Michael
@mikeiam.bsky.social
Data geek by day, baking/travel/reading/video game geek (FFXIV mostly) by night. he/him 🏳️🌈👬 Cincinnati (from central KY)
It took me most of the morning, but the cake was finally glazed.
I don't even have that many meetings today (only double booked most of the morning, not quadruple booked) and I'm already over it. Many of these meetings could have been an email. Or a fistfight.
Finished bombe, and a cross section. Peanut butter creme diplomat, chocolate cake bottom, chocolate genoise sponge with chocolate buttercream Swiss roll.
Lined bombe mold. (Some scraps used to help fill any gaps so the filling doesn't leak through. It will be filled with a peanut butter diplomat cream.
Michael@mikeiam.bsky.social · 2w agoWIP: chocolate peanut butter bombs for a friend's bday on Friday. Is it perfectly round? No. Do I care? Not even a little since this is getting sliced to line a bombe mold
WIP: chocolate peanut butter bombs for a friend's bday on Friday. Is it perfectly round? No. Do I care? Not even a little since this is getting sliced to line a bombe mold
Cyanometer by Amanda Salov artaxis.org/artist/amand... 183 pieces of hand dyed porcelain hanging off a 36" brass tube suspended by a steel cable with a 22" drop.
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Ben@theotherbfg.bsky.social · 2w agoFinally got around to hanging this in our house and it makes me smile every single time I see it. Artist credit: Amanda Salov
Enjoying an evening of poetry and jazz with @benkline.bsky.social reading from his Lamda Award winning poetry book, "It Was Never Supposed To Be" at Juniper's in Covington
Spent the day working on a chocolate roulade for part of a friend's bday dessert and it utterly failed. Recipe I hadn't used before from trusted baker If only I had taught a bouche de noel class to 16 people who couldn't bake their way out of a box cake in Dec and had that recipe lying around.
The Simpsons Homer Simpson
Alt: The Simpsons Homer Simpson
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I have two cakes to bake, no flour, and no cocoa powder.
Misunderstood Assignment
Alt: Misunderstood Assignment
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A hill I will die on: bracelets shouldn't have tails. If it's adjustable, you should be able to remove links like a watch band, or it should be sliding knots for leather/cords. No dangling tails!!
Yes, I wear foundation. Yes, I live with a man. Yes, I'm a middle-aged fag. But I know who I am, Val. It took me 22 seconds of internet searching, and I'm not going to let fiscal responsibility stop me. Fuck fiscal responsibility. I don't give a damn about my credit score invi-me.com/collections/...
BIRDCAGE Bowls, Plates, Platters
The future in-laws are enroute! Quickly clear the house of all things phallic, but make sure to set the table with these sexually suggestive plates, soup bowls and platters so they know exactly who th...
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Quiche: it's what's for dinner. (Swiss chard, zucchini, onion, goat cheese)
Finally did the Pantone color thing and I can only hope I am not as discordant as this color palette.
The way I am trying to be fiscally responsible and NOT buy all the pretty, shiny things because, hahahaha, the anxiety hit at a delay.
Michael@mikeiam.bsky.social · 3w agoMorning spent writing/documenting issues with a specific benefit at work after an appeal, an accommodation, and the walk back of the accommodation two days later. It's only taken me two months to be able to sit and write everything without having a massive round of anxiety.
Morning spent writing/documenting issues with a specific benefit at work after an appeal, an accommodation, and the walk back of the accommodation two days later. It's only taken me two months to be able to sit and write everything without having a massive round of anxiety.
Stitch's Frustration in Lilo & Stitch
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All of my meetings except one have been cancelled today. jonhammdancing.gif
Am I even doing my job as @theotherbfg.bsky.social husband if I don't make him say, "You need Jesus," or "You're nasty!" at least once a day?
Only minimal fuckery from work last week has carried into this week. So far. Have a feeling it's going to get stupid again this week.
This week's cake isn't quite as tall as last week's but still very tasty. Plum cake with pistachios
every hometown’s got the ominous megastructure, what’s yours? Less of a mega structure and more a compound. 23 square mile army depot where chemical munitions from WWII onward were stored in underground bunkers. Had a golf course & camping, & cows so if they tipped over they knew there was a leak.
Are you mad at me?@bradys.bsky.social · last mo.every hometown's got an ominous megastructure, what's yours?
Walk with lake views in the far northern burbs of Chicago before dinner with @theotherbfg.bsky.social and his aunt, uncle, and cousin.
After an 8 month dormancy, I finally revived my starter over the weekend. Now I have this massive loaf rising in a lined colander because I don't have a banneton large enough
Hahahahahahaaha my little joke just turned into a curse and legit 2 things broke by 8:05 that have client impacts. Gonna start joking about winning the lotto so I can be cursed with enough cash to never work again
Michael@mikeiam.bsky.social · 2mo ago7:55am and 5 minutes until my favorite gameshow, How Many Fires Do I Get To Put Out Today featuring bonus phrases like: Let's circle back on that Can we use AI to do it faster? What do you mean I need funding and approval to enhance this product? FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK (internal monologue)