Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

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.

So, a year ago, at the TMP showing (as I've said a MILLION times since), I had a few minutes with Doug Drexler, Michael Okuda and Dave Blass. Filming had just finished on Picard Season 3 and they all really pushed that Season 3 of Picard was going to be "something special."

It absolutely was.

Without spoiling anything, I want to say that Season 3 is not just what I wanted out of the Picard series to begin with, but the new era of Trek in General. Discovery and Season 1 and 2 of Picard all felt only vaguely connected to the Star Trek Universe. The trappings were theyre, but they felt like square pegs in round holes. Discovery eventually found its footing launching itself into the future.

Strange New Worlds and even Lower Decks, however, do what Picard Season 3 finally did: Allowed themselves to be their own thing, but still deep in the tapestry of Star Trek.

This was absolutely something special. And I hope the future of Trek is this future. Where we aren't trapped in what came before, and we're not ignoring what came before, but that we use the universe to inform the new stories that are coming.

Great job, y'all. Great job.

So, I just watched the last episode of Picard. Biggest takeaway: Chateau Picard has just been bottled Changeleing since Jean-Luc took over. No wonder they're pissed off at him.

Alright, I've relegated pretty much everything but the PS5, Wii U and Switch to "Museum" status. I moved all my DSi games off the New Nintendo 3DS XL, and put them on the Nintendo DSi XL, and copied all my Wii games off the Wii U back to the Wii. So they're on the original hardware they were designed for.

My original Nintendo 3DS still has all the DSi and 3DS games on it, since it's also my video card modded machine, and I can use that for streaming.

And now they're all just display pieces for now....

I just made some amazing fried chicken in a completely different way than I normally do.

Basically, threw some chicken thighs into a bowl, and added ten of the Colonel's eleven herbs and spices (I was out of celery salt), an egg and Tapatio sauce for some heat. Mixed it all up so it got all over the chicken.

Then I added flour by the quarter cupful, mixed it up, and did it again until the chicken was white with flour. Deep fried it up and OH MY THAT'S GOOD. Lot less wasted flour, too.

Woke up this morning with the idea for chicken flavored butter, and if that's not a thing that exists, I need to get to the patent office ASAP.

Think I'm gonna remake the struan bread. I'd rather get the basics of breakmaking down right, before jumping into something that's a bit more complicated than your average loaf (not that struan is simple....)

Oh, I'm so looking forward to this. "Strange New Worlds" was such a great riff on TOS in this new era of Trek, while managing to keep to the spirit of the 60s show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjWBj9CGgGI

Just left a voice mail to create a doctor's appointment. I finished off with my usual "Again, that phone number is xxx-xxxx. Hope to hear from you soon!" and hung up....

Then under my breath: "I'VE MADE MY PEACE GESTURE! THE FORMS OF KANLY HAVE BEEN OBEYED!"