SimpleRich

So many Trumplicans on my FB stream (in Iowa) are freaking out about the mayor of a city they've never even been to.

You'd think Taylor Swift went to another football game based on their level of outrage.

I think you meant happy extra hour working in a factory crying about the thirteenth hour lol

I took that picture in 2008 in Ames, Iowa with a camera phone.
They've come a long way since then lol.

First, Ikarus flew.

He rose on wings made of wax and ambition, defying his father’s warnings. The sky wasn’t a limit—it was a siren’s call.

Yes, it cost him. Helios saw him. The wax melted. Gravity remembered.

But he died!
Yeah, we all die.
But HE flew.

Czech Trdelník filled with whipped cream on a plate.

Yesterday I heard of Czech #Trdelnik for the first time and immediately decided to make it.
It turns out it's a sweet, enriched (VERY enriched bread -- butter, milk, lard, and egg yolks in it) dough rolled in cinnamon, sugar, and crushed nuts that I let cool and then filled with whipped cream.

Like if Chuck P.'s Pygmy were written by someone happy lol. And no, I'm not trying to spell his last name again.

I just finished Abducted by Roy Malcolm. It reads like Chuck Palanhuik wrote poetry. It's happy; the language is beautiful and is still in my head. It's a gay love story in space. I'll do a full review later but it's stuck with me: the words, the characters, the almost lyrical language. #bookreview

Mistakes were made. The red autumnal leaves didn't make an appearance. The batter was so runny it was pouring out the tip as I filled the bag.
Spice cake (good) with apple pie filling (self-made, good) and stabilized rum infused whipped cream. (Good). It tastes a bit blandish. Needed more spice.

Every once in a while my sister and I facetime a Bake Off bake. This time it's a decorated swirl cake. No frosting. If you watch Great British Bake Off you know. This is my goal. Fingers crossed. Tomorrow we're "in the tent." Wish me luck. (Her, East Coast. Me, Midwest)

Absolutely glad I kept going. It was a genuine mistake on my part to think of bk 1 as a book. Had I thought of it as the first part of an epic story, it would've moderated my expectations. You DO refer to it as an epic; it's not like I wasn't warned lol.
Book 2is really good so far & needs book 1.

Book Review: The Grimoire of Kings: Tales of Bramoria: Book 1 Today I finished The Grimoire of Kings, book one of the Tales of Bramoria , and started the 2nd book in the trilogy. The 2nd book is already...

I've written a review of Grimoire of Kings: Tales of Bramoria (Book 1) by @blakerwolfe.bsky.social
Short version: It's not so much book one of a trilogy. It's the first third of an epic. Read it that way. Good world-building, characters, and relationships.
simplerich.blogspot.com/2025/10/book...

It's possible the shoe fits. I didn't watch breaking bad for a decade.

I got the trilogy and told myself if finish it this time no matter what lol. You're making me feel like a lazy reader. :)

The answer is yes.

Well, getting a reaction and intense feelings about a character is good... I guess lol. It keeps being recommended to me so I keep trying. But woof. Hard to read one where the protag is so... Tyler. Suggestions for some with likeable mains you've written?

Second try at the series. I'm cheering for the dragon if I'm honest.

@blakerwolfe.bsky.social please tell me Tyler becomes likeable at some point in ToB

The Sphere Live Webcam, Las Vegas - Live World Webcams The Sphere live webcam, Las Vegas. The Sphere is 112 m (366 feet) high, 157 m (516 feet) wide spherical music and entertainment arena.

Yes, but I wanna see what the Las Vegas sphere is doing!
Say less...
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Great... Another addiction. Just what I needed.

So good.

You know, maybe Bethesda would get more done if they'd quit working on 20 year old games and put out something new or support their recent new IP with new content.
Jeez.
Only posting this while Oblivion remastered finishes downloading but seriously y'all.

I made Pan de Cristal, Glass bread, it was surprisingly good. I say surprising because I didn't expect a lot of flavor from equal parts water and flour. I was wrong.
I heartily recommend you give it a go if you're a bread person.
#Bread #pandecristal #RichBakesAgain

I can hear you. Well, read you. If I could hear you that'd be weird for both of us... but we know what we each mean so... yeah.

Snow from the blizzard is melting

Caught an eclipse in #starfield #gaming #xboxone #xb1 #screenshot

Learned a new phrase today, "plot armor."

I like it.

#Sunrise drive listening to #DrWho audiobook is my happy place.

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

Depression #baking is a thing.
I'm in #Iowa and we are going back in time led by a legislature that has such vastly different priorities than its constituency.

I macerated strawberries using vanilla sugar I’d made and #dragonfruit salsa with mint and honey to have on #poundcake.

I ate both.

I've got one of those insurance apps that rates my driving and I get a discount for having it. I'm a good driver. Zero accidents since 1986. I've run more orange lights to avoid ‘sudden stop’ penalty to my score. Probably not what they're after.

a woman is standing in a hair salon while a man sits in a chair ALT: a woman is standing in a hair salon while a man sits in a chair

So many times.