Monthly Archives: August 2004

Baguettes at Home

Posted on August 29, 2004 by Marchbanks

If you want good baguettes, you’ve got to find a way to imitate that steam bath. Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Cooking | 1 Comment

Stretching the long arm of coincidence

Posted on August 25, 2004 by Marchbanks

I was talking to someone in Barking, Essex, fifty-five hundred miles away, who shared my name. Continue reading →

Posted in Empire, Family, Personal History, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 2 Comments

Densans and hot sauce

Posted on August 15, 2004 by Marchbanks

For a Mensan, the Shadow is expressed by its inverse—the Densan. Continue reading →

Posted in Food and Cooking, Mensa | 5 Comments

When you’re hot, you’re hot

Posted on August 13, 2004 by Marchbanks

As I feared, the new thermostat didn’t cure Piet’s overheating problems. Continue reading →

Posted in Cars, Empire, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 3 Comments

Piet runs a fever

Posted on August 13, 2004 by Marchbanks

I noticed the temp needle had climbed up somewhere around two thirty-five. Continue reading →

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Now that’s not your normal case of carpal tunnel

Posted on August 10, 2004 by Marchbanks

Getting the hulls apart takes a lot of fingernail strength and puts a bunch of strain on the tendons in my right hand. Continue reading →

Posted in Health | 2 Comments

Cleaning the Fae

Posted on August 8, 2004 by Marchbanks

Like Piglet and the rain, I dusted and I dusted and I dusted. Continue reading →

Posted in Færie, Work (WORK!!?!??!) | 2 Comments