CYA: Boom-Boom & Linda Roll

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ben franklin and another man--presumably alexander graham bell--sat across from one another at a table with their hands hovering over a ouija board. mr. franklin saw them and smiled.

"ah, friend boom-boom and friend linda!" he suddenly looked embarrassed. "oh, dear me. i forgot all about the time! did you come to rescue me?"

boom-boom nodded. "yes, sir. you gave everybody quite a scare."

"well, as you can see, i am perfectly safe. my new friend dr. bell and i were just in the middle of conjuring the spirit of leonardo da vinci."

dr. bell nodded. "that's correct. we thought that since the two of us have made great advances in how humans use their senses of sight and hearing, we decided that our combined talents could advance our knowledge of extra-sensory perception!"

"why leonardo da vinci?"

"oh, that," mr. franklin and dr. bell exchanged a look. "we'll, when dr. bell and i met and began talking, we discovered that we both belong to the same secret order--one that leonardo da vinci himself once belonged to!"

linda & boom-boom rolled their eyes. "you can tell us about it at the Pub, mr. franklin."

he nodded, being smart enough to know he couldn't argue with these two. "how did you get here, anyway?"

"a delorean."

"really?" he rubbed his hands together. "let's roll!"


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Dear Reader,

You have reached the end of your adventure. I hope you enjoyed it! If not, well, you only have yourself to blame because, you know, you chose it yourself. Also, since you--not I--chose this adventure, it did not really take place in the Burkieverse and, therefore, will not have any continuity with the regular Poor Yorick's Pub chapters. Thanks for playing and, if you're in the mood to try another adventure, go back to the beginning and choose a different path!

Pretzels!

saw these on lori's lipsmacking goodness and thought they looked fun. she made heart shaped-pretzels; i tried that as well as a few other non-traditional shapes (including my signature batman symbol, a longhorn, and a J and a W for the kids). these are similar to the pretzels you'd get at the mall (brushed with melted butter after baking), but they came out a little crisper, but not as crisp as a hard pretzel. they're good, fun, easy, and don't take a lot of time. i'd make 'em again. co-workers, don't worry--i made bagels this morning and will bake some tomorrow morning before work :)

CYA: Marian & Taylor Find Magic In The Air

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there was a sudden eruption of POP! sounds as the garden gnomes disappeared. everyone turned to stare at marian, who was staring at the wand in her hand.

"i...i'm sorry, i...i..."

hermione hugged her. "you're a witch!"

"i am? really?" she looked at the wand again, then pointed it at taylor. "wingardium leviosa!"

taylor began to float upward. "um, that's enough, ducky. you can put me down now. honey!"

she pointed the wand at the tree in which tonks was stuck. "opening expandum!"

there was a creaking noise as the knot opened wider, allowing tonks to withdraw her hand. "hey, thanks kiddo!"

marian beamed. "i can't wait to show the others!"

hermione shook her head as she took her wand back. "i'm sorry, marian, but you can't do magic after this. they'll never know."

"why not?!"

"read the disclaimer at the bottom of this post," hermione explained sympathetically.

marian read the text below and stomped her foot. "hmph!"


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Dear Reader,


You have reached the end of your adventure. I hope you enjoyed it! If not, well, you only have yourself to blame because, you know, you chose it yourself. Also, since you--not I--chose this adventure, it did not really take place in the Burkieverse and, therefore, will not have any continuity with the regular Poor Yorick's Pub chapters. Thanks for playing and, if you're in the mood to try another adventure, go back to the beginning and choose a different path!

Poolish Baguettes

okay, so they're kind of, er, fat for baguettes. call them poolish french loaves if you like; i call 'em good eats. oh, wait...that line's taken.....i call 'em darn good. the recipe is from reinhart's BBA. quite easy, but it makes a lot. i should've made like 5 skinny baguettes instead of 3 fattish loaves, but heck...it's all good. especially when you steam a bunch of mussels in white wine, shallots, garlic, butter, and parsely (okay, i added a splash of cream to the liquid at the end just to make it a little more decadent) and use the bread to sop up the juices afterward.....okay, tomorrow i'll make turkey saltimbocca and use the leftover bread to sop up that liquid. life is good.