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  I mathed incorrectly and I now have sourdough levain everywhere (and by everywhere, I mean all over the inside of my Sourdough Home). As I was prepping the levain before work, I had a feeling that it was too much for the container, and that I didn’t have the time/temp right. I should have listened to my 4am self. Oops.

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  RE: https://woof.group/@seismic007/117174566597167012 And the worst part? I’m not even in the mood to bake, but I’m out of bread.

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  Two plain, base formula loaves of sourdough in the fridge, cold proofing overnight to be baked off in the morning. Levain started to start two additional loaves tomorrow. Undecided as to what (if any) inclusions to add to tomorrow’s dough.

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  The derelict fence separating my sanity from my neighbor was removed yesterday, and replaced today. I am forever in awe and with mad respect for people skilled in the construction, electrical, and plumbing/HVAC trades—particularly when it is 95° F or greater outside.

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  Proof of [yesterday’s whining] concept: sourdough loaves out of the cold proof and now fully baked. For just plain sourdough they sure are pretty. #MySourdoughJourney #sourdough #sourdoughlife #sourdoughbaking

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  Continuing on with another bake today. Photo 1: This is what a strong levain should look like. There is no better feeling than watching the carbon dioxide bubbles form and pop at the levain surface. Photo 2: The Tangzhong “shaggy dough” was subjected to 10 minutes of gluten development (via the slap and fold method) on the bench surface to develop this sponge. #MySourdoughJourney #sourdough #sourdoughlife #sourdoughbaking #tangzhong

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  Sunday’s bake of Saturday’s prep. Both loaves are “croissant-style” (butter inclusion during folds). I modified several techniques with this bake [because scientific method mandates changing multiple variables simultaneously 🤔]: 1. Coil folds ONLY (no stretch and folds); 2. Tangzhong; 3. Loaf pan instead of artisanal boule; 4. ‘Dough Float’ for stopping bulk fermentation; 5. ‘Caddy Clasp’ shaping method. #tangzhong #MySourdoughJourney #sourdoughlife #sourdoughbaking #sourdoughsunday

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  “Do you masticate, Mr. Lightbody” #fletcherize https://youtu.be/5wmimhqPHkc

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  Welp, canceled my 1Password subscription and sent an email explaining why. Of course I received a boilerplate response from them defending their choices.

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  Colour me more surprised than you, but I may be stumbling into a puplationship. The words ‘loyal and committed’ have been used, as well as questions like, ‘so what’s that gonna take to get you off those sites and owned and locked down?’

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  RE: https://woof.group/@seismic007/117206269690919224 This is both terrifying and exciting at the same time, as ‘Jeff’ and ‘relationship’ (of any kind) usually don’t exist in the same sentence. The nuance (complication?) this time around is that I am now mentally and emotionally aware of my neurodivergence. This singularity of knowledge has occurred over the past ~18 months, and it explains a little of the relationship problems/patterns/failures I’ve had in the past.

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  RE: https://woof.group/@seismic007/117206312977957221 I’m attempting to be proactive, expressive and communicative of my needs-wants-desires, while simultaneously identifying and working through my weaknesses, biases, and shortcomings—many of these (I now realize) are AuDHD-related! I hope we both are equally patient and attentive to our respective mental and emotional needs to facilitate this relationship. Yes, I’m terrified.

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  Time to shower and head off to the radiation factory.

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  Also today, waking up to a fraudulent $1600 charge on my Chase Sapphire Reserve card. Easy to dispute (and clearly fraudulent) but also unnerving. I only saw the charge because I went to the Chase site to review some documents in my investment account.

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  I’m awake, but the complicated dream I was having has left me tired.

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  This morning I declared myself Employee of the Week, made a sign, and posted it on my door. In honor of this auspicious event, I took the last three hours of my work day off and went shopping. Honestly, I was humbled to just be nominated for the award.

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  Going all-in on my Employee of the Week gag, I’m taking a celebratory cake to work tomorrow. Because who doesn’t like to celebrate Employee of the Week? AND WHO DOESN’T LIKE FREE CAKE?!?!

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  ‘It’s an honor to just be nominated…’ 🤣😂🤣😂

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  The frustration of dealing with an HOA just to replace an existing fence (that isn't much of a fence any longer).

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  I have things to say this morning, but there aren’t enough characters in a toot to express the thoughts. Living alone and being single, there’s no one here to listen to me verbalize them, either. These thoughts will just keep swirling around in my head for now. That’s all.

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  Chat, it was not a good work day. I punctuated it when I got home by dropping my favorite coffee mug on the floor (leaving it in shards, of course) as I was attempting to load it into the dishwasher. I’ve subsequently taken a Xanax, and prepared an eccentric “Thanksgiving Dinner Meatloaf.” When it comes out of the oven, I’ll eat and go to bed.

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  Maybe I was just hungry, but the Thanksgiving Dinner meatloaf was surprising good.

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  Rewatching the controversial GBBO meringue semi-final episode.

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  Apparently I’ve volunteered myself to fabricate an Eierschecke for some (straight) Germans (that I find delightful) in my life. First, I have to locate quark. I believe I can find it at HEB’s Central Market. We need to have a proper #KaffeeUndKuchen.

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  I love Stephen, but I think Stacey would have baked a better final than Stephen ultimately baked. Overall in the season, Stephen outperformed Stacey, but maybe Paul and Prue made a mistake? (Not that any of this matters to anyone any more—except maybe Stacey)

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  I’ve really got anxiety coming down off this illness week. I should just go to bed. The sooner I sleep the sooner I can bake, lol.

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  Well, yes, I am up starting my Tangzhong at 3 AM because I miscalculated how long it would take my levain to reach peak

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  I feel moderately less crappy than yesterday morning, so I guess that’s a plus. I’m up baking only because I woke up coughing and needing to void my bladder. I realized going right back to sleep wouldn’t be easy, so I swallowed a random handful of pharmaceuticals and glugged some cough syrup, and then started this ferment. Dubbing these the Fever and Delirium Loaves.

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  NGL, throwing these dough masses about takes a toll on my hands. They already hurt, and I’ve just started for the weekend. This will eventually push me back to using a machine to mix and knead my sponge.

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  How cute. I’m getting spam/phishing emails from “Disney+” in Dutch (I think—maybe German?). These are two languages I’m extremely fluent in. 🙄