and perfectly chewy. I'm thinking what collapsed the bread was either overworking the dough (the recipe calls for FIVE risings) or the stove being too hot (it's supposed to bake at 350, but even with my oven set to 325, it ended up at 375 and was ready far faster than it should have.

But it's GOOD regardless.

Also, these two loaves are about a month of bread for me, so I'm giving a loaf to the girls. I just didn't want to cut the recipe in half in case that's what killed it last time.

StruanWatch 2K23 - the tops collapsed, but the spongy look from the bottom is promising. Now we wait....

StruanWatch 2K23 - oh, this is looking GOOD.

StruanWatch 2K23 - the instructions at this point day to fridge the dough, which is what I think went wrong last time, so I'm going straight to the bench proof....

StruanWatch 2K23 - while punching down my dough, it farted. I think that's a good sign. That yeast is sure happy.

StruanWatch 2K23 - We already have a MUCH better dough.

Dreamed that I was leading Ann Richards to the Texas Governor's Mansion (which for some reason was the Alamo) and when Greg Abbott refused to recognize the transfer of power, she slapped him out of his wheelchair.