Thursday Thunks

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Much to Do About Nothing

1. What the hell were you thinking?

Clearly, I wasn't. Perhaps I should just leave, eh?

2. The tornado sirens go off in your neighborhood - what do you do?

Send everyone downstairs, grab the weather radio and a flashlight and join the party under the pool table.

3. Give us a recipe.

Dissolve 1 T. yeast in 1.5 cups warm water. Add 1/2 tsp. sugar and let sit for a few minutes while measuring 2 cups of unbleached flour into a large bowl. Add water to flour, mix together. Add 1/2 tsp. salt and another cup of flour and continue mixing until dough is too thick to stir. Scrape out onto floured counter and knead for 10 minutes, adding up to 2.5 more cups of flour, until dough is springy. Let sit on counter while washing and drying bowl and oiling the inside. Move dough to oiled bowl, cover with cloth and set in warm place for a couple of hours until doubled in size. When it has doubled, punch down and then let rest while oiling two bread pans. Divide dough in half and place each half in a bread pan, covering again with cloth. Let rise again till they are about 1 inch above edge of pan. Preheat oven to 400 degrees, put pans in oven and bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Let rest 10 minutes after removing from oven and then turn out onto racks to cool.

From memory, so please forgive errors.

4. It's the middle of the night, there isn't a car in sight and you are stuck at a red light that just won't change.... how long do you wait until you run it?

Two minutes if it's local. Five if it's in an area in which I'm not familiar.

5. When was the last time you got all dressed up fancy-like? Where did you go?

Probably last summer at my mother-in-law's funeral. I can't remember if I've worn a dress since then at all.

6. Have you ever had a mole removed?

Nope. Not yet, anyway.

7. Are you in an area of record highs or record lows for the temps this summer? Are you lucky and stuck in the middle where it's somewhat normal?

It has been really chilly this year. I don't think we've set any records, but it just hasn't been warm.

8. When was the last time you changed your furnace filter?

We have an electrostatic filter, which rinses in the laundry sink and is replaced. Beast tries to do it monthly but I don't know when the last time was.

9. What's your favorite type of frog?

Young ones. They make me giggle when they take over our driveway.

10. If you were to go on America's Got Talent, what would you do for your talent? (and choosing not to go is not an option....)

I'd alphabetize cards. Very fast.

11. Have you ever been on a rooftop of a building?

{snort} Yeah, a few times. My dad was in construction.

12. What is the first website you go to each day when you sit down at your computer, other than your email?

Facebook. I always have three tabs open, at least: Fb, Bloglines, and Gmail are the big guns.