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Nothing like a mild bit of burlesque down at my old downtown favourite watering hole, the Edison, along with some decent G&Ts, to raise one’s spirits a tad on a Tuesday night. Well, a tad.

This was the Radio Room special. All about radio era, silent film, special cocktails, and with featured guest “mixologists”. And must not forget the strategically placed […] Click to continue reading this post

See Oh Two

Remember the Culture? Not the Iain M. Banks civilization, interesting as that is. I mean the yeast from last week’s post Culture is Science.

You’ll recall I mentioned that its primary role in the whole baking business is the production of carbon dioxide. Well, you only see that indirectly via the results of the baking, of course, but while it was going through the ten day growth phase, I got the chance (after feeding it on day 5) to get some nice pictures of the swollen bag that results from its generation of the gas after its munching down on flour and sugar: […] Click to continue reading this post